Civics test

Question 1

Political spectrum

Answer 1

a way of classifying basic beliefs anad values of citizens on how

Question 2

political parties

Answer 2

organization that represent different political perspectives.

Question 3

political ideology

Answer 3

describes a specific set of beliefs and values.

Question 4

party platform

Answer 4

explains to voters on how a party plans to run the government.

Question 5

socialism

Answer 5

A left- wing of political ideology that focuses on economic and social quality.

Question 6

liberalism

Answer 6

a political ideology that tries to balance economic and social freedom

Question 7

libertarianism

Answer 7

a far right wing political ideology that want social, economic and individual freedom.

Question 8

electoral system

Answer 8

legal system which people vote, votes are counted and people are elected for to run government

Question 9

proportional representation

Answer 9

a system of voting in which parties receive proportion of seats in the legislative that reflects their portion vote.

Question 10

first- past - the -post

Answer 10

a system of which there is no limit to the number of candidates who can run for election.

Question 11

fact

Answer 11

something that can be shown or exist to have actually happened.

Question 12

opinion

Answer 12

an idea that someone believes is true but not supported by evidence.

Question 13

argument

Answer 13

tires to persuade others by giving reasons and evidence to support a certain point of view.

Question 14

propaganda

Answer 14

political advertising for a position or argument that may distort the truth or include false information.

Question 15

riding

Answer 15

a geographic area that is represented by a member of parliament (MP/MPP)

Question 16

referendum

Answer 16

a vote by general public instead of government on an important issue.

Question 17

misinfo

Answer 17

untrue or wrong information that is passes along but thought to be true.

Question 18

disinfo

Answer 18

false info purposely shared for the purpose of creating a false impression and is harmful to others.

Question 19

Majority government

Answer 19

refers to a party in the house of commons that forms a government with more than 50% of seats under its control

Question 20

minority government

Answer 20

a government in which the ruling party has less than half the seats in the house of commons

Question 21

polling station

Answer 21

a building where people go to vote in an election.

Question 22

ballot

Answer 22

the list of candidates on which you cast your vote.