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GOVERNMENT UNIT – CHAPTER QUESTIONS
Chapter 9
1.
Describe the ways people can influence government. (291)
2.
Why are lobbyists controversial? (293)
3.
Describe civil disobedience and its 3 principles. (295)
4.
Differentiate between direct and representative democracy. What type do
we have in Canada and why? (297)
5.
Describe the ideological differences between socialism, liberalism, and
conservatism. (298)
6.
Which 2 political ideologies are totalitarian? (298)
7.
What is a party platform? (300)
8.
What is patronage? (301)
9.
In what way has politics in B.C. been polarized? (302)
10.
Explain the concept of an order in council. (307)
11.
Why are there so many steps involved in passing a bill? (308)
12.
What is a free vote? (309)
13.
Identify the difference between majority and minority governments.
(310)
14.
What does it mean to prorogue and dissolve parliament? (311)
15.
What is the duty of a chief electoral officer? (313)
16.
What is the controversy surrounding our First-Past-the-Poll system of
voting? (p. 317)
Chapter 10
1.
Read the statements of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Why is this an important document? (p. 325)
2.
When were Canadian human rights put into our legal system? (p. 328)
3.
Why did Quebec invoke the notwithstanding clause? (p. 330)
4.
What are affirmative action programs? (p. 333)
5.
What steps does government have to take in order to change a decision
of our Supreme Court of Canada? (p. 336)
6.
What is controversial about preferential hiring policies? (p. 342)
7.
What is the importance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
(p. 346)