1. An Introduction to Britain
Liu Peifu & Li Peng

2. Quiz seven: UK politics-1 Monarchy and Parliament
1. What is a monarchy? 2. What is the British monarchy known as? 3. When did the system in Q2 start? 4. ____ has separated out the ceremonial & official duties of the Head of State from party politics. 5. The system in Q4 provides s___ and continuity, since the Head of State remains the same as the ministers come and go. 6. Until the end of ___ century, British monarchs had the right to make and pass legislation.
What was the official title of the country from 1801 to 1927?

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1. In December 1689, the Parliament of England passed the ____, which established the tenets of such as the supremacy of Parliament.
2. In UK, the day-to-day power is exercised by ___ in Cabinet, and by P___ elected by the people.
3. The UK’s monarchy is considered the __ of all modern constitutional monarchies.
4. The present British monarch is ___. Her father became King George VI of ___ and ___ in She acceded the throne in ___ and was crowned in ___. She is currently the ___ longest ruling monarchy in English history.

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marked the 60 years of the Queen’s reign, which is also known as ____ Jubilee.
2. What is the official title of the Queen? (Hint- 4 parts: Queen of ?, other places, role in the Commonwealth and the Church of England?)
3. Queen is the symbol of the whole nation, which means the powers have now been transferred to ___.
4. The Queen in theory retains the power to exercise personal discretion over issues such as appointing the ___ and dissolving ___, though these powers may never be used in ___.
5. According to the law, the Queen is the ___ of the executive branch of the government(hence, HMG), an integral part of the ___, head of the J___, the commander-in-chief of all the ___ and the ___ of the Church of England.

5. 1. The Queen gives ___ to Bills passed by UK Parliament.
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1. The Queen gives ___ to Bills passed by UK Parliament.
2. What does the Queen do as the Head of State?
3. The Queen has to remain strictly ___ to political matters, unable to ___ or stand for ___.
4. What are the Queen’s duties?
5. The Queen also has a close relationship with the P.M., having the right to appoint and meet with him or her to discuss ____on a regular basis.
6. What are the devolved assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
7. Today the British Sovereign today still retains an important ___ role as the figure in whose name justice is carried out and order is maintained.
8. What is the Queen’s privilege in the legal system?
(Queen public?, BBC, holiday?. Medal ?) for question 6
Read the lines for Q 7

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Who is ablt to declare when the country is at war and when the war is over?
This power in Q 1 is only exercised on the advice of ___.
The Queen is able to appoint archbishops and bishops on the advice of ___.
The Queen is only an ____ member in the Church of Scotland .
The official title of Queen EII is ____.
The Heir apparent of UK is ___ since ___ when Q EII ascended the throne.
The members of the Royal family support the Queen in her many __ and ___ duties, as well as carrying out important work in areas of public and ___ services, helping to strenghten national ___ and ___.

7. 6-Locations
1. The 1949 London Declaration of Commonwealth of Prime Ministers recognized ___ as Head of Commonwealth. Following his death, the Commonwealth leaders recognized Q EII as Head of the Commonwealth.
2. Queen EII’s role is an important symbolic and ___ role. As Head, the Queen personally ___ the links by which the Commonwealth joins people together from around the world. One way of strengthening these connections is through ___.
3. The Queen keeps in touch with Commonwealth developments through regular contact with the Commonwealth ___ and his ___. This is the Commonwealth’s central ___.