Introduction Television viewing is Britain's most popular pastime. The average Briton spends more than three and a ha If hours per day watching television, including videotapes. More than 97 percent of Britain's households have a color television and 73 percent have a videocassette

The System of Government Representative Democracy and also known as Parliamentary Democracy Monarch-- Constitutional Monarch What powers does the Queen have?

Procedure 1. Summary of chapter 18 2. Students' presentations 3.In-class activities

A1 Development of \Welfare State\ 1. Definition of Poverty 1.1 Absolute Poverty- families without minimum food, clothing and shelter needed for maintenance of merely physical health (concept at beginning of last century)

Britain and the World Britain's primary overseas interests lay in three areas: Europe The Empire or Commonwealth The special relationship with the USA

hapter 10 Beliefs Religious history Around 432 Ireland converted to Christanity by St. Patrick, who brought faith from Rome His followers spread christianity to Wales, Scotland&n. England, established religious centres In Ad 496-7: the Saxons of A. England were converted to

Main Parties Conservative Party the Labour Party Labour the Liberal Demacrats LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

A1 ntroduction Britain's 'mixed economy'-an economy in which there is some public ownership as well as privately owned business

A 1 What is \Work\? Work: regular paid employment .Work: paid employment at a job or trade, occupation, or profession Important- 1. material consequences of work 2. the individual cultural benefits of work Unemployment-having disastrous implications

Abstract In Chapter Seven we continue to look at the variety of ways in which people in Britain today spend their leisure time. We especially look at excursions away from home for a short or longer break. But we first look at the transport infrastructure of Great Britain a network of airports, railway lines, motorways and other roads, which, together, connect up the even remotest parts of the country and help to make