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Social Studies 8 unit 1 power and authority exam Flashcards

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Define constitution

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the formal document that describes how decision making in a community will take place.

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What does the constitution of a country define and describe

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Defines how a government will work and describes how powers will be distributed between different levels of government.

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what document was Canada’s first constitution and when was it created?

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The canadian constitution
Created in 1876.

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Define constitutional monarchy

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Canada is tied to the monarchy, but they have no authority.

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What does representative democracy mean?

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they elect people and set policies and make laws on behalf of the citizens.

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What does federal system mean?

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they have different levels of goverment.

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What are the 3 levels of government in Canada?

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Federal Level- government for the entire country and meet in Canada
Provincial Level- meets in Regina
Municipal Level- smallest level of government. Includes rural municipality councils or town/city councils.

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Define party system

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the idea of belonging to a party

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Define power

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the ability to do something or act in a certain way.

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Define authority

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the power or right to give orders and make decisions.

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Who makes decisions on behalf of all canadians?

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The Prime Minister

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Who makes decisions on behalf of all the people in a provence?

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The Premier

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Define political party

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made up of individuals who organize to win elections.

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What are the three branches that make up the powers of the Canadian Government?

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Legislative, Executive and Judicial

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Define Executive

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carry out and enforce laws

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Define Legislative

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propose, review and pass bills that become laws

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Define Judicial

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resolve conflict related to laws

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What was the original name of the Canadian Constitution?

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The Constitution Act

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5 responsibilities of the federal government

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Immigration
copyright
Postal services
Armed forces
Supreme court

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5 responsibilities of the Provincial government

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liquor license
provincial parks
highways
education
legal names

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5 responsibilities of Municipal government

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libraries
snow removal
zoning laws
garbage pick up
school taxes

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Define participatory government

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direct participation by people in decisions that affect them, rather then by elected representatives

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Define confederacy

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a partnership agreed on by groups or nations

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Define majority

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more than one half of the group or number

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What is one benefit and disadvantage of the use of the consensus decision making model?
a benefit is they exchange ideas and discuss situations a disadvantage is groups often have trouble making decisions that everyone agrees with
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Explain how the majority rule decision making models work
the majority of people must agree with the proposal. It involves discussion and sharing ideas then calls for a vote.
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In what ways would consensus decision making or majority rule decision making work best?
if there is a small group of people it will be easy to reach consensus
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Why do you think the Judicial branch is seperate from the other branches
they know all the laws
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Who makes up the executive branch of the Federal government? What's it's purpose?
the king/queen as the head of state, the prime minister, and the cabinet. The purpose is to carry out laws and enforce them.
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who has the most power in the daily affairs of the Federal government?
Prime Minister and cabinet
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What is the role of the governor general and who do they represent
opening parliament, and reading the speech from the throne that outlines the government's plans. They represent the Prime Minister.
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How is the Prime Minister of Canada chosen?
the leader of the most representatives elected in the house becomes Prime Minister. Canadian's don't directly choose the leader of the nation
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what is a bill?
proposed law
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what do we mean when we talk about the public service
is a group of permanent government employees who are hired to perform tasks of businesses of government.
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what makes up the legislative employee of canada
composed of the monarch, the governor general,the cabinet, and the two houses or chambers of parliament, and with the house of commons or senate.
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what are the duties of the governor general
opening parliament plans sessions for parliament dissolving or breaking up parliament for an election giving royal assent to legislation appointing officials such as judges
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define royal assent
approval to legislation by the monarch, as represented by the governor general.
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what is the house of commons
the centre of the federal government.
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what is an MP
member of parliament
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how many MP's sit in the house of commons
338
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how often do Federal elections occur
every 4 years
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define constituencies
an area who's voters elect a representative to a legislative body.
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how does a candidate become an MP for a constituency
the candidate who gets the most votes in each Federal riding is elected as the Federal representative for that area
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who does an MP represent
all of his/her constituencies
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howis the number of seats in the house of common determined
by population.
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what is official opposition
the party with the second highest amount of votes
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who is the leader of the official opposition
Pierre Poliverer
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what are the people who don't belong to the governing party or the official opposition called
oppositions and members
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what is the role of the opposition party? why is it important?
they choose members from their party to be opposition critics. They criticize the government.
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what is the role of the senate? How many current senators are there?
it runs it's own affairs including regional representatives and they discuss issues related to regional concerns. They must have 105 appointed members.
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what is the purpose in the Judicial branch of Canada's government
it interprets and applies Canada's laws
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what is the highest court in canada and what's it's purpose?
the supreme court. It decides legal issues and public importance
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define appeal
to apply to a higher court seeking reversal of a decision made in a lower court.
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provide 3 arguments why the senate should be reformed or abolished.
they give advice but there is a lot of people doing that we pay them a lot of money to do little they help with problems but they don't deal with it
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define the Indian Act
regulates the lives of the First Nations people. Passed in 1876 and still effective today
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provide 3 areas of concern that are controlled by the Indian Act
assumed they needed help not involved in rules was to assimilate the First Nation people
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provide 3 ways the Indian Act discriminates against the First Nations
ceremonies were prohibited needed permission to wear culture clothing couldn't do certain things
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provide three ways in which the indian act has been amended which has lessened discrimination against First Nations
they received the right to vote Federally without giving up their indian status bands are granted the right to determine their own membership people living off reserve can vote in band elections
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prior to 1960, what were the rules regarding first nations people voting in canadian elections
if they wanted to vote, they would have to give up their indian status
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what are the laws regarding first nations people who are registered as indians and their ability to vote
they need to be a citizen
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what is a first nation or band
consists of a group of peple who are registered as indians under the indian act or live on reserve
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how are leaders selected today on first nations reserves
through band councils
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describe band custom elections
they have input on how their leaders are selected
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Describe Indian act status
Sets out rules and procedures developed by the federal government about who can run for chief and council
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Provide one argument on behalf of self government for First Nations people
The leaders understand the needs of their people

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