Government: Orientations and Bodies
$100: In Canada, citizens elect officials to advocate for their position in Parliament. This is reflective of what kind of democracy?
Answer: What is representative democracy?
$100: This document outlines the global standard for individual freedoms and protections.
Answer: What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
$100: Which party is known for advocating strong environmental policies?
Answer: What is the Green Party?
$100: Which side favors more public spending on healthcare and education?
Answer: What is the left?
$200: What type of governance is reflected through referendums?
Answer: What is direct democracy?
What was the basic premise consistent through Hammurabi’s Code?
Answer: What is, an eye for an eye
$200: This party traditionally supports unions and social services.
Answer: What is the New Democratic Party (NDP)?
$200: Which side tends to support capital punishment and strict drug laws?
Answer: What is the right?
Name the legislative body where Canadian MPs discuss and decide on national laws.
Answer: What is the House of Commons?
In Ancient Egypt, what was the term for the royal wealth-assessing journey?
Answer: What is the Cattle Count or Shemsu Hor?
$300: Which party usually garners strong support in Western Canada?
Answer: What is the Conservative Party?
$300: The left generally supports these progressive rights related to identity and choice.
Answer: What are gay marriage and abortion rights?
$400: When individuals have opportunities to change their social standing, they experience this.
Answer: What is social mobility?
This term refers to a opportunistic political figure that makes use of societies divisions to gain power.
Answer: What is a demagogue?
$500: This describes the division of people into ranked social layers. What’s a benefit of the system? Theorize as to what may be a drawback of the system.
Answer: What is social stratification? Efficiency, social division and tribalism
These Roman laws served as a foundational written code accessible to all. Similar to the code present in ancient Babylon..
Answer: What are the Twelve Tables? Hammurabi's Code