Canadian Government
This type of government happens when the winning party does not have as many seats in parliament as the opposition parties.
What is a minority government?
This thinker believed that absolute ruler was needed to protect the people from each other?
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
This man is known as then 'Father of Democracy'.
Who is Cliesthenese?
A type of right where the government promises not to take away something.
What is a negative right?
The name of the document signed in 1215 by King John that was the first document ever to limit the power of a monarch.
What is Magna Carta?
Known as the Upper House in the legislative branch of Canadian government.
What is the Senate?
This thinker believed that people were not born good or bad, but "tabla rasa" or as a 'blank slate'.
Who was John Locke?
The first monarch to be executed by his own subjects in modern history.
Who was King Charles I?
Complete this phrase: "With rights comes _______________________".
What is responsibilities?
This is the form of government found in Canada and Britain.
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
The branch of government which is responsible for the creation of bills and laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This thinker believed humans were naturally good and corrupted by society.
Jean Jacques Russeau.
The king and queen of France who were executed during the French Revolution.
Who were Louis the XVI and Marie Antoinette?
The full name of the document contained within the constitution that enshrines Canadian values.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
The philosophy that the ruling monarch was placed on the throne by God and therefore could do as they saw fit.
What is the 'Devine Right of Kings'?
This person represents the king in parliament.
Who is the Governor General?
Type of law discussed by thinkers in the 17th and 18th centuries following the path of Sir Isaac Newton.
What is 'Natural Law'?
This document ensured that an absolute monarch would never again sit on the British Throne.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Type of right in the Charter of Rights that ensures Canadians can move from place to place without government interference.
What is mobility rights?
The type of democracy first practiced in by the city of Athens in Greece.
What is 'Direct Democracy'?
Name given to the group of MP's gathered by the Prime Minister to do certain jobs (ministries).
What is the cabinet?
The 'state' in which human's were said to be in before the implementation of rulers and governments.
What is a 'state of nature'?
This man led the 'new model army' in the British civil wars and was a key player in the trial of Charles I.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
The right to a fair trial is outlined in. this section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
What are legal rights?
This political party of Canada sits on the left end of the political spectrum.
What is the New Democratic Party?