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Unit 1 Review
Key Terms – do you know the definitions for each of these terms?
Civics
Citizenship
Society
Democracy
Autocracy
Laissez-Faire
Power
Discrimination
Inequalities
Basic Needs
Wants
Psychological Needs
Human Dignity
Common Good
Governor General
Lieutenant Governor
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Policy
Franchise
Universal Franchise
Majority Government
Minority Government
Coalition Government
Key concepts – Can you answer these questions?
1. What were the reasons for Confederation?
2. What were the reasons for the Charlottetown Conference? Who was involved in it?
3. What was the goal of the Quebec Conference?
4. What is the BNA act and why was it important? What is its significance for Canadian
government?
5. Compare and contrast the Senate and the House of Commons
6. What are the elements of democracy?
7. Explain some key stages of the evolution of democracy that we looked at.
8. What is the difference between Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments and what are
they each responsible for?
9. What is the role of the Governor General? Who is (s)he?
10. Name and describe the role of 5 different people in the House of Commons.
11. Outline the process of how a bill becomes a law at the Federal/Provincial/Municipal levels.
12. What are the stages in developing an effective policy?
13. Compare the frequency of elections at the Federal, Provincial and Municipal Levels.
14. Who has the right to vote? Why is voting important? What are the steps needed to be able to
vote?
15. Compare the right, centre, and left wing political platforms. What Canadian parties are seen
as right-wing? Which ones are seen as left-wing? Which are centre?
16. Name the leaders of the 5 political parties (and say what party they are from) and draw their
party symbols.
17. Explain what interests groups are. What strategies can interest groups use?
Unit 2 Review
Key Terms – do you know the definitions for each of these terms?
Civil Rights
Political Rights
Social Rights
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Public Law
Summary Offences
Indictable Offences
Civil Law
Family Law
Contract Law
Tort Law
Negotiation
Mediation
Arbitration
Suspended Sentence
Probation
Fine
Restitution
Community Service
Imprisonment
Racial Profiling
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Key concepts – Can you answer these questions?
1. What are your responsibilities as a citizen?
2. What is the purpose of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
3. What do you think are the 3 most important articles in the Charter of Rights of Freedoms?
Why?
4. Why do we have a division of law?
5. What criteria need to be present for something to be considered a crime?
6. Compare and contrast summary offences to indictable offences.
7. Compare and contrast private law to public law.
8. What are the 3 different types of civil law and what does each of them deal with?
9. What is alternative dispute resolution and what are 3 examples of these alternatives?
10. Who are able to serve on a Jury in Canada? Who might be excluded from juries?
11. What are the major stages of a jury trial? When is a jury trial used?
12. Why does society sentence offenders?
13. What are the sentencing options that a judge could impose?
14. Why do we have to balance rights between the victim and the accused? What are 3 rights of
the accused? What are 3 rights of the victim?
15. What is racial profiling? Explain why it is an issue. What is an example of racial profiling?
16. What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? When was it created? Why is it
important? What are 3 important articles in it?
17. What is the Convention on the Rights of the Child? What does the convention call for? Why
are the rights of children important? What do you think are the 3 most important rights?
Unit 3 Review
Key Terms – do you know the definitions for each of these terms?
Interconnected
Interdependent
Global Solidarity
NGOs
Key concepts – Can you answer these questions?
1. What are the key components of global solidarity? Why is it important?
2. What are the 5 main things that you can do to help ensure human rights are respected around
the world?
3. What are 5 methods of non-violent action? Why might these be beneficial?
4. What is an NGO? What do they do? How might the government be involved? What is an
example of an NGO?
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