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Social Studies Grade 9 Midterm Review Flashcards

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Young Offenders

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Young people who Commit Crimes.

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Why was the Indian Act so Important?

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Because it allowed the Government in alot of the Indian’s control like control over land and control over the Indian’s status.

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Mobility Rights

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Allowed everyone to be equal even if you couldn’t walk to be treated the same as people who can walk.

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Francophone

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People Who Speak French

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Anglophone

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Speaks English

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What Is The Difference Between Anglophone and Francophone?

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Anglophone speaks English
Francophone speaks French
We Have Both In Canada

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Scrip

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It Is A Form Of Credits

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Why Were Scrip So Important?

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Because They Were Like Pay Checks

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What Were The Problems with Scrips?

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People Didn’t know that they were really valuable

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Inuit

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Indigenous People Who Live in the Arctic.

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Sovereignty

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Supreme Power or Authority

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Know Treaty 6,7,8

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Alberta is Covered in All of These Treaties

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Know Indian Act

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Registered Indians Under The Act

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Assimilate

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Take in Cultural, Ideas and Understands Fully

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Official Language Communities

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Are Groups of People Whose Chosen Official Language is Not the Majority Language in Their Territory, or Province.

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Autonomy

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The Right of Self Government

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What Were The Problems with Scrips?

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People Didn’t Know That They Were Really Valuable

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Govern

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Conduct The Policies, Actions, and Affirms of a State or People

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Legislative Branch

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A Branch Which Allows Them Powers to Make Laws.

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Popular Vote

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Winning a Vote With More Votes

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Supreme Court

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The Highest Judicial Court in a Country or State

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Bill

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A Proposed Legislation Under Consideration by a Legislature.

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Governance

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The Action or Manner of Governing

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Judicial Branch

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Interprets and Applies Laws

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Minorities
A Category of People Who Experience Relative Disadvantages.
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Accountable
Reliable like They can Count on You to get the Job Done on Time.
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Law
A Set of Rule's Put into Place
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Government
A System to Govern a State or Community
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House of Commons
Lower Chamber in Ottawa
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Senate
Upper House of The Parliament of Canada
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Civil Service
Serve as The Staff of The Canadian Crown
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Constitution
A Body of Fundamental Principals According to what Every State.
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Prime Minister
Leader of an Elected Party/Group | Makes All of the Decisions
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Representation by Population
More People Chosen You The More Seats you get in The House Of Commons.
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Federal Accountability Act
Bill C-2
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Slogan
The Motto of Your Group or Company
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Executive Branch
Makes sure that everyone is following the laws/rules put into place so in forcing the laws.
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Constituent
Being Part of A Whole.
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Judges
A Group of People Given the Power to Say if the Victim Did it or Not.
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Watchdog
A Dog that is Kept to Guard Private Property.
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Lobbyist
People Who Protest Against Something
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Fair and equitable
Just and Right
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Criminal Record
A Record Given to you if you do a Crime
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Jury
A Body of People Who Get a Voice in the Case Usually 12 people.
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Defence
Protecting a Person or Thing
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Justice
Behaviour or Treatment
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Sentence
A Punishment
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Youth Criminal Justice Act
Helps Get Kids Back onto the Streets after doing a Crime
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Prosecution
Conducting legal Procedures against someone in respect of a Criminal Charge.
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Justice System
The Delivery of Justice to Whom Every Committed a Crime.
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Rehabilitate
Working With The Kid to Find Out Why He Did It and Getting them back onto the Streets.
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Jury Duty
Doing A Punishment After a Crime that you Did.
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Sequester
Isolate or Hide Away.
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Legislation
Laws
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Reintegrate
Restore to a Position as a Part Fitting Easily Into a Larger Whole.
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Elizabeth Fry Society
Works on Issues Affecting Women and Girls in the Justice System.
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Criminal Code of Canada
A Law that Codifies most criminal offences and Procedures in Canada.
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Community Service
Helping the Community After being told by Judge (Usually After A Crime)
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Legal Rights
The Right to be Innocent Until Proven Guilty, The Right to have a Fair Trial in Court.
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Labour Unions
An Organised Association of Workers often in a Trade or Profession.
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms
It Forms The First Part of Canada's Constitutional Act.
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Equality Rights
Allows Everyone to Be Equal with Rights that are Against and Protect us from Everybody Else's Rights.
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Fundamental Freedoms
Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Belief, Freedom of Thought, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Freedom of Association.
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Democratic Rights
Everyone Living in a democracy have Guaranteed Rights and Freedoms.
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Suffrage
The Right to Vote in Political Elections.
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Internment
The State of Being Confined as a Prisoner.
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Affirm
Stated as a Fact, assert strongly and publically.
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First Nations
First People to Come and Found Canada
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Reserve
A Piece of Land For First Nations to Live and Work on.
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Residential School
A School That is Really Close to Your House.
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Publically Funded
The Company/Organisation Funds it with the Help of Everybody
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Collective Identity
Shared sense of Belonging to a Group.
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Numbered Treaties
11 Treaties Signed by First Nations.
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Entrenching
Establish an Attitude or Belief
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Collective Rights
Rights Held By A Group.
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Official Language Minority
A Language that is Spoken from a Minority of the Population of a Territory
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Métis
A Combination of Inuit and First Nations
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Patriate
Transfer or Control of an Object or Country or Territory.
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Ethnocentrism
The Act of Judging Another's Culture.
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Amendment
a minor change designed to improve the text.
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How Does A Law Become A Bill?
The legislature first than goes to the Judicial Branch and then it goes through the executive Branch

Social 9 Midterm Review (4 decks)

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