AP Comp Gov Exam Review Pt2

I CAN EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM, GREAT BRITAIN AND ENGLAND

Uk: Northern Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland

Great Britain: Wales, England, Scotland

England: England

I CAN DEFINE RELATIVE GRADUALISM AND EXPLAIN HOW IT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Relative Gradualism: Gradual Change, The slow democratic development of British, over 800 years, with a few bumps.

It played a role by being very slow with reforms therefore resulted in less violent sudden changes.

I CAN EXPLAIN THE WESTMINSTER SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND EXPLAIN HOW THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS CHOSEN

Westminster system: Fusion of power between HoC, PM, HoL

Prime Minister, technically chosen by queen, but usually the top ranked member of majority party

I CAN EXPLAIN HOW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ARE CHOSEN AND EXPLAIN HOW THE FPTP (1ST PAST THE POST) ELECTORAL SYSTEM WORKS.

HoC members are elected by FPTP, candidate that has the most votes wins election

I CAN CONTRAST MAJORITY, MINORITY AND COALITION GOVERNMENTS AND EXPLAIN HOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GOVERNMENT IMPACTS STABILITY

Majority: More then half the seats

Minority: Less then half the seats

Coalition: 2 or more parties as one

It can create a minority government which can destabilize the gov

I CAN IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE KEY POWERS OF THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE WESTMINSTER SYSTEM

Key Powers: choose the cabinet, agenda setter, diplomatic situations, command the military

I CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE CABINET IS CHOSEN AND HOW THE CABINET PLAYS A ROLE IN POLICY FORMATION

Cabinet is chosen by the PM, Cabinet members advise the PM on their specific are.

I CAN CONTRAST THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND HOUSE OF LORDS

House of Commons (elected, elect the PM, actually do work and have influence)

House of Lords (Hereditary and voted in, can’t block legislation, doesn't have much influence)

I CAN IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN TWO KEY CRITIQUES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS

• Has more members then any legislature

• none are elected

• life seat

• attend when they want, get payed either way

• enables politicians to reward their friends

I CAN IDENTIFY THREE IMPORTANT PM’S OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EXPLAIN THEIR IMPACT ON UK POLITICAL CULTURE

Winston Churchill: drunk all the time, head of UK through wwII,

Margret Thatcher: First woman prime minister, privatized rail ways, wasn’t liked by most, Iron Lady

Boris Johnson: Gets Brexit done

Theresa May: Negotiated Brexit deal with EU, some of her members resigned in protest, nearly faced a motion of no confidence from her party members and ended up resigning

I CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE POWER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IS CHECKED IN THE WESTMINSTER SYSTEM

not well, the HoL can slow down the process but can not completely check the HoC

I CAN IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE FIVE MAJOR THEMES OF BRITISH POLITICS (RELATIVE GRADUALISM, PRIVATIZATION, INDIVIDUALISM, POLARIZATION, NEW ISOLATIONISM)

Relative Gradualism: Gradual change, The slow democratic development of British, over 800 years, with a few bumps.

Privatization: Capitalism growing, socialism shrinking

Individualism: people are cooperating less, are less involved, less of a unit

polarization: less cooperation between parties

New Isolation: After being a super nation in the 1900s, Britain is moving towards isolation (Brexit)

I CAN DEFINE “QUESTION TIME” AND EXPLAIN HOW QUESTION TIME SERVES AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION IN THE WESTMINSTER SYSTEM

Question time is a period of time where questions are asked during sittings

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I CAN IDENTIFY THE MAJOR AND MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND DESCRIBE THEIR POLITICAL PLATFORMS

Labour Party: Co-operative party, similar to democrats in the American system

Conservative Party: conservative and unionist party, similar to republics

I CAN DEFINE BREXIT AND EXPLAIN THE POLITICAL ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE UNITED KINGDOM LEAVING THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brexit: the exit of the England leaving the EU

Left because of money (other are dragging the economy down) and immigration.

I CAN EXPLAIN HOW REFORMS HAVE LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

It has separated from parliament and has their own branch.

I CAN CONTRAST THE REALISM AND LIBERALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

Liberalism: Thinking of others in solutions

Realism: 0-sum game, thinking of only themselves

EX: Gibraltar debate

I CAN EXPLAIN HOW REALISM AND LIBERALISM IMPACT THE DECISION-MAKING OF INDIVIDUAL STATES AND CAN GIVE EXAMPLES TO SUPPORT THIS IMPACT

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I CAN EXPLAIN THE SIX RULES FOR FRQ WRITING AND USE THEM TO CONSTRUCT AN EXCELLENT FRQ

No flowery language, formatting, writing more than one bullet, use for example, don't use words like this/that/it/they, no subject language and correct answers.