Government of Canada

Question 1

How are the members of the house of commons decided?

Answer 1

They are voted on

Question 2

What is the lower house?

Answer 2

The House Of Commons

Question 3

What does M.P. stand for?

Answer 3

Member of Parliament

Question 4

What colour is the carpet in the house of commons?

Answer 4

Green

Question 5

Who decides the members of the Senate?

Answer 5

Appointed my the gover general on reccomendation of the Prime Minister

Question 6

What is another name for the Senate?

Answer 6

The house of sober, second thought

Question 7

Who is the Upper house?

Answer 7

The Senate.

Question 8

Who Canada’s head of state?

Answer 8

The Queen

Question 9

Who represents the Queen in Canada?

Answer 9

The Governor general

Question 10

Who is the head of government in Canada?

Answer 10

The Prime Minister of Canada

Question 11

List 4 jobs of the Governor General

Answer 11

• Signs all bills into law by giving ‘royal assent
• Officially welcomes representatives of foreign governments to Canada
• Reads the Speech from the Throne (this ‘speech’ is the ruling government’s plans for the new parliamentary session)
• Promotes pride and awareness of Canada

Question 12

What is a M.P. that is not in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet called?

Answer 12

Backbencher

Question 13

What does it mean to be non-partisan?

Answer 13

It means the person or group is not a part of any political party

Question 14

What is an Independent?

Answer 14

Someone elected for the riding with no political affiliation.

Question 15

Which group is usually referred to as the ‘Official Opposition’?

Answer 15

The party with the next largest number of seats.

Question 16

How often is a federal election held?

Answer 16

Every 4 years

Question 17

Why would an election be held off until a later year?

Answer 17

The country is at war

Question 18

Who elects the speaker?

Answer 18

by secret ballot and by all M.Ps

Question 19

Who is the speaker?

Answer 19

The moderator or referee

Question 20

What does M.L.A stand for?

Answer 20

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Question 21

Who’s the head of the Municipal government?

Answer 21

Mayor

Question 22

Page

Answer 22

Usually a university student hired to help members of government while they are working in their meetings.

Question 23

Whip

Answer 23

A. doing attendance for meetings B. seating people in committees C. discipling party member that are not acting as the party wishes

Question 24

What do special interest groups do?

Answer 24

They try to influence parties and governments.

Question 25

What are petitions?

Answer 25

Petitions are written demands signed by special interest groups (also known as 'lobby groups or 'pressure groups'

Question 26

Economy

Answer 26

The running of a household

Question 27

What kind of economic system does Canada have?

Answer 27

A mixed or blended system

Question 28

What is Canada's economic a mix of?

Answer 28

1) free enterprise 2) a planned economy

Question 29

Free enterprise

Answer 29

Where private systems run it with minimum government interference

Question 30

Planned Economy

Answer 30

where the government runs and owns a number of services and businesses and is highly involved in how the economy affects its people) The planned economy focuses on fairness

Question 31

Goods

Answer 31

any physical objects that we make or buy

Question 32

Services

Answer 32

any activities or actions that we do

Question 33

Supply

Answer 33

how much of something we have

Question 34

Demand

Answer 34

a strong desire to purchase something and the ability to pay for what they desire

Question 35

What causes prices to go up or down?

Answer 35

- Prices go up when a product is new and their is not a lot of supply - Prices go down when there is too much of a product and when people stop wanting it as much

Question 36

How does counterfeiting affect supply and demand?

Answer 36

- Counterfeiting puts too much supply into the market forcing prices to go down - Counterfeiting offers cheap versions of the original product and creating low or bad reputation for the original company

Question 37

What are some concerns with counterfeiting products?

Answer 37

- Can impact peoples health - Often poorly made - Destroy the original company's reputation - Steals money Can that rightly belongs to the original company, businesses can then go broke and have to lay off many of their workers - Can use the money they make for criminal and/or terrorist activities

Question 38

Why is it hard for Canada to slow down or stop counterfeiting?

Answer 38

- Not enough political will - Not enough resources put aside to fight it

Question 39

What is the function of the executive branch?

Answer 39

Make and Implement decisions, carry out policies and run government departments.

Question 40

List key people in the executive branch

Answer 40

Queen (gov general-fed, lieut gov gen. prov) Prime Minister-federal Premier-provincial Cabinet MInisters Civil servants

Question 41

What is the function of the legislative branch?

Answer 41

Introduce, debate and pass laws

Question 42

What is the function of the judicial branch?

Answer 42

Interpret and enforce law

Question 43

List key people in the legislative branch

Answer 43

Elected representatives Appointed senators- fed.

Question 44

List key people in the judicial branch

Answer 44

Judges and courts

Question 45

What is 1?

Answer 45

Parliment

Question 46

What is 2?

Answer 46

Queen Represented by the Governor General

Question 47

What is 3?

Answer 47

The Senate Appointed on the Prime Ministers recommendation

Question 48

What is 4?

Answer 48

The House of Commons Elected by voters Government members Opposition members

Question 49

What is 5?

Answer 49

Judicial

Question 50

What is 6?

Answer 50

Supreme Court of Canada Nine judges appointed the governor general

Question 51

What is 7?

Answer 51

Federal Court of Canada

Question 52

What is 8?

Answer 52

Provincial Courts

Question 53

What is 9?

Answer 53

Executive branch

Question 54

What is 11?

Answer 54

Legeslative branch

Question 55

What is 10?

Answer 55

Prime Minister and Cabinet

Question 56

Government

Answer 56

Ruling body of people

Question 57

Why does Canada have 3 branches of government?

Answer 57

To check and balance eachother

Question 58

What is the purpose of the executive branch?

Answer 58

To carry out the business of the government

Question 59

What is the purpose of the legeslative branch?

Answer 59

To make laws

Question 60

What is the purpose of the judicial branch?

Answer 60

to interpret and enforce laws

Question 61

What is a Constitutional monarchy?

Answer 61

Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a king or queen acts as Head of State. The ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected Parliament, not with the Monarch

Question 62

Councilors

Answer 62

These elected officials will represent the people who voted them in from their own geographic area-known as a ward

Question 63

Band Council

Answer 63

Elected leaders joined together in case of reserved land

Question 64

What are elected provincial memeber called?

Answer 64

Members of National Assembly

Question 65

Riding

Answer 65

The pieces of land members of the house of commons represent.

Question 66

Comissioners

Answer 66

Territorial version of provincial lieutenant-governor generals