Part 5: Government, law and your role

This section is about how the UK is organised.

Learn it in this order

• Democracy
• Constitution and Parliament
• Government and parties
• International institutions
• Law and courts
• Rights, tax and community duties

The idea

This section is about how the UK is organised.

Keep one simple map in your head: Parliament makes laws, government runs services, courts apply the law, and residents take part through voting and community life.

Test facts to know

• The UK is a parliamentary democracy with the monarch as head of state.
• The chapter covers democracy, constitution, government, international institutions, law, rights, responsibilities and community role.
• Citizens and residents can take part in the democratic process.

How questions may test it

• Identify the UK as a parliamentary democracy with a monarch as head of state.
• Recognise the main government and law topic groups.

Key terms

parliamentary democracy, monarch, head of state, democratic process.