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26 Cards in this Set
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what is politics |
small and large groups make decisions abt how to live |
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what is civics |
focuses on role of citizens and government |
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what is partisan |
interests in either powerful or powerless are favoured |
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what is political perspective |
why people and groups can hold different points of view abt the same issue, event, person |
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what four things shape political perspective |
person beliefs and values, political ideology, communites of interests, communites of place |
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what is political significance |
why governments formulate laws and policies |
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what is a constitutional monarchy |
the king is the head of state, but we follow a constitution (the ultimate law) |
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whos the head of state |
the monarch king charles |
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whos the heads of government |
premier and prime minister |
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who is the legislative branch |
the parliament |
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who is the executive branch |
cabinet |
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who is the judical branch |
courts of canada |
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what is an MP |
member of parliament, ours is john brassard |
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whats an MPP |
member of provincial government, ours is doug ford |
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whos our premier |
doug ford |
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who is our prime minister |
justin trudeau |
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whos the leader of opposition |
Pierre poilievre |
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who is the governer general |
mary simon |
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who do federal government sit |
house of commons |
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where do provincial government sit |
queens park |
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whats the civil service |
the staff who run the ministries and departments |
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how many seats are in the house of commons |
338 |
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what 7 steps make a law |
first reading in house of commons, second reading by mps and mpps, committee correct errors, reports , third reading is voted on, senate repeats(federal), royal assent signed by lieutenant governor, if provincial, Governor General is federal |
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what is an interest group |
a group that strongly supports a cause |
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whats a lobby group |
influences decisions made by law makers |
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whats the first past the post |
winner gets prize, others get nothing |
