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1
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What should governments do?

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Female foreign affairs nation difference
Province education healthcare delivery
Municipal road and bridges

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What are the responsibilities of government?

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Decide how to use resources
Creating and enforcing laws and legislations
Developing policies and programs
Providing services like health care and more

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What are the 5 ways governments can be measured by?

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Decision making process
Access to power
Citizens rights and freedoms
Rule of law
The constitution

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4
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What is rule of law?

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Inforesed equally fairly and consistently and no one is above the law even the politicians and police in the military

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5
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What is a constitution?

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It’s the basic principles and laws of a nation.

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6
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Autocracy?

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one person with unlimited power

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Democracy?

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a government elected by the people

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Oligarchy?

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a government in which a few people rule

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Monarchy?

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king or queen has political power until they die and then it gets passed down to the next in line

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Dictatorship?

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A country ruled by a single leader. The leader has not been elected and may use force to keep control.

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Anarchy?

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there is no government

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Capitalist?

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a free market country people can own their own businesses and land
Communist the government own businesses and farmers

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Totalitarian?

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one political party and may not be aloud to leave the country

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Republic?

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a government that doesn’t have a monarch it instead has a elected president.

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What is a representative democracy?

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A form of government in which politicians are elected through election to make policies and to pass laws on behalf of citizens

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What is a constituent?

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It’s being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect.

17
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What is a parliamentary democracy?

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We elect Members to represent us in our federal parliament and provincial legislations.

18
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What is a constitutional monarchy?

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It’s where the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution.

19
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What are the 3 levels of government?

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Federal
Provincial
Municipal

20
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What are the 3 branches of government?

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Executive
Legislative
Judicial

21
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Who is Canada’s Head of State?

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King Charles the 3

22
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What is a Prime Minister?

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the head of an elected government

23
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what is the full name of the governor general

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Her Excellency the Right Honorable Mary Simon.

24
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What is a Governor General?

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The governor general is the representative of the King in Canada

25
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What is a Premier?

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The Premier Is the head of prevents or territory

26
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What is an MP?

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An MP is member of parliament

27
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What is an MPP?

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its Member of provincial parliament

28
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How do we decide who becomes the leader of the federal government?

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the first party to get passed 170 point becomes the leader of the federal government

29
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How do we decide who becomes the leader of the provincial government?

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the first part who wins more then half of the seats forms the provincial government

30
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what is a minority government?

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a government in which the governing party has most seats but still less than half the total.

31
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What is a right?

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A right is a freedom that its protected or given to the people

32
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What is a responsibility?

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A responsibility is a duty, obligation or an expectation of how you should act

33
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What are the 7 basic rights granted to all Canadians?

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Fundamental freedoms
Democratic rights
Mobility rights
Legal rights
Equality rights
Official languages of canada
Minority language education rights

34
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Left wing values?

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Higher taxes
lager government
And more government services

35
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Right wing values?

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Lower taxes
Smaller government
Less government services

36
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What is the difference between the Left and the Right?

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the left wing values equity( having the same as every one else)
the right wing values equality of opportunity( fair but not the same)

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