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,United Kingdom

3.1.1 Law
Police force - Bobbies
- New Scotland Yard
- Metropolitan Police
Criminal vs civil law - Magistrates’ courts
- Justices of the Peace
- Trial by jury
- Crown Court
- Court of Criminal Appeal
- Central Criminal court
- Old Bailey
- Supreme Court
- Inns of Court
- Solicitor/barrister
- Gowns and wigs
- Queen’s Counsel
- Scotland own legal system
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Common law basis of the legal system of the United Kingdom

3.1.2 Government
Elections - Pairing system
- “First past the post” voting method
- A winner-take-all system
- Labour, Liberal Democrats, Tories
Monarchy - Title “Defender of the Faith"
- Fidei Defensor
- The right to summon and dissolve Parliament
- The right to refuse or approve a bill passed by Parliament
- United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy
Parliament - Treasury
- 10 Downing Street House of Lords
- Parliament
- Prime minister
- MI5/MI6

3.1.3 Education - State schools and independent schools
- Public school
- Eton Harrow Rugby
- National curriculum for state schools
- Red brick university
- Oxbridge
- General Certificate of Education
- Advanced level exams (A levels)
- General Certificate of Secondary Education
- O levels
- International Baccalaureate
- National Vocational Qualifications
- School uniform
- Compulsory school age
- Free meals in British schools
- Sixth-form college
- College of Further Education




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, 3.1.4 People
Traditional dialects - Cockneys
- Geordies
Distinctions - Knighthood
Traditional Languages - Gaelic
- Welsh
Famous Britons - Sir Sean Connery
- Sir Winston Churchill
- Robert Burns
- Dylan Thomas
- William Shakespeare (The Globe)
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Bram Stoker (Whitby)
- Thomas Becket
- Robin Hood
British painters - Turner
- Constable
- Hogarth
- Rossetti
- Hockney
Traditional Food - English trifle
- Yorkshire pudding
- Full English breakfast
- Christmas pudding
- Pork pie
- Steak and kidney pie
- Spotted Dick
- Sunday dinner
- Sunday roast
- Scones
- Victoria sponge
Housing - Council estate
- Terraced houses
- Townhouses
- Semi-detached
Sports - Cricket
- Football
- Tennis
- Horse racing
- Polo

3.2-A History
Landmarks - Hadrian's Wall
- Stonehenge
- Domesday Book
- Sutton Hoo
Ireland - The Troubles
- Northern Ireland nationalists and unionists
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- The "Good Friday Agreement"
- Roman Catholics vs Protestants
- Potato Famine
- Easter Rising
- Irish Home Rule
- Six counties in Ulster: Province of Northern Ireland
Early Britain - Prehistory
- Iron Age
- Celts
- Druids
- Queen Boudicca (Boadicea)

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