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adject poverty?

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etereme poverty in which an individual lives on less then $1 per day

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Aboriganal healing foundation?

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a way of thinking that values the group more than the idivedual, and views all things as inerconnected.

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Aboriganial Healing Foundations?

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a foundation created as a result of the royal commission on aboriginal people.

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aboriginal rights?

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the right of the first nations and inuit/meti pople in canada.

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aboriginal self-goverment?

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first nations, metis, and inuit groups making their own decisions regarding their economy.

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adam smith?

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the father of capitalism.

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adherenc to collective norms?

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faithful observance of the norms or standards imposed omn member sof 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 canadas parliment in respnce to 9/11

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anti-war movment?

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an orginized campaign against war.

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assimulation?

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the process whereby ethnic or cuklural groups adopt the culture of a dominant group and are abosorbed into this society.

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authoritrian political systems?

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

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beliefs?

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religon,gender,world view.

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bolshviks?

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memebers of a wing of the russian social-demoratic workers party.

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bourgeoisie?

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a french word that refers to thre social-democratic workers party.

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brinkmanship?

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international behaviour or foreign policy the 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 consititutional act 1982, describes fundementl rights

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capitalist economy?

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an ecomnomy that operates with limited goverment intervention.

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capitalism?

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an economic system based on free market

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censorship?

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restricting freedom of expression or fredom of acsses to ideas or works.

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centrally planned economy?

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economic based on public ( state) ownership of property.

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citizinship?

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membership by birth or naturlization in a society, community, or country.

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civil disobedience?

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international, public refusalto obey a law.

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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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that rights and freedoms of an individual should be the foundation for society

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cold war?

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means no shots were fired, conflict bettween soviet union and its allies

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collective interest?

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the set of goals or ideals that members of a group pursue together.

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collective responsibility?

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a groups responsibility for the actions of all the individual members.

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collective security?

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the mutual protection of the member s 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 need and goal of the collective, or ,group.

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command economy?

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an economic system based on public

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commoon good?

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the good of a community

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communism?

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the working clas must overcome its property-owning oppreeeors through revolution.

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competition?

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

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consensus decision making?

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a form of decision making whereby individuals in a group share ideas

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constitution act?

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established canada and its form of goverment

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constitutional monarchy?

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a political system in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized goverment

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containment?

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people working together to accomplish common goals

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co operation? switch with containment

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the us cold war foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism

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cost of living?

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how much money is needed to provide a personor family with acertain standard of living

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crown corporations?

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companies owned by canadian federa goverments

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crown land?

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goverment owned land

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compulsory enfranchisement?

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the automatic loss of status and rights provided by an indian act

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debet

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an obligation to pay back borrowed money

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democracy?

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a political system inwhich the people have power to make or influence the goverment decisions

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democratic socialism

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a political ideology that advocates a peaceful evolitionary transition.

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detente?

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a period of the cold warf rom mid 60s to 70

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dictator?

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a individual ruler or small group , complet control of its laws

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dictatorship?

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a form of goverment in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power

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direct democracy?

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a form of democratic govertmant in which people participate directly in political dicisions

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distribution of wealth?

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how much income made by an economy

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economic equality?

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a principle common collectivist ideoliges which can have different meanings despending on the person or ideoligy

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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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abn ideology that holds that all people should be treated as equals.

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emergancies act?

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a set of laws that permits the canadian goverment to invoke special measures act in 1988

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enfranchiment?

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granting people the rights of citizinz , especially to vote.

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enviroment

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or sudrrondings

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enviromental concerns

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areas specific concerns regarding the natural enviroment of the planet

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enviromentalism?

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a poltical and ethical ideology that focuses on protecting the natural environment

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equal opportunity?

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policies and practices in employment and other areas that do not discriminate.

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equitable distribution of income and wealth?

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the idea that allpeople should earn incom for work of simillar values

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eugenics?

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an ideology based on the premise that all human physical andf mental charactistics are passed on through biological heredity?

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excessive intusion?

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goverment interfering in person or business matter to what some people consider an unreasonable extent.

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expansionism?

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a political and military policy of talking over additional territory through the violation.

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extremism?

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the action or ideologfie of individuals or grpoups outside a acceptable society

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facism?

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an authoritarian system of goverment that includes extreme militaristic nationlism.

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feminism?

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a political movment involving women to get more rights

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first nations?

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aboriginal people

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first past the post?

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who ever has the most electoral district votes wins

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flat tax?

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a tx system in which taxpayers at all levels of incom are taxed

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free market encomy?

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limmited goverment intervention

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free vote?

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a special vote

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fundemental right?

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the key rights with which , some , bbelive all humans beings are born

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global warming?

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an increas in the average tempreature of the earths atmosphere

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goverment intervention?

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actions taken by goverment to influence the economy

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governor general?

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in canada, the appointed representative of the crown

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grassroots movment?

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

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great depression ?

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an economic crisis that began with the stock market crash in 1929

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great law?

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the constitution of the haudenosaunee confederacy

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haudenosaunee cofedracy?

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an alliance of six first nations

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health crises?

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situations where there is the threat of a disease spreading widely and quickly.

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human interdependence?

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the idea that individuals do not live their lives in isolation.

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humanitarian crises?

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disasters such as famines , pandemics, natural calamities.

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humanitarinism?

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an ideolagy based on trying to improve other peoples living comdintions

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human rights?

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the rights and freedoms a human gets

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ideological conflict?

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stuggle between two distinct and opposing sets of belifes

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ideological spectrum?

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a diagram on which ideologies can be organized according to a particular set of criteria

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ideology?

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a system of thought based on belifes and values that include ideas about how the world works

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imposition?

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forcing something on people whether theyt want it or not

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idian act?

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an act of canadas parliament first passed in 1876, dealing with governance of first nation reserves

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idividualism?

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an ideology that values the rights and freedoms of the individual

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idividual rights and freedoms

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the rights associated with personal liberty

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industrialization?

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the process of introducing technology to produce goods

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idustrial revolution?

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economic and social changes, such as the ones that began in england in the late 18th century

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iterest groups?

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organiuztions that seek to influence elected officials, to encourage legilation that relfects their spicfic belife or value

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internet censorship?

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the act of restricting freedom of expression or access to ideas or work on the internet

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inuit?

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aboriganal people in the northen canada

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john stuart mill?

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influential british political,he belived individuals should be free to act as they wish.

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labour standards?

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goverment-enforced rules and standards aimed at providing safe , clean enviroments and protecting workers rights and freedoms

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labour unions?

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organized group of workers trying to improve the working conditions and wages for a spicific group of workers in an industry

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laisez-faire?

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a french term meaning leave alone a lessez faire economy is one in which goverment does not intervine in a free market

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land holding?

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ideas and practices related to access and rights to the based on aboriginal people

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leadership?

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demonstarating the ability to lead a group

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leninism?

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a political ideology based on russian leader vladimr lenins, communist state would be established through violen revoltion.

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liberal democracy?

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a form of goverment in which the rights and freedoms of the individualismrights and freedoms .

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leberation movments?

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peoples military and political stuggles for independence from countries thta have colonized or otherwise oppressed them

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lieutensnt-governor?

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representative of the crown in eaxh province,who exercises a largely ceremonial executive role in provibncial legeislature and public events

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limited goverment?

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the proicipal of a minimal goverment interention in the lives of individuals and in the working of an economy

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magority goverment?

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in canada a goverment formed by thr party holding more then half the seats

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marxism?

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a socialist ideology that evolved from interpretations of karl marxs idea that workign class should overthrow the capitalist class

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median?

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the middle values , where there is an equal number of values both above and below the median houshold income

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meracinatilsim?

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an economic system , common in europe from the 1500s to the 1700s based on bealefs that a country should export more goods

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meritocracy?

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a type of social system in which individuals are rewarded based on their abilities and hard work

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metis?

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mixed firstantions and european ancestry

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millennium development goals?

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worldwide goals for a new millenium as set out by the united nations in 2000

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minority goverment?

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formed when the governing polititical party holds fewer than half of the total seats in thr house of commons or a provincial legistature

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mixed economy?

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economic system in which free market principles are combined with some degree of goverment

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moderen liberalism?

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ideology thst developed over time to address concerns with inequality injustices, by a capitalist society

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monopoloies?

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companies with exclusive ownerehip or control of trade ina particular product or service, allowing them to control prices

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multiculturalism act?

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canadas parliment that promotes idividual rights to keep therir cultral heritage as in the charter of rights n freedoms

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national iterest?

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country pursues for its own benifit

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naturslization?

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for immigrants, the process of applying for and obtanning citizenship

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nazism?

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a facist political ideology prompted by hitler,ideas of national power and racial superiority.

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new deal?

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a series of economic measures by us presedent franklin d. roosevelt during the greart depression, make social wealfar programs.

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non-alignmnt?

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the position taken during the cold war by those members of the united nations

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nonb-partisan?

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non affiliated to any political party

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pandemic?

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a new infection diseas the emerges and cuses serious illness ampoung poeple arrsose alarge area

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parlimentary democracy?

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