United Kingdom Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. The series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists(Cavaliers) from 1642 until 1651.
  2. 8. The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
  3. 9. A province of the UK that occupies the north-eastern part of Ireland, compromised of six countries of Ulster; capital: Belfast.
  4. 10. The highest legislature, consisting of the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
  5. 12. In the U.K., a person who is given the honor of a title such as "Lord" and a place in the House of Lords as a reward for the good things they have done for the country.
  6. 13. A semipublic administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it.
  7. 14. A person formally elected to the UK national legislative body or other similar legislature elsewhere.
  8. 15. The official representative body of British trade unions, founded in 1868 and meeting annually.
  9. 16. A charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede.
  10. 22. The branch of the Celtic people to which the Welsh belong.
  11. 23. An inhabitant of the Highlands of Scotland.
  12. 25. An international association consisting of the UK together with states that were previously part of the British Empire, and dependencies, which the the British monarch is the symbolic head.
  13. 26. A formal vote by which the members of a legislature or similar deliberative body indicate that they no longer support a leader, government, etc.
  14. 27. A member of any of the ranks of the hereditary nobility in Britain or Ireland, especially one entitled to a seat in the House of Lords.
  15. 28. The committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy.
  16. 29. A political party who promote the ideas of private property and enterprise, the maintenance of a strong military, and the preservation of traditional cultural values and institutions.
Down
  1. 1. The island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles.
  2. 3. A member of the British reforming and constitutional party that sought the supremacy of Parliament and was eventually succeeded in the 19th century by the Liberal Party.
  3. 4. A political party advocating the independence of Scotland.
  4. 5. An organization to promote the prosperity of British business.
  5. 6. The head of an elected government; the principal minister of a sovereign or state.
  6. 7. A merged party that favors social reform, personal liberty, reducing the powers of the Crown and the Church of England, avoidance of war and foreign alliances and above all free trade.
  7. 11. A large bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London.
  8. 15. Any option regarded as an alternative to two extremes, especially a political agenda which is centrist and consensus-based rather than left- or right-wing.
  9. 17. The London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
  10. 18. A political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists; centre - left.
  11. 19. A Celtic language spoken mainly in the highlands and islands of western Scotland.
  12. 20. The monarchy or reigning monarch.
  13. 21. Also known as the Belfast Agreement, is a pair of agreements that ended most of the violence of the Troubles, a political conflict in Northern Ireland that had ensued since the late 1960s.
  14. 24. The portion of the population of the British Isles which is of Celtic origin or the native land of such people.