Theme A: Living Together in the UK Key Words

A local area where people live as neighbours sharing a living space.

An official count of the population to find out about the changes in population.

Leaving your home country to live/move to another country.

Cultural background.

Coming to another country to live there.

The smaller part of a larger group of people.

Open minded and accepting.

A person who has left their home country as a refugee and is seeking asylum in another.

An international association compromising of teh UK together with states that were previously part of the British Empire and dependencies.

A person who travels from one country to another to improve their standard of living.

A group of 28 countries in Europe who work together in trade and economy.

A person who has been forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.

The state of a country or region in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services and supply of money.

A person who sets up a business.

A range of different groups that make up the wider population.

Bringing different groups of people together in society.

Who or what someone or something is.

A card carrying the holder's photograph, name, date of birth and other personal details, serving as official proof of their identity.

More than one identity. 

the unfair or prejudicial treatment of different groups of people on the grounds of race, age, or gender.

Repeatedly threatening, humiliating or pestering someone.

Having a regard for someone's feelings, wishes, or rights.

An international organisation formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries.

The action of singling someone out for cruel or unjust treatment.

Having or showing dislike of or prejudice against gay people.

Education for everyone.

Prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

Something usually money awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering or injury.

Creating a sense of belonging for all communites.

A system of government elected by the population or all the eligible members of a state typically through elected representatives.

An agreement between governments.

A document setting out aims and intentions.

A set of things people are allowed to have or do simply because they are human.

A charter of right which the English barons forced King John to sign in 1215.

A member of a local council, elected by people in the area.

A person who has been elected to represent part of a country in parliament.

A person who has been elected to represent part of the country in the EU.

A document that details an employee and employers' responsiblities for a particular job.

The minimum amount to be paid to an emplyee over the age of 25 (as you would normally have moved out from your parents by then).

The minimum amount to be paid to an emplyee under the age of 25.

Organisaitons that look after the interests of a group of emplyees who do the same job.

An organisation that offers free advice on consumer and other legal matters.

A person who buys goods and services.

A government office that can take legal action against traders who break the law.

The responsibilty of people to behave nicely to each other - even though it can't necessarily be legally enforced.

Information, which might be biased or miseading, used to promote a particular political view.

A group of people who are elected to look after the affair of a town, district or county.

A published statement of the aims and policies of a political party.

An organised group of people with common aims who put up candidates for elections.

A place where votes are cast; often a school, library or village hall.

An area that forms a seperate part of a local council.

A member of the council who is selected to be its representative on ceremonial occaisons; in some areas they are also the elected leader.

A form of tax paid by all the businesses in an area.

A tax paid by everyone who lives in an area to their local council.