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AQA Politics Government of the UK A Level Exam Questions and Answers
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AQA Politics Government of the UKA Level Exam
Questions and Answers
What is the definition of politics? - Answer>> The process by
which conflicts are resolved and how power is distributed in order
to achieve this
What are the four things that conflicts result from? - Answer>>
Scarcity, Ideological differences, differences in approach,
divisions of labour and power
What is the definition of state? - Answer>> The institution which
exercises power
What is the process describing where supreme power lie? -
Answer>> Parliamentary Sovereignty
What is the definition of representative democracy? - Answer>>
A democracy in which we elect people to make decisions over a
5-year period
What is the definition of economy? - Answer>> The financial
state of a country that how prosperous that country is
Name the three branches of power that make up the UK political
system - Answer>> Executive, Legislature and Judiciary
Who exercises the executive? - Answer>> Government
Who exercises the legislature? - Answer>> Parliament and
Monarch
, Who exercises the judiciary? - Answer>> Courts and Judges
What is the job of the executive? - Answer>> Suggest laws
What is the job of the legislature? - Answer>> Make and
approve laws
What is the job of the judiciary? - Answer>> Interpret laws
What do the 3 branches of power provide? - Answer>> Checks
and balances so that they all make an equal contribution
What are the four levels of Government existing in the UK? -
Answer>> EU, Westminster, Devolved, Local
What is the definition of a constitution? - Answer>> A body of
rules which defines the manners in what a state or society is
governed. It is a contract between the government and the
governed outlining their rights and responsibilities
Why are constitutions written? - Answer>> People want the
system to change
What are the functions of the constitution? - Answer>> Peace,
keeping order, guarantee rights, equity, limit power, establish
territory, rules of citizenship, amendment methods
What are the qualities of the UK constitution? - Answer>>
Fused power, Unitary, Uncodified, Entrenched, Flexible, Non-
sovereign
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