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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 Thought

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A way of thinking that values the group more than the individual, and veiws all things as interconnected.

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Aboriginal Healing Foundation

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A foundation created as a result of the Royal Commision on Aboriginal peoples, whose mandate is to encourage and support Aboriginal peoples as they create healing processes to address the legacy of physical and sexual abuse that many suffered in the residential school system.

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Aboriginal Rights

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The rights of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people in Canada, including their land and treaty rights, and rights pertaining to their history, culture, and language.

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Aboriginal Self-Government

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First Nations, Metis, and Inuit groups maknig their own decisions regarding their economy, education, culture, use of natural resources, and other areas of concern for their well being.

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Adam Smith

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An influental Scottsh political economist who challenged the key ideas behind the mercantilist system and described how a free-market economy would work.

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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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Altruism

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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 Canada’s Parliment to give government special powers, such as survaliance and detention, for dealing with people carrying out activities thought to be associated with terrorism.

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Anti-war Movement

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An organized campaign against war.

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Assimilation

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The process whereby ethnic or cultural groups adopt the culture 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 ideas and understandings that a person holds to be true, often influenced by such things as one’s culture, language, religion, gender, and world view.

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Bolsheviks

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Members of a wing of the Russian Social-Democractic Workers’ Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, which took control in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and which bacame the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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Bourgeoisie

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A french word that refers to the social class that evolved in Europe during the Middle ages with the development of cities and growth in trade.

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Brinkmanship

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International behaviour or foreign policy that takes a country to the brink of war.

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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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A document entrenched in the Constituional act, 1982 that lists and describes the fundemental rights and freedoms guarenteed to Canadians.

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Capitalism

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An economic system based on free markets, fair competiton, wise consumers, and profit-motivated producers.

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Capitalist Economy

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An economy that operates with limited government intervention.

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Censorship

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Restricting freedom of expression or freedom of access to ideas of works, usually by governments, and usually to protect the perceived common good.

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Centrally Planned Economy

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An econmic system based on public ownership of property.

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Citezenship

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Membership by birth or naturalization in a society, community, or country, which entails definable rights of participation and protection, and certain responsabilities and duties to the society, community, or country.

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Civil Disobedience

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Intentional, public refusal to obey an law; usually a form of non-violent political protest.

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Class System

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The division of a society into different classes of people, usually based on income or wealth.

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Classical Liberal

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Based on the ideology of classical liberalism.

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Classical Liberalism

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An ideology that is based on the belief that the rights and freedomsn of the individual should be the foundation for society.

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Cold War

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An ideoligical conflict between the communist Soviet Union and its allies.

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Collective Interest

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The set of goals or ideas that members of a group pursue together and that will benefit the group as a whole.

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Collective Responsibility

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A groups responsibility for the actions of all of its individual memebrs, as well as the idea that individuals have a responsibility to the group that is greater than their nindividual responsibility.

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Collective Security

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The mutual protection of the members of an organization against an outside threat.

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Collective Will

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The wants or wishes of a group of people.

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Collectivism

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An ideology that places the needs and goals of the colective, or group, before those of any individual member of the group.

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Command Economy

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An economic system based on public ownership of property, in which government planners decide which goods to produce, how to produce them, and how they should be distributed.

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Common Good

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The good of a community; something that benefits the public health, saftey, and/or well-being of a societyas a whole.

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Communism

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An ideology based on the belief that the oppressed working class must overcome its property owning oppressors through revolution.

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Competition

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The struggle among two or more people or groups for an economic, social, or political adavantage.

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Consensus Decision Making

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A form of decision making whereby individuals in a group share ideas, solutions, and concerns to find a resolution that all members of the group can accept.

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Constitution Act

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The act originally passed by th British Parliament that established Canada and its form of government.

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Constitutional Monarchy

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A political system in which a monarch shares power with a constitutiionally organized government.

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Containment

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The US Cold War foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism by establishing strategic allies around the world through trade and military alliances.

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Co-Operation

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People working together to accomplish common golas.

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Cost of Living

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How much money is needed to provide a person or family with a certain standard of living.

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Crown Corporations

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Companies owned by Canadian federal or provincial governments, which are formed to serve the common good.

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Crown Land

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Government-owned land, which is often rented or leased to individuals or companies for profit.

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Compulsory Enfranchisement

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The Automatic loss of status and rights provided by the indian act, and the gaining of citezen rights.

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Debt

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An obligation to pay back borrowed money.

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Democracy

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Apolitical system in which the people have the power to make or influence government decisions directly or indirectly through such processes as free elections.

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Democratic Socialism

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A political ideology that advocates a peaceful, evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism.

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Dénete

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A period of the cold war from mid 1960’s to 1979, during which the major powers tried to lessen the tensions between them through diplomacy.

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Deterrence

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The cold war foreign policy of both major powers, aiming to deter the military advances of the other through developing and building arms.

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Dictator

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A individual ruler or a small group that has complete control over the laws by which its people live.

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Dictatorship

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

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Direct Democracy

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A form of democratic 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 divided or shared among the different groups that make up a society.

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Economic Equality

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A principle common to collectivist ideologoies, which can have different meanings depending on the person or the ideology.

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Economic Freedom

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The ability of individuals to act freely as consumers and producers within an economic system.

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Egalitarianism

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An ideology that holds that all people should be treated as equals and have the same political, civil, economic, and social rights under the law.

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Emergencies Act

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A set of laws that permits the canadian government to invoke special measures to deal with emergencies.

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Enfranchisement

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