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Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 1 &2
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This is a form of government in which the power resides in the people.
What is Democracy?
100
___________ or ____________ are a form of direct democracy that occur when citizens vote directly on an issue or law that concerns them.
What are Referendums or Plebiscites?
100
These rights allow citizens with permanent residency in Canada the right to love, work, and travel anywhere in the country.
What are Mobility Rights?
100
These rights belong to individuals who together form a particular group. These groups have a collective identity and often share the same language, culture and values.
What are Collective Rights?
100
A document established in 1215 which protected the rights of England long ago. It said that all people in the country must obey the laws of that country no matter how important he or she is. It was considered to be the first Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
What is the Magna Carta?
200
Democracy and the democratic rights of Canadians are based on and supported by four principles.
What is Justice, Equity, Freedom and Representation?
200
The Canadian __________ is our country's supreme document. It defines our nation and contains our country's main laws.
What is Canadian Constitution?
200
These rights ensure the safety of Canadians and protect citizens involved in legal conflict.
What are Legal Rights?
200
What are the two groups that receive Collective Rights?
What are Aboriginal Peoples and English-speaking and French-Speaking Language Minorities in Canada?
200
Women who fought for the right to vote.
What is Suffragettes?
300
Name the three levels of government in Canada.
What is Federal, Provincial and Local (Municipal)?
300
A document of 34 sections that is firmly entrenched within the Constitution of Canada.
What is Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
300
These rights ensure equal and fair treatment to everyone and involve treating all individuals equally regardless of religious choice, race, ethnic or national origin.
What are Equality Rights?
300
The Governor of New France, Louis Hector de Calliere knew the only way to end the warfare was to invite 1300 representatives from 40 First Nations groups to Montreal during the summer of 1701 to take part in negotiations. These negotiations led to the signing of what treaty?
What is the Treaty of La Grande Paix de Montreal (The Great Peace of Montreal)?
300
adjusting or changing the way something is done so everyone has an equal chance.
What is Accommodating?
400
Allows citizens to used their right to vote to elect a representative who will express their concerns and make political decisions for them.
What is Representative Democracy?
400
This charter right includes freedom of speech, thought, opinion, and religion.
What is Fundamental Freedoms?
400
These rights are referred in the Charter because Canada is a bilingual country both French and English are used in Parliamentary and governmental institutions.
What are Official Language Rights?
400
A conditions that benefits the majority.
What is the Common Good?
400
In law you can go to court to try to get it changed
What is Challenge?
500
Government is based on the citizens themselves voting directly on political matters.
What is Direct Democracy?
500
This charter right ensures Canadians the right to vote for representatives in federal and provincial government.
What is Democratic rights?
500
These rights allow your child to be educated in French or English.
What are Minority Education Rights?
500
This means laws apply equally to everyone.
What is The Rule of Law?
500
Treating everyone the same regardless of gender, race or religion.
What is Equality?