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Fill in each blank with one of the items listed. Use your dictionary to check the meaning of an item you are not familiar with.

Fill in each blank with one of the items listed. Use your dictionary to check the meaning of an item you are not familiar with.

Act of Settlement, Act of Union, Bull (Papal), Bullion, City Fathers, Civics, Crusade, Culture, Divine Right, Doctrine of Lapse, Fanaticism, Federal Constitution

1) Once the Treaty was signed, ……………… was worked out over several months, setting the conditions of unification between the two kingdoms

2) International economic relations consist not only of an exchange of "goods"—that is, of commodities and ……………………..—but also an exchange of "services."

3) In 1885 Henry R. Waite founded the American Institute of ……………

4) The miners' strike revealed the range of new movements and organisations which have been arenas...for the development of working-class …………….. and working-class consciousness

5) At the time of the adoption of the …………………rule, East India Company had ultimate royal administrative and jurisdiction over many regions of Indian subcontinent

6) But it was only about reforming the regional constitution, without taking into consideration the …………………….

7) But snobbery is incompatible with ………………. and therefore never really efficient

8) Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by ……………………….

9) His family and friends are …………….. against the imprisonment of a man whom they believe to be not guilty

10) It was as if some ………………………. had decided that they needed one beacon of beauty among the otherwise dingy structures.

11) This article studies censorship in France between the promulgation of the …………….. ….'Unigenitus' in 1713 and the dissolution of the Society of Jesus in 1762.

12) The …………………. of Ireland imposed penalties including death and land confiscation against participants and bystanders of the Irish Rebellion

 

 

Fill in each blank with one of the items listed. Use your dictionary to check the meaning of an item you are not familiar with.

Grand Alliance, Industrial Revolution, Initiative Private, Letters Patent ,Liberty of The Press, Non-Intervention Policy, Regulating Act, Reign Of Terror, Subsidiary System ,Suffrage, Government (Responsible)

1) He was also the first leader to introduce universal male …………… to Europe, along with the most comprehensive system of social welfare the world would see for sixty years

2) His formative experience had been the French Revolution, which started with the proclamation of the Rights of Man and ended with the ……………...

3) In the United States, ……………… and the broader freedom of speech (see speech, freedom of) are protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution and are considered fundamental rights of the people

4) There is strong demand for its services throughout the developing world: …………………. is increasingly recognized as an effective and innovative engine of economic growth.

5) Still, he had to hurry to keep up with Antonov as the burly ………………… commander in chief strode along the corridors

6) Indeed, the societal wealth created through the …………………. is partly due to this new diffusion of knowledge and skills.

7) The use of ……………… in making royal proclamations has been reduced by order of a statutory instrument (number 1730) issued by Queen Elizabeth II at the Court at Buckingham Palace

8) In the wake of the First World War, the ……………….. gained ascendancy

9) And if, according to the said clauses, a Company's local ……………… shall be disclosed, it shall try to disclose the essential provisions only of such documents.

10) The idea that a central authority should have a ………………., performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more immediate or local level

11) The ……………………….. for the promotion of democracy and the rule of law inside the country.

 

3. Match the words and their definitions :

1. Act of Settlement, a. a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic
2. Act of Union b. A municipal official, such as a council member
3. Bull (Papal), c. Gold or silver considered with respect to quantity rather than value.
4. Bullion d. Act of Parliament that thereafter regulated the succession to the English throne.
5. City Fathers e. was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie for the East India Company in India
6. Civics f. The branch of political science that deals with civic affairs and the rights and duties of citizens.
7. Crusade, g. The doctrine that monarchs derive their right to rule directly from God and are accountable only to God.
8. Culture, h. A vigorous concerted movement for a cause or against an abuse.
9. Divine Right i. the parliamentary measure that abolished the Irish Parliament by providing for Irish representation at Westminster only, effective from 1 January 1801
10. Doctrine of Lapse j. Fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world.
11. Fanaticism k. is a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal, particularly for an extreme religious or political cause or in some cases sports, or with an obsessive enthusiasm for a pastime or hobby
12. Federal Constitution l. The predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group or organization

4. Match the words and their definitions :

1. Grand Alliance British government initiative to involve the private sector in the provision of public services; The system encourages public authorities to join with private companies in long-term contracts involving financing, building, and running infrastructure projects.  
2. Industrial Revolution, the diplomatic policy whereby a nation seeks to avoid alliances with other nations in order to avoid being drawn into wars not related to direct territorial self-defense, has had a long history within the United States
3. Initiative Private are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation  
4. Letters Patent The British Regulating Act generally can be considered as the first foray of the British government into the control of the Indian Subcontinent
5. Liberty of The Press A period of brutal suppression or intimidation by those in power.  
6. Non-Intervention Policy Process of change from an agrarian, handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture
7. Regulating Act, A period of brutal suppression or intimidation by those in power.  
8. Reign Of Terror, liberty to print or to otherwise disseminate information, as in print, by broadcasting, or through electronic media, without prior restraints such as licensing requirements or content review and without subsequent punishment for what is said
9. Subsidiary System Originally meaning prayers, especially for the souls of the departed, the senses relating to the right to vote emerged in the sixteenth century
10. Suffrage the alliance between the United States and Great Britain that specified goals for the outcome of World War II and afterwards, as set out in the Atlantic Charter of 1941  
11. Government (Responsible) the idea that a central authority should have a subsidiary function, performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more immediate or local level

 

 

 

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