Government Test

Structure:

Testable materials will include all handouts, notes taken in class, as well as Chapter 1 of the Student Workbook:  

This material should be review from the fall with Mrs. Teichrob: 

Political Spectrum

-Left-wing

-Right-wing

-Centre

·      Conservatism

·      Liberalism

·          Ideology

-Fascism

-Communism

-Capitalism

-Nazism

-Socialism

   This is new material: 

   Political Parties

-Conservative

-Liberal

-NDP

-Bloc

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·      Democracy

·      Representative democracy

·      Constitutional monarchy

·      Canada's written and unwritten constitution

·      Federal system

-Ability to identify and differentiate between federal and provincial responsibilities

·      -Municipal government

·      Three Branches of Government

-Executive

            -Executive power

            -Prime Minister

            -Cabinet

-Stages of a bill becoming law

-Bill

            -Cabinet solidarity

            -Backbenchers

            -Public Service

-Legislative

            -Legislative power

            -House of Commons

            -Caucus

            -Senate

            -Patronage

            -Governor General

            -Formal Assent

-Judicial

            -Judicial power

            -Supreme Court

            -Provincial Court

   Electoral systems

-First-past-the-post

-Proportional Representation

·      Special interest group/non-governmental organization (NGO)

·      Pressure group

·      Lobbyist/lobbying

·      Civil disobedience

·      Rule of law

·      Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

-What is it?

-What are some of the most important clauses?

Human Rights

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