Government of the United Kingdom

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/government-of-the-united-kingdom

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote Government of the United Kingdom?His Majesty's Government is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom
2. What is the legislative process?The government is dependent on Parliament for the creation of primary legislation
3. What is the metonymic usage?'Westminster' and 'Whitehall' are common metonyms for the UK Government
4. What does the Prime Minister do in the UK?The Prime Minister leads the UK Government and chooses other ministers to run departments. They shape the country's direction.
5. How does someone become the Prime Minister?The monarch invites the leader of the party most likely to have a majority in the House of Commons to become Prime Minister, and then that person appoints other ministers.

Uncodified Constitution: A constitution not contained in a single, authoritative document but derived from multiple sources.
Parliamentary Sovereignty: The principle that Parliament is the supreme legal authority in the UK, able to create or end any law.
Collective Responsibility: The constitutional convention that all members of the Cabinet publicly support all government decisions.
Metonym: A word or phrase used to stand for something else, like 'Whitehall' for the UK Government.