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Question 1

Abject Poverty

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

Question 2

Aboriginal collective thought

Answer 2

the way of thinking that the group is more important than the individual.

Question 3

Aboriginal Healing Foundation

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a foundation created as a result of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples, create healing processes for the abuse suffered in the residential school system.

Question 4

Aboriginal rights

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Rights for first nations peoples, including their land and treaty rights. Also rights pertaining to their history, culture and language.

Question 5

Aboriginal Self-government

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First nations who make their own decisions involving their economy, education and use of natural resources.

Question 6

Adam Smith

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Scottish political economist, who described how a free-market economy would work, as well with laissez-faire capitalism.

Question 7

adherence to collective norms

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faithful observance of the norms or standards imposed on members of a group. Can relate to conduct, value and appearance.

Question 8

altruism

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unselfishness and focus on the needs of others.

Question 9

Anti-terrorism Act

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act created in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 on the twin towers. Gives powers such as surveillance and detention for those suspected of carrying out terrorist attacks.

Question 10

anti-war movement

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an orgainzed campaign against war. The Vietnam anti-war movement gained public support during the late 1960s and contributed tot he united states ending that war.

Question 11

assimilation

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where an ethnic group adopts the culture of a dominant group and are absorbed into their society,

Question 12

authoritarian political systems

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

Question 13

beliefs

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the ideas and understandings that one persons holds to be true

Question 14

Bolsheviks

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members of the russian social-democratic workers party, led by Vladimir Lenin, which took control in 1917 and later became the communist party of the Soviet Union

Question 15

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 the growth in trade.

Question 16

brinkmanship

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international behaviour or foreign policy that takes a country to the brink of war; pushing one’s demands to the point of threatening military action.

Question 17

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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a document entrenched in the Constitutional Act, 1982 that lists and describes the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed to Canadians.

Question 18

capitalism

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economic system based on free markets, fair competition, and wise consumers where government involovement is favoured.

Question 19

capitalist economy

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economny that operates with limited government intervention. has free market economies.

Question 20

censorship

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restricted freedom of expression or freedom to access to ideas or works, usually by governments.

Question 21

centrally planned economy

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economic system based on public ownership of property, in which government planners decide on what to be produced and how much to be sold for. found in communist states.

Question 22

citizenship

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memebership by birth. which entails definable rights of participation and protection.

Question 23

civil disobedience

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

Question 24

class system

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

Question 25

classical liberalism

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

Question 26

Cold War

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from (1945-1991) an ideological conflict between the communist Soviet Union and its allies.

Question 27

collective interest

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the set of goals or ideals that members of a group persue together and that will benefit the group as a wholem rather than benefiting any one individual in the group.

Question 28

collective responsibility

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the groups collective responsibility for the actions of every individual of the group.

Question 29

collective security

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

Question 30

collective will

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the wants or wishes of a group of people

Question 31

collectivism

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an ideology that places the needs and goals of the group before those of the individual.

Question 32

command economy

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same as centrally planned economy

Question 33

common good

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

Question 34

communism

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an ideology based on the belief that the oppressed working class must overcome its property-owning oppressors through revolution, so that together they can work towards becoming a classless society in which property is owned by the community.

Question 35

competition

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the struggle among two or more people or groups for an economic, social, or political advantage.

Question 36

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 revolution that all members of the group can accept.

Question 37

Constitution Act

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(1867 and 1982) Canadian way of government, and includes the canadian charter of rights, as well as the collective thoughts of Aboriginal peoples.

Question 38

constitutional monarchy

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

Question 39

Containment

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the US Cold War foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism by

Question 40

co-operation

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people working together to accomplish common goals, a principle emphasized by collectivist ideologies.

Question 41

cost of living

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how much money is takes to provide a person or family with a certain standard of living

Question 42

Crown Corporations

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companies owned by the federal government( CBC, Via rail, etc.)

Question 43

Crown Land

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

Question 44

compulsory enfranchisement

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the automatic loss of status and the rights provided by the Indian Act

Question 45

classical liberal

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based on the ideology of classical liberalism