click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
PCMS Canada
Study Guide
Question | Answer |
---|---|
What type of democratic government has a president? | federal |
What is the idea that a country produces something well or it is plentifu in the country? | specialization |
What is the restriction of trade with another country? | embargo |
What type of government does Canada have? | federal |
What languages are spoken in Canada? | English and French |
What is the type of government where all citizens have the right to vote? | Federal |
What province wants to become independent from Canada? | Quebec |
What is a tax on imported goods? | tariff |
What is the distribution of power where one person holds all of the power? | unitary |
What is the belief that there is only one God? | monotheistic |
What is the the limit of a good sold to another country? | quota |
What countries colonized Canada? | Britain and France |
Who elects the legislators? | citizens |
What type of economy is where the private citizens have most of the power but the government still holds some control? | mixed |
Where is the highest population density in Canada? | south |
In Canada who is the head of government? | prime minister |
What two bodies of water does the St. Lawrence River connect? | Great Lakes and Atlantic |
How does one language from one country make its way to another country? | colonization |
What is the distribution of power where a selected group holds the power? | confederation |
What does diverse mean? | different |
What is the percentage of people that can read and write in a country called? | literacy rate |
What is an economy where the government holds all the power of production and the private citizens have no power to produce or sell? | pure command |
Which distribution of power is where the central authority shares the power with the regional authority? | federal |
Who elects the prime minister? | legislature |
What type of democratic government has a prime minister? | parliamentary |
What type of citizen participation is where only a selected group can vote or have other freedoms? | oligarchic |
What type of citizen participation is where the citizens have no or very little rights? | autocratic |
What geographical area is important for Canada's economy? | Canadian Shield |
What is the education and training of the workforce called? | human capital |
What are machines, factories, and technology called in the business world? | capital |
What type of economy is where the private citizens hold all the power of production and the government holds no power of production? | pure market |
What type of economy does Canada have? | mixed |
What does NAFTA stand for? | North Agreement Free Trade Agreement |
What is the purpose of NAFTA? | To encourage free trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico |
How did Canada become independent? | By peaceful negotiations with Britian |