Types of Government
This type of government allows citizens to vote for their leaders.
What is a democracy?
This branch of government enforces laws and enacts policy. It includes then Prime Minister and Cabinet.
What is the executive branch?
This side of the spectrum supports more government involvement in the economy and social programs.
This level of government is responsible for national defense and immigration.
What is the federal government?
The name for the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.
What is voter turnout?
A government ruled by a single leader with absolute power. Often the Military is used to keep power.
What is a dictatorship?
This branch interprets laws and includes the courts.
What is the judicial branch?
This side of the spectrum supports lower taxes on business and less government control and regulation.
What is the right?
This level of government oversees healthcare and education.
What is the provincial government?
This voting system is used in Canada, where the candidate with the most votes wins.
What is First Past the Post?
A government where a small group of elites holds power.
What is an oligarchy?
This branch makes laws and includes the House of Commons and Senate.
What is the legislative branch?
This political ideology values individual freedoms and progressive policies
What is liberalism?
This level of government is responsible for garbage collection and local roads
What is the municipal government?
This alternative voting system gives seats based on the percentage of votes each party recieves.
What is proportional representation?
A system where a king or queen rules with absolute power, supported by the church and a "Noble" class of lords.
What is an Absolute Monarchy?
This person represents the King at the federal level in Canada
Who is the Governor General?
This ideology supports tradition, free markets and lower taxes.
What is conservatism?
The elected officials who represent citizens at the federal and provincial levels go by these Initialisms.
what are MPs and MPPs.
The importance of this civic duty ensure a democratic government is representative of its people.
What is voting?
A government based on religious authority and laws.
What is a theocracy?
The title given to the head of a provincial government.
What is the Premier?
This extreme right-wing ideology is authoritarian and nationalistic.
What is fascism?
Woop Woop, the sound of this responsibility that is sometimes shared by all three levels of government.
What is Police or Law Enforcement?
This Oxford county MPP won his reelection campaign, for what seems to be the millionth time.
Who is Ernie Hardeman.