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PAT Review Questions
100
Minority Languages of Canada Rights, Official Languages of Canada, Aboriginal People's Rights and Canada's Multicultural Heritage. These apply to canadian citizens as a whole.
What are Collective Rights?
100
Anyone can run or vote for local, provincial and federal government positions as long as they are a canadian citizen. This allows normal citizens to fulfill a role in government.
Why are democratic rights important?
100
Contributing to the _____ helps the majority of people in your community. If we didn't contribute to the _____, you would have to do most things by yourself.
Why is it important to contribute to the common good?
100
These people invented a new way to run government which is by having people voice their opinions in decisions to create what they want their government to be like.
How does athenian democracy help us to understand how democracy works?
100
In Canada, everybody is treated equally regardless of: a)Gender b)Race c)Religion d)All of the Above
d)All of the Above
200
Legal, Equality, Democratic, Fundamental Freedoms and Mobility rights. These apply to each individual canadian.
What are individual rights?
200
The _____ gives canadians rights and freedoms that only some governments provide. Canada is a lucky country to have a charter.
What does the canadian charter do for canadians?
200
Facts Opinions - A true statement -Someone's point of view. - They are posted in -Opinions can't be proven encyclopedias, dicti- true. onary or reliable web sites
What are differences between facts and opinions?
200
In Ancient Athens, voting was done by a raise of hands, but is only counted by majority. If the votes are too close, pebbles are put into big cases with one pebble having a hole in it and another pebble not having a hole.
Does anyone have a different way of doing decision making?
200
What did the Magna Carta introduce that our canadian charter uses as well? a)Equality b)Democracy c)The Rule of Law d)Legal Rights
c)Rule of Law
300
A group of nobles rebelled and forced King John to sign this document. It forced king John to obey the rule of law and not approve laws without citizens knowing about it.
How did the Magna Carta begin?
300
A way _____ has changed is from being only participated in by men over 30 years old to being participate in by both men and women over 18 years of age.
How has democracy [equality] changed?
300
In Canada, we are lucky to have _____ because it involves people to represent and make decisions for us. _____ is also good because it involves everyone in decision making, but only works in small populations.
Why should we respect representative and direct democracy?
300
Canada is a very fortunate country to have _____ and _____ because if we had no charter, our _____ and _____ would be very limited.
What does this tell you about rights and freedoms?
300
What 3 things did suffragettes win from 1900-1981?
Women won rights (to be treated equally among other men), government rights (to be considered "Persons" and appointed to senate) and education (to be able to educated in university courses such as business, medicine or engineering).
400
To do something that benefits you and others. An example of _____ is an elevator being used by handicapped or non-handicapped people.
What is the common good?
400
If we didn't have this right, people of different races, gender, etc would not have a voice in democracy.
Why is equality important?
400
Some things _____ and _____ have in common is that the rule of law is in both charters. The _____ also takes many other aspects from the _____ as well.
How is the Magna Carta connected to the charter of rights and freedoms?
400
_____ is a big part of democracy because if citizens could not participate in _____, canadian government would be a dictatorship.
How can the study of decision making contribute to our knowledge of democracy
400
In order to run for a governmental position, you must be: a)A canadian citizen. b)An employed canadian citizen. c)An unemployed canadian citizen. d)An employed canadian without citizenship
a
500
Suffragettes fought for women's rights and freedoms so they could participate in democracy. Before suffrage, women weren't considered "people" and had no rights.
What influenced suffragettes?
500
_____ in Athenian democracy were only for some people. In present day democracy, everybody has the _____ of speech and thought.
How have freedoms changed?
500
The _____ protects our rights and freedoms. If canadians had no _____, our rights and freedoms would be very limited and democracy would be more like a dictatorship.
Why should we respect the canadian charter of rights and freedoms?
500
In Canada, we have representative democracy (Elect representatives to make decisions), and some smaller countries use direct democracy (Vote on decisions directly). Another way of _____ is by having a dictatorship (Citizens have no voice in decisions at all).
How do people in other cultures run government?
500
In Canada: a)English is Better Than French b)French is Better Than English c)German is Better Than French and English d)English and French are Treated Equally
d)English and French are Treated Equally.