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Year 5 Government Quiz Study Guide

This study guide provides an overview of key terms and concepts needed to understand Canadian government and politics, including different forms of government like democracy and monarchy, political ideologies across the spectrum from communism to conservatism, how the Canadian government is structured with executive, legislative and judicial branches at the federal and provincial levels, the electoral and law-making processes, and methods of civic participation and advocacy.

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Year 5 Government Quiz Study Guide

This study guide provides an overview of key terms and concepts needed to understand Canadian government and politics, including different forms of government like democracy and monarchy, political ideologies across the spectrum from communism to conservatism, how the Canadian government is structured with executive, legislative and judicial branches at the federal and provincial levels, the electoral and law-making processes, and methods of civic participation and advocacy.

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Individuals and Societies Year 5 Name: _______________________

Government Quiz
Study Guide

You need to understand the following terms:


Democracy Oligarchy Dictatorship Monarchy

Political Spectrum Communism Socialism Liberalism

Conservatism Fascism Moderate Political Parties

Party Platform First-past-the-post Prime Minister Governor General

Civil Disobedience Pressure Groups Lobbyists Elections

Left Wing Right Wing Member of Parliament House of Commons

Senate Legislative Branch Judicial Branch Executive Branch

Order-in-Council Voting Representative Majority Government


Democracy

Minority Government Cabinet Coalition Royal Assent

Ideologies Totalitarianism Party Whip Prorogue

You will need to understand the following concepts:


1. What the differences are between different political ideologies and
where they fall on the political spectrum
2. How Canada’s federal government functions and who is in charge of
what
3. The differences between municipal, provincial, and federal
governments
4. How a bill passes into a law in Canada
5. What the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees to
Canadian citizens
6. How the electoral system works in Canada
7. How citizens and groups can influence government and policies

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