social notes Flashcards
(130 cards)
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adject poverty?
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etereme poverty in which an individual lives on less then $1 per day
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Aboriganal healing foundation?
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a way of thinking that values the group more than the idivedual, and views all things as inerconnected.
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Aboriganial Healing Foundations?
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a foundation created as a result of the royal commission on aboriginal people.
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aboriginal rights?
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the right of the first nations and inuit/meti pople in canada.
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aboriginal self-goverment?
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first nations, metis, and inuit groups making their own decisions regarding their economy.
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adam smith?
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the father of capitalism.
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adherenc to collective norms?
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faithful observance of the norms or standards imposed omn member sof the group.
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altruism?
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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 parliment in respnce to 9/11
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anti-war movment?
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an orginized campaign against war.
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assimulation?
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the process whereby ethnic or cuklural groups adopt the culture of a dominant group and are abosorbed into this society.
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authoritrian political systems?
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political systems in which all decisions related to governing the state are made by a small group.
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beliefs?
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religon,gender,world view.
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bolshviks?
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memebers of a wing of the russian social-demoratic workers party.
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bourgeoisie?
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a french word that refers to thre social-democratic workers party.
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brinkmanship?
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international behaviour or foreign policy the takes a country to the brink of war.
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canadian charter of rights and freedoms?
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a document entrenched in the consititutional act 1982, describes fundementl rights
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capitalist economy?
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an ecomnomy that operates with limited goverment intervention.
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capitalism?
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an economic system based on free market
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censorship?
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restricting freedom of expression or fredom of acsses to ideas or works.
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centrally planned economy?
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economic based on public ( state) ownership of property.
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citizinship?
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membership by birth or naturlization in a society, community, or country.
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civil disobedience?
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international, public refusalto obey a law.
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class system?
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the division of a society into different classes of people, usually based on income or wealth
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classical liberal?
based on the ideology of classical liberalism
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classical liberalism?
that rights and freedoms of an individual should be the foundation for society
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cold war?
means no shots were fired, conflict bettween soviet union and its allies
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collective interest?
the set of goals or ideals that members of a group pursue together.
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collective responsibility?
a groups responsibility for the actions of all the individual members.
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collective security?
the mutual protection of the member s of an organization against an outside threat.
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collective will.
the wants or wishes of a group of people.
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collectivism?
an ideology that places the need and goal of the collective, or ,group.
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command economy?
an economic system based on public
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commoon good?
the good of a community
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communism?
the working clas must overcome its property-owning oppreeeors through revolution.
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competition?
the struggle amoung two or more people or groups for an economic, social , or political advantage.
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consensus decision making?
a form of decision making whereby individuals in a group share ideas
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constitution act?
established canada and its form of goverment
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constitutional monarchy?
a political system in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized goverment
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containment?
people working together to accomplish common goals
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co operation? switch with containment
the us cold war foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism
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cost of living?
how much money is needed to provide a personor family with acertain standard of living
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crown corporations?
companies owned by canadian federa goverments
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crown land?
goverment owned land
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compulsory enfranchisement?
the automatic loss of status and rights provided by an indian act
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debet
an obligation to pay back borrowed money
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democracy?
a political system inwhich the people have power to make or influence the goverment decisions
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democratic socialism
a political ideology that advocates a peaceful evolitionary transition.
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detente?
a period of the cold warf rom mid 60s to 70
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dictator?
a individual ruler or small group , complet control of its laws
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dictatorship?
a form of goverment in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power
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direct democracy?
a form of democratic govertmant in which people participate directly in political dicisions
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distribution of wealth?
how much income made by an economy
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economic equality?
a principle common collectivist ideoliges which can have different meanings despending on the person or ideoligy
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economic freedom?
the ability of individuals to act freely as consumers and producers within an economic system
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egalitarianism?
abn ideology that holds that all people should be treated as equals.
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emergancies act?
a set of laws that permits the canadian goverment to invoke special measures act in 1988
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enfranchiment?
granting people the rights of citizinz , especially to vote.
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enviroment
or sudrrondings
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enviromental concerns
areas specific concerns regarding the natural enviroment of the planet
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enviromentalism?
a poltical and ethical ideology that focuses on protecting the natural environment
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equal opportunity?
policies and practices in employment and other areas that do not discriminate.
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equitable distribution of income and wealth?
the idea that allpeople should earn incom for work of simillar values
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eugenics?
an ideology based on the premise that all human physical andf mental charactistics are passed on through biological heredity?
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excessive intusion?
goverment interfering in person or business matter to what some people consider an unreasonable extent.
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expansionism?
a political and military policy of talking over additional territory through the violation.
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extremism?
the action or ideologfie of individuals or grpoups outside a acceptable society
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facism?
an authoritarian system of goverment that includes extreme militaristic nationlism.
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feminism?
a political movment involving women to get more rights
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first nations?
aboriginal people
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first past the post?
who ever has the most electoral district votes wins
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flat tax?
a tx system in which taxpayers at all levels of incom are taxed
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free market encomy?
limmited goverment intervention
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free vote?
a special vote
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fundemental right?
the key rights with which , some , bbelive all humans beings are born
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global warming?
an increas in the average tempreature of the earths atmosphere
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goverment intervention?
actions taken by goverment to influence the economy
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governor general?
in canada, the appointed representative of the crown
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grassroots movment?
a campaign that usually begins when a few people share a belief about how a situation.
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great depression ?
an economic crisis that began with the stock market crash in 1929
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great law?
the constitution of the haudenosaunee confederacy
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haudenosaunee cofedracy?
an alliance of six first nations
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health crises?
situations where there is the threat of a disease spreading widely and quickly.
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human interdependence?
the idea that individuals do not live their lives in isolation.
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humanitarian crises?
disasters such as famines , pandemics, natural calamities.
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humanitarinism?
an ideolagy based on trying to improve other peoples living comdintions
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human rights?
the rights and freedoms a human gets
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ideological conflict?
stuggle between two distinct and opposing sets of belifes
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ideological spectrum?
a diagram on which ideologies can be organized according to a particular set of criteria
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ideology?
a system of thought based on belifes and values that include ideas about how the world works
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imposition?
forcing something on people whether theyt want it or not
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idian act?
an act of canadas parliament first passed in 1876, dealing with governance of first nation reserves
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idividualism?
an ideology that values the rights and freedoms of the individual
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idividual rights and freedoms
the rights associated with personal liberty
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industrialization?
the process of introducing technology to produce goods
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idustrial revolution?
economic and social changes, such as the ones that began in england in the late 18th century
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iterest groups?
organiuztions that seek to influence elected officials, to encourage legilation that relfects their spicfic belife or value
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internet censorship?
the act of restricting freedom of expression or access to ideas or work on the internet
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inuit?
aboriganal people in the northen canada
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john stuart mill?
influential british political,he belived individuals should be free to act as they wish.
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labour standards?
goverment-enforced rules and standards aimed at providing safe , clean enviroments and protecting workers rights and freedoms
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labour unions?
organized group of workers trying to improve the working conditions and wages for a spicific group of workers in an industry
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laisez-faire?
a french term meaning leave alone a lessez faire economy is one in which goverment does not intervine in a free market
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land holding?
ideas and practices related to access and rights to the based on aboriginal people
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leadership?
demonstarating the ability to lead a group
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leninism?
a political ideology based on russian leader vladimr lenins, communist state would be established through violen revoltion.
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liberal democracy?
a form of goverment in which the rights and freedoms of the individualismrights and freedoms .
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leberation movments?
peoples military and political stuggles for independence from countries thta have colonized or otherwise oppressed them
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lieutensnt-governor?
representative of the crown in eaxh province,who exercises a largely ceremonial executive role in provibncial legeislature and public events
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limited goverment?
the proicipal of a minimal goverment interention in the lives of individuals and in the working of an economy
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magority goverment?
in canada a goverment formed by thr party holding more then half the seats
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marxism?
a socialist ideology that evolved from interpretations of karl marxs idea that workign class should overthrow the capitalist class
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median?
the middle values , where there is an equal number of values both above and below the median houshold income
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meracinatilsim?
an economic system , common in europe from the 1500s to the 1700s based on bealefs that a country should export more goods
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meritocracy?
a type of social system in which individuals are rewarded based on their abilities and hard work
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metis?
mixed firstantions and european ancestry
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millennium development goals?
worldwide goals for a new millenium as set out by the united nations in 2000
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minority goverment?
formed when the governing polititical party holds fewer than half of the total seats in thr house of commons or a provincial legistature
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mixed economy?
economic system in which free market principles are combined with some degree of goverment
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moderen liberalism?
ideology thst developed over time to address concerns with inequality injustices, by a capitalist society
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monopoloies?
companies with exclusive ownerehip or control of trade ina particular product or service, allowing them to control prices
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multiculturalism act?
canadas parliment that promotes idividual rights to keep therir cultral heritage as in the charter of rights n freedoms
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national iterest?
country pursues for its own benifit
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naturslization?
for immigrants, the process of applying for and obtanning citizenship
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nazism?
a facist political ideology prompted by hitler,ideas of national power and racial superiority.
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new deal?
a series of economic measures by us presedent franklin d. roosevelt during the greart depression, make social wealfar programs.
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non-alignmnt?
the position taken during the cold war by those members of the united nations
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nonb-partisan?
non affiliated to any political party
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pandemic?
a new infection diseas the emerges and cuses serious illness ampoung poeple arrsose alarge area
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parlimentary democracy?
