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Question 1

abject poverty

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

Question 2

aboriginal collective thought

Answer 2

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

Question 3

aboriginal healing foundation

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a foundation created as a result of the royal commision on aboriginal peoples, to encourage and support aboriginals as they address legal, physical, and sexual abuse in school systems.

Question 4

aboriginal rights

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the rights of aboriginal groups, above their rights over canadian citizens rights.

Question 5

aboriginal self-government

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aboriginal groups makingv their own decisions on their economy, culture, education, and other areas of independence.

Question 6

adam smith

Answer 6

a scottish politicial economist who challenged ideas behind merchantalism and described how free-market economy would work.

Question 7

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 being a member.

Question 8

altuism

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unselfhishness and focus on the needs of others

Question 9

anti-terrorism act

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a law passed by the canadian government in december 2001, it gave the government special powers such as survalience and detention for dealing with people carrying out activities thought to be associated with terrorism.

Question 10

anti-war movement

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an organized campaign against war.

Question 11

assimilation

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the process wereby ethnic or cultural groups adopt the culture of a dominant group.

Question 12

authoritarian political systems

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political systems in whcih all decisions related to governing the state are made by a small group.

Question 13

beliefs

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the ideas and understandings that a person holds to be true.

Question 14

bolsheviks

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members of a wing of the russian social-democratic workers’ party, that took control in the russian revolution of 1917, and became the communist party of the soviet union.

Question 15

bourgeoisie

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a french wordd that refers to the social class that evolved in europe in the middle ages. karl marx used this term to refer to the business-owning class during the industrial revolution.

Question 16

brinkmanship

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international behavior or foreign policy that takes a country to the brink of war.

Question 17

canadian charter of rights and freedoms

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a document in the constitutional act, 1982 that lists and describes the fundamental rights and freedoms garanteed to canadians.

Question 18

capitalism

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

Question 19

capitalist economy

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an economy that operates with limited government intervention.

Question 20

censorship

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restricting freedom of expression or freedom of access to ideas or works, ussually by governments, and ussually to protect the percieved common good.

Question 21

centrally planned economy

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

Question 22

citizenship

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membership by birth into a society, which entails participation and protection, and certain resposablities and duties in a society.

Question 23

civil disobedience

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intentional, public refusal to obey a law.

Question 24

class system

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the devision of a society into different classes of people, ussually based on income or wealth.

Question 25

classic liberal

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based on the ideology of classic liberalism.

Question 26

classic liberalism

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

Question 27

cold war

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1945-1991. an ideological conflict between the communist soviet union and its allies, and the capitalist liberal democratis united states and it allies.

Question 28

collective interest

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the set of goals that members of a group persue together that will benefit the group as a whole.

Question 29

collective responsability

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a group’s responability for the actions of all its members.

Question 30

collective security

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

Question 31

collective will

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the wants or wishes of a group of people

Question 32

collectivism

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an ideology that places the need of the collective, or group, above those of any individual

Question 33

command economy

Answer 33

refer to centrally planned economy above.

Question 34

common good

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the good of a community.

Question 35

communism

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

Question 36

competiton

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

Question 37

consensus decision making

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

Question 38

constitutional act (1867 & 1982)

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the act originally passed by the british parliament that established Canada and its form of government.

Question 39

constitutional monarchy

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a politital system in which a monarch shares power ith a constitutionally organized government.

Question 40

containment

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the US cold war foriegn policy of stoppping the spread of communism by stablishing strategic allies around the world through trade and military aliances.

Question 41

co-operation

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

Question 42

cost of living

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

Question 43

crown corporations

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

Question 44

crown land

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

Question 45

compulsory enfranchisement

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the automatic loss of status and rights provided by the indian act, and the gaining of citizenship rights.

Question 46

debt

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an obligation to pay back borrowed money

Question 47

democracy

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a politicial system in which the people have the power to make or influence government decisions through free elections.

Question 48

democratic socialism

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

Question 50

detente

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a period of the cold war, during which time the major powers tried to lessen the tensions through diplomacy, treaties, arms talks and reductions, and cultural exchanges.

Question 51

deterence

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

Question 52

dictator

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an individual ruler or a small gorup that has complete control over the laws by which its people live