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1. Instructions for Playing Jeopardy • Click on the question that you want to attempt, example $100 • Read the question and click on the to advance • To return to the main playing board for another question, click on the blue box in the left hand corner of the answer screen. • To advance to Double Jeopardy click • Press page down to begin playing the game Correct Answer Return

3. European Union

4. The making of the Modern British State

5. Political Economy and Development

6. Governance and Policy Making

7. Representation and Participation

8. British Politics in Transition

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10. What was the “1992” Plan? A plan for a unified European foreign Policy in 1992. A plan to develop European defense forces during 1992. A plan to make Europe a nuclear weapons free zone after 1992. A plan to ensure the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital in Europe by 1992.

11. Answer A plan to ensure the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital in Europe by 1992. Return

12. Over which of the following area does the European Commission have exclusive jurisdiction? Antitrust policy. Common market policy. The Common Agricultural policy. All of the above.

13. Answer All of the above. Return

14. Between 1995 and 2004, what states had two representatives in the European Commission? Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain Germany, France, and the United Kingdom Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Spain All member states had only one representative in the EC.

15. Answer Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain Return

16. Daily Double!!

17. What does it mean that the European Commissioners work together in a “college”? That each is responsible for a particular subject area, the way different professors are. That each participates equally in all key decisions. That each commissioner has served as a university professor before being selected. That they make decisions after consulting academic experts.

18. Answer That each participates equally in all key decisions. Return

19. Which institution concludes internal agreements on behalf of the European Union? Council of Ministers. European Commission. European Court of Justice. European Parliament.

20. Answer Council of Ministers. Return

21. Margaret Thatcher left office as prime minister in 1990 when she resigned due to a leadership challenge within the Conservative Party. she lost her seat as a member of Parliament. the Conservative Party lost a general election. she accepted membership in the House of Lords.

22. Answer she resigned due to a leadership challenge within the Conservative Party. Return

23. The Coalition Government’s new framework for governance, called “Big Society,” is committed to all of the following EXCEPTthe recall of Members of Parliament who violate the public trust. public election of police commissioners. ability of parents to start their own schools. election of a mayor in London.

24. Answer election of a mayor in London. Return

25. Under Gordon Brown, New Labour’s economic policies included a focus on a well-educated, well-trained work force that can be competitive in the global economy. widespread privatization of key industries. high taxes to pay for increased social services. renewed relationships with former colonies to stimulate trade.

26. Answer a focus on a well-educated, well-trained work force that can be competitive in the global economy. Return

27. All of the following are elements of the Coalition Government’s economic policy EXCEPT cuts in government subsidies for public housing. increases in the retirement age. decreased training and social investment, especially for youth. a general 20 percent cut in public spending.

28. Answer decreased training and social investment, especially for youth. Return

29. New Labour may be characterized as a new party that emerged under Prime Minister Tony Blair’s leadership, after the centrist members broke away from the Labour Party. a “third-way” alternative to the collectivism of traditional Labour Party politics and Thatcherism. an appeal to workers in the high technology and the “new economy” associated with the Internet-based sectors. a reorientation of the Labour Party to commit itself more fully and comprehensively to the needs of all working people in the UK.

30. Answer a “third-way” alternative to the collectivism of traditional Labour Party politics and Thatcherism. Return

31. New Labour’sThird Way referred to efforts to find solutions to society’s ills and not allow marginalized citizens to fall through the cracks. an alternative political party to Labour and Conservatives. their rejection of Margaret Thatcher’s economic policies. complete reorganization of Great Britain’s education system.

32. Answer efforts to find solutions to society’s ills and not allow marginalized citizens to fall through the cracks. Return

33. Members of ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom are overwhelmingly under the age of twenty-five. are increasingly foreign-born. used to experience considerable racially motivated criminal attacks, but such attacks have decreased since the 1990s. make up a higher proportion in the managerial and professional ranks than white men.

34. Answer make up a higher proportion in the managerial and professional ranks than white men. Return

35. Women’s participation in the British labor market has been low and is decreasing due to the recent economic downturn. increased recently among high pay, full time jobs. been particularly limited among women from all minority ethnic groups. been shaped by an oversupply of affordable child care.

36. Answer been particularly limited among women from all minority ethnic groups. Return

37. Which of the following is NOT true? Historically, no powers were reserved for subnational units of government in the United Kingdom. The Labour Government of Tony Blair introduced reforms that devolved specified powers to legislative bodies in Scotland and Wales. The Labour Government of Tony Blair introduced reforms that granted some specific powers to all major metropolitan areas. The United Kingdom has historically been a unitary rather than a federal state.

38. Answer The Labour Government of Tony Blair introduced reforms that granted some specific powers to all major metropolitan areas. Return

39. All of the following are TRUE of the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT that it was a major contributing factor in Great Britain establishing its colonial empire created pressure for democratization but did not affect the average citizen. involved the rapid expansion of manufacturing production and technological innovation. led to major social and economic transformations.

40. Answer created pressure for democratization but did not affect the average citizen. Return

41. The West Lothian Question refers to a controversy sparked by devolution in which Scotland has the ability to vote on laws related to England, but not vice versa. an attempt by a small set of islands off of the coast of Wales to demand independence from the UK. a controversy generated between the European Union and the UK over the introduction of regional development agencies. a recent attempt by the coalition government to reduce the amount of seats in Parliament from 650 to 600.

42. Answer a controversy sparked by devolution in which Scotland has the ability to vote on laws related to England, but not vice versa. Return

43. The political institution that has greatest impact upon economic policy-making in the United Kingdom is the British civil service. House of Commons. British monarch. European Union.

44. Answer European Union. Return

45. All of the following are true of Great Britain’s constitution EXCEPT thatit is not a single, formal written document. sets up a dual executive with the powers equally shared between the prime minister and the monarchy. is a combination of state law, common law, convention, and authoritative interpretation. dates back to the seventeenth century.

46. Answer sets up a dual executive with the powers equally shared between the prime minister and the monarchy. Return

47. Parliamentary sovereignty means that Parliament has more authority than the executive and judicial branch but not the monarchy. Parliament, the prime minister, and judiciary are three separate and equal branches each with a clear set of powers. Parliament chooses the next king or queen when there is a vacancy due to death, retirement, or abdication. Parliament has ultimate authority to make or overturn any law and the prime minister and judiciary cannot overturn Parliament’s actions.

48. Answer Parliament has ultimate authority to make or overturn any law and the prime minister and judiciary cannot overturn Parliament’s actions. Return

49. The prime minister is elected by the House of Commons. the leader of the party after a general election who controls a majority of seats in the House of Commons. directly elected by majority vote of the whole electorate. determined after a general election by an electoral college on the basis of votes cast by electors representing England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

50. Answer the leader of the party after a general election who controls a majority of seats in the House of Commons. Return