By the Book
Often a strategy used by governments to prevent the spread of information, this is when information is withheld from a population.
Censorship
The Japanese were interned in the name of public safety by what act?
The War Measures Act
This term describes someone that is not connected to any political party.
Non-partisan
What was the name the War Measures Act was changed to in 1982?
The Emergencies Act
An economic system based on free markets, fair competition, wise consumers, and profit-motivated producers.
Capitalism
This document was made to ensure that Canadians are provided guaranteed liberties and services without discrimination. This document was formed in 1982.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Can statistics cause racial and/or ethnic conflict between groups?
(Yes/No)
Yes
A form of democratic government in which people participate directly in political decision-making.
Direct Democracy
(True or False): The War Measures Act enabled the government to conscript citizens to war.
True
This form of economic system is based on public (state) ownership of property, in which government planners decide how to produce them, and how they should be distributed.
Command Economy
a statement or vote that a government is no longer deemed fit to hold that position: perhaps because they are inadequate in some respect, are failing to carry out obligations, or are making decisions that other members feel are detrimental.
Vote of Non-Confidence
a level of income below which people are considered to be living in poverty
Poverty Line
A democratic form of government in which the party (or a coalition of parties) with the greatest representation in parliament forms the government.
Parliamentary Democracy
When was the War Measures Act invoked in the 1900s?
October of 1970
Though a theoretical concept, this market describes no-government intervention.
Free-market Economy
A system in which a person's tax rate increases as his or her earnings increase.
Progressive Taxation
Men
An electoral system in which the candidate with the most votes in an electoral district (such as a riding or constituency) wins the election.
First Past the Post
This act was passed in 2001 in response to the "9/11" attacks on the United States of America.
Anti-Terrorism Act
Does modern liberalism lean more to the left or right in the economic spectrum?
Right-leaning
What was formed in 1944 near the end of the 2nd world war to helo countries rebuild after the war, and to help develop their industries?
The World Bank
This act, while very controversial, gives the police the power to make arrests without lawful speculation in the name of public safety IN THE US.
USA PATRIOT Act
________are more like a survey of people’s opinions.
Plebiscites
Which of the following is false?: The War Measures Act allowed the government to; Conscript citizens to war, Make executions of extremist groups, and disregard civil rights in the name of safety.
Make executions of extremist groups
This form of thinking holds that all people should be treated as equal and have the same political, economic, social, and civil rights under the law.
Egalitarianism