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Key terms Flashcards

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Citizenship

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membership in a political community such as a country, including rights, duties, and responsibilities

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Government

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A system by which a group of people makes the laws that are enforced to guide the affairs of a community such as a country, province, or municipality

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society

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a group of interacting people who share a community

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Authoritarian

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a form of decision making or a government system in which one person or a small group of people holds all the power

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democratic

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a form of decision making in which all group members have a vote

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consensus

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a group decision reached through discussion to which all members agree

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politics

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A human activity in which opposing individuals or groups mobilize support to obtain power to govern

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Power

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the ability of an individual or group to get what it wants

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common good

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that which benefits all or most people in a community or society

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rule of law

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the fundamental constitutional principle that no government or person is above the law and that society is governed by laws that apply fairly to all

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direct democracy

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government in which all citizens directly participate in decision making without representatives

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representatives democracy

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a democracy in which citizens periodically elect others to represent them in government

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Athens

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2400 years ago
would include an all male democracy
worlds first democratic government

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Ancient Romans

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were first to establish a bureaucracy
bureaucracy was needed to maintain control over rheir establishing empire
citizens of ancient rome had very few rights

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Bureaucracy

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government by groups of officials

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Demos

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people

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Kratos

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power

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Majour breakthrough

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in 1215 king john was forced to sign the magna carte
This made everyone applicable to all laws fairly

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Informed citizenship

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awareness if the needs in the community including global interests

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Purposeful citizenship

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understand our role and relationship with the community and government

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Active Citizenship

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Apply our knowledge in a meaningful and constructive manner

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BNA (1867)

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Canada became a country on july 1st 1867 with the passing of the BNA act
with 4 provinces which are Ontario, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and New brunswick
In order to make change it had to ger permission from britan

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Statue of west minister (1931)

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With the passing of the statue of westminister canada could change, amend, and make any laws without government approval

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Canada act 1982

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Canada could make its own laws, but still needed britan
In 1982 the prime minister and wueen elizabeth the 2nd signed the canada act that enabled canada to make changed yo its constitution without british approval

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Plutocracy

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refers to rule by a few wealthy individuals

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Timocracy

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Refers to rule by the most intellgient

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Aristocracy

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a form of government where the priviledged people rule

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Dictatorship

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A form of government where one leader has absolute power unrestricted by law

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Oligarchy

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A form of government where people have all the power

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Monarchy

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A political system where there is one supreme ruler which is hereditary

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self government

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a group of nations’s power to administer its own government

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executive

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the branch of a government or organization that makes decisions and enforces rules

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Legistlative

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a branch of government that makes the laws

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Judicial

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the branch of government that deals with administration of justice and interpretation of laws

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governor general

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the appointed representative of Canada’s monarch as the official head of state in the Canadian federal system of government

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Cabinet

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Advisors selected by the prime minister or premier to head ministers and departments and run the executive branch of government

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members of parliament

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the elected representatives of the people, who sit in the federal house of commons

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question period

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the 45-minute period put aside during delay sessions of the legislature when the opposition parties can question the government

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Senate

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In canada the legislative branch if the federal government us composed of senators, who are not elected but appointed by prime ministers known as the upper house

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mayor

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the head of a municipal government in a town or city

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councillors

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Elected representatives in a municipal government

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Majority rule

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what most people want will prevail as the basic principle of decision making

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minority rights

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the rights of minority groups to be protected by the majority

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