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Abject poverty

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extreme poverty in which an individual lives on less than $1 per day

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Aboriginal collective thoughts

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a way of thinking that values the group more than the individual

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Aboriginal healing foundation

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a foundation created as a resault of the royal commision on aboriginal peoples

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Aboriginal rights

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the rights of the first nations and inuit people of Canada including their lands and freedom rights

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Aboriginal self-government

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first nations and inuit groups making their own decisions regarding their economy, education and culture

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Adam smith

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a scotish economist who challenged the key ideas behind the merchantilist and described how a free market economy works

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Adherence to collective norms

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faithful observance of the norms or standards imposed on members of a group as a condition of membership in the group

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Alturism

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unselfishness and a focus on the needs of others

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Anti terrorism act

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a law passed by canadas parlament in december 2001 in response to the attack on september 11 2001

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anti war movement

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an organized campaign againts war that started during the late 1960s

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Assimilation

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the process whereby ethnic or cultural groups adopt the sulture of a dominant group and are absorbed into its society

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authoritarian political systems

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=political systems in which all decisions related to governing the state are made by a small group of people or by one person

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Beliefs

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the idea that someone has and believes to be true

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bolsheviks

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members of a wing of russian social democratic workers party led be vladimier lenin

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Bourgeoisie

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a french word that refures to the social class that envolved in europe during the middle ages with the development of the cities and the growth of trade

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brinkmanship

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international behavior or foriegn policy that takes a country to the brink of war. on the edge of war

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Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

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a document entrenched in the constitutional act

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capitalism

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an economic system based on free markets, fair competition wise consumers

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capitalist economy

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an economy that operates with a limited government intervention

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censorship

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restricting freedom of expression or freedom of acsess to ideas or workers, ussually by governments, and usually to protect the percevied common good

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centrally planned economy

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an economic system based on public ownership of property in which government planners decide what to produce

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citizenship

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membership by birth or by law of a certain country or province or city

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civil disobediance

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international disobediance where there is a man who does not know what it is like to have control of his own country

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class system

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classical liberal

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clasical liberalism

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cold war

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collective interest

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collective responabilty

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collective security

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the mutal protection of the protection of the members

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colective will

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collecivism

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comand economy

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an econmic system based on public ownership of buisnesses

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common good

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the good of a community; something that benefits the public health safety and or well being of society as a whole

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communism

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competition

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consensus decision making

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constitution act

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constitutional monarchy

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containment

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co operation

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people who work together to get a certain task done that is needed

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cost of living

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how much money is needed to provide a person or family with enough money so they can sustain their life and people they care about

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crown corporation

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a corporation that is in charge of everything and is a big buisness owned by the governent

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crown land

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a big property owned by the government to benifit towards their big corporation in order for them to succeed

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cumpolsory enfranchisement

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the automatic loss of status due to the indian act and the gaining of citizen rights

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dept

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the amount of money you or perhaps the government owes to a certain someone or to the government for example amarica is in dept because of the promises people are making to other countries

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democracy

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a political system in which people have the power to make government decisions directly or indirectly through such process as free elections

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democratic socialism

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a political ideoligy that advocates a peacful transition

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detente

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deterrence

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the cold war foriegn policy of both major powers

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dictator

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dict atorship

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a form of government in which one person or a small group of people posses absolute power

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direct democrocy

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a form of government in which people participate directly in political decision making

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distribution of wealth =

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how the wealth and income generated by an economy are devided or shared among the different groups that make up a society

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economic equality

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a princaple common to collectivist ideoligies which can have different meanings depending on the person or the deoligies

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economic freedom

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the idea for individuals to act freely as consumers and producers within an economy system

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egalitanerism

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emergecies act

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a set of laws that permits the canadian government to invoke special mesures to deal with emergencies

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enfranchisment

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granting people the rights of citizens to vote especially the right to vote

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evironment

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our soroundings

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enviromental concerns

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areas of specific concern mostly about the enviroment because people are worried that something is going to happen to it and they would have to figgure out a new plan in order to fix it

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enviromentalist

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someone who cares about the eviroment or studies it so he can predict the things the enviroment will do

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equal opertunitty/ opertunities

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equitible distrobution of income and wealth

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the idea that all people should earn equal income for work of simalar value

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eugenics

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an ideoligy based on the premise that all human physical and mental charictaristics are passed on through biological heridity

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excessive intrusion

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goverment interferingg in personal or business matters to what some people consider an unreasonable extent

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expansionalism

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a political and military policy of taking over additional territory through the violation of another countries soveiriignty

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extremism

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facism

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feminism`

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like everything that has to do with being a chick and efforts to survive in this society for women

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first nations

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the people who were here first that are native to this land or whatever land they grew up on

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first past the post

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who ever has the most votes towards thier party is the winner kida like the first horse to pass the finish line wins the whole thing

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flat tax

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a tax system where all tax payers are taxed at the same level of income

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free market economy

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free voice

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our right of freedom of speach so we can be heard from everyone and not face any consiquences unless its racist or something

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fundemental right

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global warming

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something al gore made up so he could make the world more efficient and less wastefull

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government intervention

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actions taken by the government to influence the economy

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govenor general

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in canada the appointed represenatives of the crown

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grassroots movement

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a campaign that usually begins when a few people share a belief about how a situation must change

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great depresion

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a time when the price of things went up and people were poor and they were all sad and poor

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great law of peace

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haudensaunce confederacy

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an allience of six first nations

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health crises

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situations where there is a threat of a desiese infecting alot of people and people are on alert

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human interdependance

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humanitarian crises

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disasters such as family pandemic

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humanitarialism

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human rights

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the rights and freedoms we have to protect us from any unessasary actions being taken

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ideoligical conflict

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a struggle between distinct and opposing sets of beliefs

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Abject poverty (1 decks)

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