Charter
What are the 4 principles or pillars of democracy?
FREJ: Freedom, Representation, Equity, Justice.
Who selected the chiefs of a clan?
Clan mothers.
A foreigner living in an ancient Greek city who had some of the privileges of citizenship.
A metic.
True or false: The election process is the same between local and provincial government.
True.
What do you call the party that gets second place in an election?
Official Opposition.
What is the name for when everyone gets what they NEED?
Equity.
What was the name of the beaded item that shared history of Indigenous people in Canada?
Wampum Belt.
How were people on the Council of 500 selected?
By lottery / random drawing.
At a local / municipal level, what is a law called when it's made by the town or city?
A bylaw.
What does MLA stand for?
Member of Legislative Assembly.
When someone wants to go live in another province, what kind of rights / section of the Charter says that they can?
Mobility Rights.
How did Indigenous peoples and the Confederacy make decisions?
Consensus.
What is the name of the marketplace where people could meet, trade, and buy items?
The Agora
What is the position that is below Councillors, whose job is to communicate between the Departments and the Councillors?
Town Manager.
Are MLAs a form of direct democracy or representative democracy?
Representative democracy.
What kind of rights / section of the charter does the Metis Nation of Alberta connect with?
Aboriginal Rights.
A peace treaty between New France and 39 First Nations of North America that ended the Beaver Wars
The Great Peace of Montreal (French: La Grande paix de Montréal)
Where would the thousands of people at the Assembly meet?
Pynx Hill.
If a location has between between approximately 1,000 and 20,000 people, is that a hamlet, village, town, or city?
Town.
Who represents the king or queen and turns bills into laws?
Lieutenant Governor.
If someone feels that a court case has not been settled correctly, they can take this action.
Appeal.
What were the 6 names of the tribes in the Confederacy?
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora.
How long does a term on the Council of 500 last?
1 year.
In a small hamlet or village, instead of a Mayor, they might use this work to call their leader.
Reeve.
For a MLA to become a Premier, what 2 things need to happen?
1: They must be the leader of their political party.
2: Their party must win the majority in the election.