What is Civics?
Definitions
City/Town Check in
Canada's Voting System/Political Spectrum
beliefs and values
100

The study of the rights and duties of citizenship

What is civics?

100

A useful tool in understanding why governments formulate laws and policies, and why citizens hold certain points of view or take action. It can also help us measure the consequences of actions and decisions

What is Political Significance?

100

What is McAdam known for?

What is McAdam Train Station?

What is Lumbar/Forestry?

100

Electorial districts in Canada

What is a riding?

100

No one person or group should have more power than any other

What is political equality?

200

The Condition of being given the rights, duties, and responsibilities as a member of a state or nation

What is citizenship?

200

shaped by who you are as a person and the communities to which you belong

What is Political Perspective?

200

What City or Town is known for Lobster fishing?

What is Shediac?

200

Focus on renewable resources, sustainable housing and infrastructure. Proposes higher taxes for large corporations in the form of pollution fees or fines that is used within the community.

What is the Green Party?

200

Budget cuts to rural areas in education, healthcare, infrastructure, repairs due to lack of voting, or the belief that your voice does not matter

What is the rural Affect?

300

Someone who by birth or by choice is a member of a nation or state and enjoys the rights of that state as well as the responsibilities to that state.

What is a citizen?

300

The law that describes governance in Canada. It sets out the different roles of the three branches of the Canadian government

What is Canada's Constitution?

300

What City/Town is recognized around the world for its Golf Course?

What is Saint Andrews?

300

A political party's package of ideas and policies that hope it will attract voter support

What is a platform?

300

The will of the majority will drive decisions

What is the majority rule?

400

True or False? 

These are two rights/responsibilities of a Canadian Citizen?

- to obey Canada’s laws  

- to vote in the federal, provincial and municipal elections  

What is true?

400

The major law-making body in Canada’s federal political system

What is the House of Commons?
400

Known as Canadas Chocolate town 

What is St. Stephen?

400

Deemed the single most important element of a democracy

What is voting?

400

the heart of democracy

What is equality?

500

Involves the study of government, democratic decision making and what it takes to be an informed, active and responsible citizen

What is civics?

500

The elected representatives of a province or country responsible for administering and controlling the affairs of that province or country.

What is the government

500

Capital of Poland

What is Warsaw?

500

The last stage in where a bill becomes a law. The lieutenant governor signs the bill and it becomes the law.

What is the Royal Assent?

500

Voting for the same party has your family, friends or community regardless of the platform, simply because that's the party they have always voted for.

What is Legacy voting?