Chapter 1: Federal Government vocab

Question 1

Govern

Answer 1

make decisions as a government and put decisions into action

Question 2

governance

Answer 2

process of governing

Question 3

government

Answer 3

person with power to make decisions for a society

Question 4

executive branch

Answer 4

puts laws into action

Question 5

legislative branch

Answer 5

makes laws

Question 6

constituent

Answer 6

someone who lives in a riding and is represented y an elected offical that is riding

Question 7

popular vote

Answer 7

total votes casted in an elecion

Question 8

minorities

Answer 8

groups in society who don’t form the majority of the population

Question 9

judicial branch

Answer 9

applies and interprets the law by making legal judgement

Question 10

accountable

Answer 10

answerable to someone for your actions

Question 11

civil service

Answer 11

employees of the government

Question 12

Royal assent

Answer 12

bill becomes law after the governor general signs the document making the law official

Question 13

assimilation

Answer 13

process of becoming a different culture group

Question 14

slogan

Answer 14

repeated phrase o present an idea used by politicians or marketers

Question 15

bias

Answer 15

opinions based on unchallenged assumptions

Question 16

lobbyists

Answer 16

hired by a group to influence MPs and government officals

Question 17

constitution

Answer 17

the law that describes goverance in Canada and the civil rights of all Canadian citizens