Vocabulary Flashcards
(11 cards)
What are Rights?
What individuals and groups are allowed to do in society, as established in law
What is Enshrine?
If something such as an idea or a right is enshrined in something such as a constitution or law, it is protected by it.
What is Infringe?
A violation, a breach, or an unauthorized act
What is Patriate?
To bring to a country something that belongs to the country
What is Implement?
The action of putting a law, resolution, order, system, decision or plan etc into operation.
What is the Official language minority?
Either a French-speaker or French-speaking population living outside of Quebec, where English is predominant, or an English-speaker or English-speaking population living in Quebec, where French is predominant.
What is the Labour union?
An organization of workers that acts to protect workers’ rights and interests — see page 231 in your textbook
What is the constitution?
A special set of laws that establish a framework of governance
What is Ethnocentric?
meaning that those from European decent believed they were superior to those of Indian and other non-European cultures.
What is ethnocentrism?
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture.
What is the Labour Union?
Labour union - an organization of workers that acts to protect workers’ rights and interests
