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55 Cards in this Set
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Community |
A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common |
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The Common Good
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The benefit or interests of all
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Civics
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Study of the rights and duties of citizenship
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Democracy
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System of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
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Active
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Making things happen
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Purposeful
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Knowing what you want and communicating it
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Informed
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Knowing how things work
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Interest Group
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Seeks to publicly promote and create advantages for its cause
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Pressure Group
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Group that tries to influence public policy in the interest of a particular cause
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Dictatorship
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Government by a dictator
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Government
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Governing body of a nation, state, or community
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Judicial
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Responsible for interpreting laws
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Executive
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Responsible for law and policy enforcement
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Legislative
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Responsible for law creating
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Global Citizenship
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The rights, responsibilities, and privileges of being a member of a global community
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Local Citizenship
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The rights, responsibilities, and privileges of being a member of your local community
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Amalgamation
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Process where several smaller communities and their governments merge into 1 large municipality with one government
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Pros of Amalgamation
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Lowers amount of government people need More use of Municipal buildings
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Cons of Amalgamation
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Hard to get used to new laws Harder to reach decision with more people Culture disappears
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Public Policy Issue
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A problem/situation sparking public discussion and debate about a need for government action to address public concerns
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Interest Groups
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Group of individuals who join together to pursue common goals and advocate their case
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Pressure Groups
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A groupd organized to persuade policy makers to make decisions favouring their ideals
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Boycotts
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Refuse to buy/use a certain product as a form of protest
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Advocate
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A person who argues for a specific position
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80/20 rule
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20% of the people in the world have access to 80% of its wealth |
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Globolization
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A process accelerated by modern communications technology that multiply and stregthens economic, cultural, financial interconnections among many regions of the world |
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Autocracy |
Single person makes decisions |
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Lobbyist |
Pro trained in art of policy |
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Social trade off |
Giving up personal freedom in exchange for social harmony |
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Federalism |
The federal principle or system of government |
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Minority Government |
Government with fewer seats in parliament compared to other parties |
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Riding |
Political division represented by MOP/MLA, constituency |
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Constitutional Monarchy |
Nation under monarch with powers restricted to ones granted under laws and constitution |
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Premier |
Kathleen Wynne |
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Majority Government |
Gov that has more than half seats in parliament |
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Official opposition |
This is the largest party in the Senate that is not in government |
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Civil law |
Law area dealing with legal relationships between people/people and organizations |
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Common law |
Law that relies on case law and is common to all people |
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Criminal law |
System of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes |
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Crown |
Attorneys representing monarch and prosecute accused on behalf of community |
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Judge |
Public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law |
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Perjury |
Criminal offence of knowingly making false statements giving evidence under oath |
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Probation |
Sentence allowing convicted people to go free under supervision |
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Appeal |
Application to high court to review decision of lower court |
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Supreme Court |
Canada's final court of appeal |
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Charter |
Written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such as a company, college, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined |
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Conviction |
Decision indicating accused is guilty of offense |
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Bail |
Temporary of accused in exchange for money/form of security ensuring accused will appear for trial |
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Suspended sentence |
Judgement not carried out providing offender meets requirements made by judge |
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Habeus Corpus |
Right of accused to know the charge, right to fair/speedy trial and right to be innocent until guilty |
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Acquittal |
Decision indicating accused is not guilty |
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Plea bargain |
Deal where defendant pleads guilty for lighter sentence |
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Parole |
Early release with conditions |
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Rehabillitation |
Process of restoring person to former standing/rights/privileges/reputation |
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Criminal Code |
Law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada |
