Chapter 1 vocab Flashcards
(26 cards)
Answerable to someone for your actions
Accountable
The process of becoming part of a different cultural group
assimilation
an opinion a prejudice or personal belief system
bias
The people who serve Canadians as employees of government
civil service
shared identity of a group of people including language culture and history
collective identity
someone who lives in a and is represented by an elected official
constituent
Standards for evaluating something
criteria
The study of the production distribution and consumption of goods and services
economics
The way a society organizes the production distribution and consumption of goods and services
economic system
The part of a government responsible for putting laws in action
executive branch
to make decisions as a government and put decisions and actions
govern
The way a group of nation is governed and the process of governing
governance
The way a person sees herself based on the set of characteristics of values
individual identity
part of a government that interprets and applies the lava making legal judgements
Judicial branch
part of government that makes laws
legislative branch
groups in society who do not form the majority of the population
majorities
personal reaction to an issue
opinion
values and ideas shared by people with a common language culture and history
perspective
an opinion and preference based on what an individual Caesars feels or understands
Point of view
structure of government
political system
The total votes in election
popular vote
happiness and contentment that a person has with her life
Quality of life
what individuals and groups are allowed to do in society usually established laws
Rights
A phrase repeatedly use by politicians are marketers to represent an idea
slogan
