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Abject poverty

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extreme poverty in which an individual lives on less than $1 per day

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Aboriginal collective thoughts

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a way of thinking that values the group more than the individual

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Aboriginal healing foundation

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a foundation created as a resault of the royal commision on aboriginal peoples

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Aboriginal rights

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the rights of the first nations and inuit people of Canada including their lands and freedom rights

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Aboriginal self-government

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first nations and inuit groups making their own decisions regarding their economy, education and culture

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Adam smith

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a scotish economist who challenged the key ideas behind the merchantilist and described how a free market economy works

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Adherence to collective norms

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faithful observance of the norms or standards imposed on members of a group as a condition of membership in the group

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Alturism

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unselfishness and a focus on the needs of others

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Anti terrorism act

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a law passed by canadas parlament in december 2001 in response to the attack on september 11 2001

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anti war movement

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an organized campaign againts war that started during the late 1960s

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Assimilation

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the process whereby ethnic or cultural groups adopt the sulture of a dominant group and are absorbed into its society

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authoritarian political systems

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=political systems in which all decisions related to governing the state are made by a small group of people or by one person

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Beliefs

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the idea that someone has and believes to be true

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bolsheviks

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members of a wing of russian social democratic workers party led be vladimier lenin

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Bourgeoisie

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a french word that refures to the social class that envolved in europe during the middle ages with the development of the cities and the growth of trade

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brinkmanship

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international behavior or foriegn policy that takes a country to the brink of war. on the edge of war

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Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

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a document entrenched in the constitutional act

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capitalism

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an economic system based on free markets, fair competition wise consumers

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capitalist economy

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an economy that operates with a limited government intervention

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censorship

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restricting freedom of expression or freedom of acsess to ideas or workers, ussually by governments, and usually to protect the percevied common good

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centrally planned economy

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an economic system based on public ownership of property in which government planners decide what to produce

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citizenship

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membership by birth or by law of a certain country or province or city

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civil disobediance

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international disobediance where there is a man who does not know what it is like to have control of his own country

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class system

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classical liberal
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clasical liberalism
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cold war
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collective interest
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collective responabilty
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collective security
the mutal protection of the protection of the members
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colective will
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collecivism
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comand economy
an econmic system based on public ownership of buisnesses
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common good
the good of a community; something that benefits the public health safety and or well being of society as a whole
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communism
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competition
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consensus decision making
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constitution act
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constitutional monarchy
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containment
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co operation
people who work together to get a certain task done that is needed
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cost of living
how much money is needed to provide a person or family with enough money so they can sustain their life and people they care about
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crown corporation
a corporation that is in charge of everything and is a big buisness owned by the governent
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crown land
a big property owned by the government to benifit towards their big corporation in order for them to succeed
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cumpolsory enfranchisement
the automatic loss of status due to the indian act and the gaining of citizen rights
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dept
the amount of money you or perhaps the government owes to a certain someone or to the government for example amarica is in dept because of the promises people are making to other countries
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democracy
a political system in which people have the power to make government decisions directly or indirectly through such process as free elections
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democratic socialism
a political ideoligy that advocates a peacful transition
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detente
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deterrence
the cold war foriegn policy of both major powers
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dictator
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dict atorship
a form of government in which one person or a small group of people posses absolute power
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direct democrocy
a form of government in which people participate directly in political decision making
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distribution of wealth =
how the wealth and income generated by an economy are devided or shared among the different groups that make up a society
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economic equality
a princaple common to collectivist ideoligies which can have different meanings depending on the person or the deoligies
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economic freedom
the idea for individuals to act freely as consumers and producers within an economy system
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egalitanerism
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emergecies act
a set of laws that permits the canadian government to invoke special mesures to deal with emergencies
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enfranchisment
granting people the rights of citizens to vote especially the right to vote
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evironment
our soroundings
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enviromental concerns
areas of specific concern mostly about the enviroment because people are worried that something is going to happen to it and they would have to figgure out a new plan in order to fix it
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enviromentalist
someone who cares about the eviroment or studies it so he can predict the things the enviroment will do
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equal opertunitty/ opertunities
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equitible distrobution of income and wealth
the idea that all people should earn equal income for work of simalar value
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eugenics
an ideoligy based on the premise that all human physical and mental charictaristics are passed on through biological heridity
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excessive intrusion
goverment interferingg in personal or business matters to what some people consider an unreasonable extent
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expansionalism
a political and military policy of taking over additional territory through the violation of another countries soveiriignty
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extremism
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facism
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feminism`
like everything that has to do with being a chick and efforts to survive in this society for women
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first nations
the people who were here first that are native to this land or whatever land they grew up on
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first past the post
who ever has the most votes towards thier party is the winner kida like the first horse to pass the finish line wins the whole thing
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flat tax
a tax system where all tax payers are taxed at the same level of income
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free market economy
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free voice
our right of freedom of speach so we can be heard from everyone and not face any consiquences unless its racist or something
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fundemental right
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global warming
something al gore made up so he could make the world more efficient and less wastefull
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government intervention
actions taken by the government to influence the economy
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govenor general
in canada the appointed represenatives of the crown
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grassroots movement
a campaign that usually begins when a few people share a belief about how a situation must change
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great depresion
a time when the price of things went up and people were poor and they were all sad and poor
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great law of peace
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haudensaunce confederacy
an allience of six first nations
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health crises
situations where there is a threat of a desiese infecting alot of people and people are on alert
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human interdependance
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humanitarian crises
disasters such as family pandemic
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humanitarialism
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human rights
the rights and freedoms we have to protect us from any unessasary actions being taken
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ideoligical conflict
a struggle between distinct and opposing sets of beliefs
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