- •Political systems of great britain, australia and the usa
- •Political System of Great Britain
- •British Parliament
- •Political System of Australia
- •The us Constitution. Political System of the usa
- •Language practice
- •Discussion
- •Below you will find the description of public officials and institutions. Give the appropriate title relating to Australia, the uk and the usa.
- •Make a short presentation to characterize the federal system of government by completing the following table. Add more issues if necessary. Use text 9 from supplementary reader.
- •IV. Distribute the features given below to characterize different modes of election of the president. Point out pros and cons of each mode of election of the president.
Language practice
Ex. 1. Match the terms with their definitions. Translate the terms into Russian and learn them.
1) Constitutional monarchy |
1) An official act of installing the President of the USA to his office. |
2) The Lord Chancellor |
2) The chairman of the House of Commons. |
3) Commonwealth |
3) A form of government in which a monarch serves as the sole source of political power in the state and is not legally bound by any constitution. |
4) Inauguration |
4) The officer who presides in the Senate. |
5) Executive branch |
5) Deliberative authority with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws, to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget. |
6) State sovereignty |
6) The quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. |
7) The Speaker |
7) A form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a written, unwritten or blended constitution. |
8) Absolute monarchy |
8) A set of electors who choose among candidates for a particular office. |
9) Electoral College |
9) Part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state. |
10) Vice-President |
10)The officer who presides in the House of Lords. |
11) Legislature |
11)The power of a state to do everything necessary to govern itself, such as making, executing, and applying laws; imposing and collecting taxes; making war and peace; and forming treaties or engaging in commerce with foreign nations. |
12) Sovereignty |
12) an association of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another |
Ex. 2. Match the words and expressions with their synonyms and learn them.
primacy |
legislative |
haphazard |
in the name of |
advisor |
to modify |
assent |
to enlarge |
realm |
supreme power |
to meet expenses |
councilor |
on behalf of |
to adopt |
to coalesce |
to satisfy, to suit, to suffice |
law-making |
discussion |
parliamentary sovereignty |
supremacy, domination, superiority |
to pass the law |
consent, approval, permission |
authority |
assembly |
debates |
casual, chaotic, random |
to extend |
to unite |
convention |
power |
to amend |
territory, area, kingdom |
Ex. 3. Show your knowledge of the US political system by completing the text with the words and phrases from the box.
President, Congress, Government, District of Columbia, House of Representatives, State, Presidential, Senate, United States Congress, representatives, Presidential, senators, Congress, House of Representatives, electoral college, District of Columbia, President, directly, Senate |
The United States is a federation of 50 states as well as the ____, with each of the states retaining considerable autonomy within the federation. Each of the states has its own state government, with laws differing slightly between states.
The Federal Government consists of the ____ and his administration acting as the executive body, as well as the ____ acting as the legislative body. The ____ is elected indirectly by the people via an ____, and serves as both the Head of ____ and Head of ____. The ____ is bicameral, consisting of upper house, known as the ____, and a lower house, known as the ____. Both houses are ____ elected by the people. While more seats are given to more populated states in the ____ (e.g. 53 for California, but only 1 for Alaska), the ____ is equally represented by each state, which each state getting 2 seats regardless of population. For ____ elections, the number of electoral votes assigned to each state is equal to the total number of ____ and ____ from the state. The ____ has no representation in either house of ____, though it is given 3 electoral votes in ____ elections.