Chapter 1
What are the 5 Sources of Power?
Authority, Reward, Force, Knowledge, Respect
What are 4 examples of rights to prevent injustices?
The right to liberty, the right to life, freedom from discrimination, freedom of speech.
How does diversity affect the unity of a community? What is necessary to ensure unity of a diverse community?
Without Common and shared values, diversity can negatively affect the cohesion and unity of a community.
What happens when power and privilege interact and support each other?
This can lead to injustice.
Give 2 examples of positive rights, and 2 examples of negative rights.
Positive: Right to Free Healthcare, Right to Education
Negative: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion.
What are some of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens?
The right to vote, the right to travel freely within the country.
The responsibility to pay taxes, the responsibility to follow the law.
What is meant by the phrase "Inaction is itself an action"?
What is the difference between the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The UN:DoHR was created by the united nations as a guideline for all nations to follow in regards to the rights that every human should possess.
The CCRF is a document created by Canadian parliament to outline in law the rights and freedoms held by canadians specifically.
What are the 4 steps to being an active citizen?
1.) Civic Awareness
2.) Civic Understanding
3.) Civic Commitment
4.)Civic Action
What are the 4 ways we can make positive change discussed in Chapter 1?
Donate, Educate, Communicate, Agitate
Why is it necessary to protect other's rights to ensure the safety of your own rights?
If everyone protects the rights of those around them and everyone else, nobody's rights will be in danger.
What is the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship?
In a democracy power is granted to the people through elections and referendums. In a dictatorship power is seized by one person who controls everything.
What are the 4 types of civil disobedience discussed in chapter 1?
Occupations, Public Disturbances, Blockades, Illegal Protests
How do citizens, politicians, and judges affect the rights that Canadians enjoy?
Citizens elect politicians that reflect their values.
Those politicians create new laws that reflect the values of those that voted them in.
The judges interpret those laws with respect to the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms.
What are 4 ways voting requirements have changed over Canada's history
All genders are allowed to vote.
Indigenous people are allowed to vote.
People who don't own land are allowed to vote.
The Voting age has been lowered to 18