Citizens effecting change
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A system of government in which people freely choose in elections who will govern them | Democracy
🗑
|
||||
| A person who advocates that women should have the right to vote | Suffrage
🗑
|
||||
| A social and economic ideology that property, production and distribution of goods and services should all be owned by the public. The labour force should be organized to benefit all members of society. | Communism
🗑
|
||||
| An economic system in which supports private production, the distribution of goods, and shareholders. | Capitalism
🗑
|
||||
| A authoritarian government system which demands entire control, a strong military and police force to suppresses opposition, and it supports nationalism and racism | Fascism
🗑
|
||||
| The representative of the British crown in Canada. | Governor General
🗑
|
||||
| The leader of a country, in the case of Canada, she is the queen. | Head of State
🗑
|
||||
| The elected leader of a government. In the case of Canada, its the prime minister. | Head of government
🗑
|
||||
| A visual used to describe how various political ideologies relate to each other. | Political spectrum
🗑
|
||||
| A political and economic system in which the means of production and distribution in a country are publicly owned and controlled to benefit all members of society. | Socialism
🗑
|
||||
| A political philosophy supporting individual freedoms and government protection of civil liberties. | Liberalism
🗑
|
||||
| A political philosophy which supports maximum individual freedom, and minimal government intervention. | Libertarianism
🗑
|
||||
| The executive branch that is elected to represent and make decisions for Canada. | Parliament
🗑
|
||||
| This becomes law in the federal government after it passes three readings in the house of commons,is amended by a committee, has three readings in the senate, and is signed by the governor general. | Bill
🗑
|
||||
| A member who is not in cabinet introduces a bill | Private members bill
🗑
|
||||
| The prime minister's political advisers and staff members | Prime Ministers Office, (PMO)
🗑
|
||||
| The office that organizes the work of the cabinet | Privy Council Office, (PCO)
🗑
|
||||
| A favour given for government support | Patronage
🗑
|
||||
| A person hired to represent the This person supports the interests of a pressure group by influencing policy decision making to the groups favour. | Lobbyist
🗑
|
||||
| Members of parliament are allowed to vote according to their own conscience. | Free vote
🗑
|
||||
| An order signed by the governor general on advice of the prime minister to be passed without a parliamentary vote. | Order in Council
🗑
|
||||
| The custom that cabinet members must not show disagreement with government policies. | Cabinet Solidarity
🗑
|
||||
| Parties seek to increase public awareness and support as well as to raise money | Campaigning
🗑
|
||||
| Votes are counted and a winning candidate is declared for each constituency or riding | Tabulation
🗑
|
||||
| Political parties choose candidates to run in each constituency . | Nomination
🗑
|
||||
| To suspend parliament for a period of time upon the prime ministers request | Prorogue
🗑
|
||||
| To call an end to a sitting parliament at the request of the prime minister to the governor general. It is followed by a general election. | Dissolution
🗑
|
||||
| A geographic region of a given size or population used as a unit in elections. | Electoral district
🗑
|
||||
| A voter in a riding | Constituent
🗑
|
||||
| A person who is voted to represent the house of commons in a constituency. | Member of Parliament
🗑
|
||||
| The first legislative body of parliament whose members are elected. | House of commons
🗑
|
||||
| The second legislative body of parliament | Senate
🗑
|
||||
| Has power to administer and carry out laws | Executive branch
🗑
|
||||
| Has power to make and amend laws | Legislative branch
🗑
|
||||
| A group of minister chosen by the prime minister who decide government policy. | Cabinet
🗑
|
||||
| A system in which citizens vote directly in every issue | Direct democracy
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
1677874878
Popular Law sets