Lesson 1: Study Questions Flashcards
Name two key documents that contain our rights and freedoms.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Constitution
Identify four rights that Canadians enjoy.
Fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights, equality rights, official language rights, minority-language education rights, the right to live free from slavery, the right to live free from torture, the right to own property.
Name four fundamental freedoms that Canadians enjoy.
Freedom of conscious and religion, freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of press and other media communication, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association.
What is meant by the equality of women and men?
Equal enjoyment between men and women of socially-valued goods, opportunities, resources and rewards.
What are some examples of taking responsibility of yourself and your family?
Getting a job or income, taking care of your family and working hard in keeping with your abilities.
Who were the founding peoples of Canada?
The native populations, the French Canadians and the English Canadians.
Who are the Métis?
The Métis are Aboriginal Canadians who occupy the three prairie provinces of Canada.
What does the word “Inuit” mean?
The Inuit are the Indigenous people of the Bering Strait, Western Alaska and parts of Greenland. The word means “The People” in the Inuit language.
What is meant by the term ‘responsible government”?
A government that responds to public opinion, pursues policies that are prudent and consistent, that operates with transparency, and that is accountable to Canadian parliament.
Who was Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine?
He was a Canadian politician, the first Premier of the United Province of Canada and the first head of responsible government.
What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolise?
Unity, the joining of Canada from sea to sea.
What does Confederation mean?
A union of states with some or most political power vested in a central authority.
What is the significance of the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best?
Before the discovery of insulin, people with diabetes didn’t live long. With the discovery of insulin, diabetic people were able to live longer as their glucose could be stored as glycogen.
What does it mean to say that Canada is a constitutional monarchy?
A constitutional monarchy is when a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organised government. Because Canada is still under British rule, the Canadian Government shares power with England’s monarch.
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, executional and judicial.
