Social Studies 9: Understanding Key Terms
CHAPTER 1
Govern
Legislative Branch
Popular Vote
Supreme Court
Bill
Governance
Judicial Branch
Minorities
Accountable
Law
Government
House of Commons
Senate
Civil Service
Assimilation
Constitution
Prime Minister
Representation by Population
Federal Accountability Act
Slogan
Executive Branch
Constituent
Judges
Media - Watchdog
Lobbyist
CHAPTER 2
Fair and equitable
Criminal Record
Jury
Defense
Justice
Sentence
Youth Criminal Justice Act
Prosecution
Justice System
Rehabilitate
Jury Duty
Sequester
Legislation
Reintegrate
Elizabeth Fry Society
Criminal Code of Canada
Community Service
Young Offender
John Howard Society
CHAPTER 3
Constitution
Legal Rights
Labour Unions
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Equality Rights
Fundamental Freedoms
Indian Act
Democratic Rights
Suffrage (right to vote)
Mobility Rights
Internment
CHAPTER 4
Affirm
First Nations
Indian Act
Reserve
Residential School
Francophone
Publically Funded
Collective Identity
Inuit
Sovereignty
Assimilate
Official Language Communities
Autonomy
Collective Rights
Indian
Annuity
Numbered Treaties
Entrenching
Official Language Minority
Métis
Patriate
Ethnocentrism
Amendment
Anglophone
Scrip
CHAPTER 5
Immigration
Family Class
Economic Factor
Point System
Economic Class
Political Factor
Policy
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Refugee
Demographic
Security Factor
Excluded
CHAPTER 6
Economics
Scarcity
Publicly Owned
Collective
Supply
Competition
Strike
Economic Systems
Land, Labour, Capital
Supply and Demand
Monopoly
Mixed Economy
Equilibrium
Collective Bargaining
Market Economy
Public Good
Consumer
Command Economy
Privately Owned
Individualism
Self-interest
Profit motive
Collectivism
Equality
Crown Corporation
Producer
Unemployment Rate
CHAPTER 7
Consumerism
Jobs
Marketing
Identity
Consumer Spending
Advertising
Prosperity
Health and Safety
Economic Growth
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Boycott
CHAPTER 8
Social Programs
Public Health Care
Universality
Conservative Party
Democratic Party
Taxation
Income Tax
Health Insurance
Tax Base
Black Market
Political Party
Private Health Care
Sales Tax
Tax Evasion
Party Platform
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Underground Economy
CHAPTER 9
Biodiversity
GDP per capita
Sustainability
Climate Change
Kyoto Protocol
Green House Gas (GHG)
Quality of Life