chapters 1-5 key terms

Question 0

Political system

Answer 0

Structure of government

Question 1

Governance

Answer 1

Process of governing

Question 2

Economic system

Answer 2

How society organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

Question 3

Bias

Answer 3

An opinion based on unchanged assumptions

Question 4

Lobbyists

Answer 4

People hired by a group to influence MP’s and government officials

Question 5

Unbiased

Answer 5

Without preconceived ideas

Question 6

Executive branch

Answer 6

Part of the government responsible for putting laws into action

Question 7

Legislative branch

Answer 7

Part of the government that makes laws

Question 8

Judicial branch

Answer 8

Part of the government that applies and interprets laws

Question 9

House of Commons

Answer 9

Part of the legislative branch, made up of members of parliament( MP’s) that debate, study and vote on laws

Question 10

Constituents

Answer 10

People that live in a particular riding

Question 11

Popular vote

Answer 11

The total votes cast in an election

Question 12

Royal assent

Answer 12

Given by the Governor General that makes a bill into a law

Question 13

Law making path

Answer 13

House of Commons-senate-royal assent

Question 14

Assimilation

Answer 14

To become part of a different cultural group that is not your own

Question 15

YCJA

Answer 15

Youth criminal justice act

Question 16

Rehabilitate

Answer 16

To install positive behaviours and attitudes

Question 17

Reintegrate

Answer 17

To make part of again

Question 18

Validity

Answer 18

Reliable information based in facts

Question 19

Defence

Answer 19

The lawyer and evidence that represents an accused person

Question 20

Justice

Answer 20

Applying laws

Question 21

Sequester

Answer 21

To remove jurors from all outside contact

Question 22

Community service

Answer 22

Help in a community that is served as part of a sentence

Question 23

Fair and equitable

Answer 23

Rules that apply to everyone, but take into account individual needs

Question 24

Sentence

Answer 24

A consequence for crime

Question 25

Prosecution

Answer 25

The lawyer and eve dunce that supports the guilt of an accused person

Question 26

Advocacy

Answer 26

Independent groups that help find solutions to the underlying reasons for crime

Question 27

Fundamental freedoms

Answer 27

Example: the right to choose your religion

Question 28

Democratic rights

Answer 28

Example: right to vote

Question 29

Mobility rights

Answer 29

Example: right to leave Canada

Question 30

Equality rights

Answer 30

Example: the right to be free of gender discrimination

Question 31

Legal rights

Answer 31

Example: the right to be free of imprisonment without evidence

Question 32

Internment

Answer 32

To be imprisoned because of your identity

Question 33

Charter of rights and freedoms

Answer 33

A list of rights and freedoms in Canada that makes our society free and democratic

Question 34

Constitution

Answer 34

Set of laws that establish governance... Highest law in Canada

Question 35

Individual rights

Answer 35

Rights and freedoms that is inherent to every Canadian citizen

Question 36

Labour unions

Answer 36

An organization of workers that acts to protect workers rights and interests

Question 37

Affirm

Answer 37

To validate and express commitment to something

Question 38

Collective rights

Answer 38

The rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian Society for historical and constitutional reasons

Question 39

Collective identity

Answer 39

The shared identity of a group of people, especially because of their common language and culture.

Question 40

Inherent rights

Answer 40

Rights with origins in fundamental Justice (passed down)

Question 41

Reserve

Answer 41

Land for the exclusive use of First Nations

Question 42

Patriate

Answer 42

To bring to a country something that belongs to the country

Question 43

Script

Answer 43

In Metis history, a document could be exchanged for land and was offered to Metis ( numbered treaties)

Question 44

Ethnocentrism

Answer 44

The belief that ones culture is superior to all other cultures

Question 45

Annuity

Answer 45

An annual payment

Question 46

Autonomy

Answer 46

Authority to make decisions

Question 47

Metis

Answer 47

People with a French and Indian origin | Passed form parents of both the French and Indian decent

Question 48

Immigration

Answer 48

The process of people establishing homes, and often citizenship in a country that is not their native country

Question 49

Demographic

Answer 49

To do with the characteristics if populations

Question 50

Labour force growth

Answer 50

The growth of the "labour force" it the number if people who can work

Question 51

Refugee

Answer 51

A person who seeks refuge in another country because of danger or persecution in their home country

Question 52

Accord

Answer 52

A formal agreement

Question 53

Point system

Answer 53

Dates from 1967 and applied to only economic immigrants. Criteria Canada uses to accept different immigrants

Question 54

Provincial nominee program

Answer 54

Under the provincial nomination program, provinces can " nominate" a percentage of the immigrants Canada selects each year

Question 55

Canada-Quebec accord

Answer 55

A specific agreement with Quebec that allows them to nominate the percentage of immigrants to Canada to correspond with their population in Canada

Question 56

Economic immigrant

Answer 56

Skilled workers and professionals who are immigrants

Question 57

Family class immigrant

Answer 57

Immigrants that have travelled with spouses, partners, children, parents and grandparents of people living in Canada

Question 58

Immigration law vs. immigration policy

Answer 58

Migration law says who is allowed into Canada where as a policy sets the procedures for evaluating immigrants and dahs how many people are allowed to enter into Canada per year