Conflict Resolution
This conflict resolution method involves both sides discussing the problem directly to reach an agreement.
What is negotiation?
Governments create these to maintain order in society.
What are laws?
This type of decision making involves a single person in power to make choices for everyone.
What is autocratic decision making?
This ancient Greek city-state is often called the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
This element of democracy states that democratic citizens should respect the rights of others.
In this method, a neutral third party helps both sides communicate but does not make the final decision.
What is mediation?
Police officers help governments do this to laws.
What is enforce laws?
This type of decision making involves citizens voting to choose between options or leaders.
What is democracy?
In early Athenian democracy, citizens made decisions by gathering and voting directly, not through representatives. This system is called this.
What is direct democracy?
This Canadian document outlines the country's basic laws and government structure.
What is the Constitution of Canada?
This conflict resolution process allows a third party to listen to both sides and make a final decision.
What is arbitration?
Ensuring safety and security for everyone is part of promoting this.
This democratic principle means the option with the most votes is chosen, even if not everyone agrees.
What is majority rule?
This historical document signed in 1215 limited the power of the English king and influenced modern democratic ideas like the rule of law.
What is the Magna Carta?
This element of democracy states that everyone must adhere to the same laws, laws should be known, predictable and impartial and even the government is subject to the law.
What is the rule of law?
This conflict resolution method is usually the most informal because the people involved try to solve the issue on their own without a third party.
What is negotiation?
When governments maintain order between groups within society, they are doing this.
What is keeping peace?
This type of government promotes national pride, private enterprises, racial hierarchy, strong military and violence for control.
What is fascism?
This is the first known written code for its city members.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This international document created after World War II sets out basic rights and freedoms that all humans should have.
A worker and employer cannot settle a dispute, so they ask a judge-like third party to make a binding decision. This is an example of this conflict resolution method.
Speaking for a country in world affairs and foreign relations is this responsibility.
What is representing society on an international level?
This type of democracy allows citizens to choose representatives to make decisions for them.
What is representative democracy?
What is the French Revolution?
This was the first attempt to amend the Canadian Constitution and bring Quebec into the constitutional fold.
What is the Meech Lake Accord?