Civics review part two

Civics Review Part Two:

Study Questions:

What are three responsibilities of citizenship?

What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?

How are members of parliament chosen?

Name two key documents that contain our rights and freedoms.

Identify four fundamental freedoms that Canadians enjoy.

Identify four rights that Canadians enjoy.

What is meant by the equality of women and men?

What are some examples of taking responsibility for yourself and your family?

Who were the founding peoples of Canada?

Who are the Metis?

What does the word “inuit” mean?

What is meant by the term “responsible government?”

Who was Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine?

What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize?

What does confederation mean?

What is the significance of the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best?

What does it mean to say that Canada is a constitutional monarchy?

What are the three branches of government?

What is the difference between the role of the Queen and that of the Prime Minister?

What is the highest honour that a Canadian can receive?

When you go to vote on Election Day, what do you do?

Who is entitled to vote in Canadian Federal elections?

In Canada, are you obliged to tell other people how you voted?

After an election, which party forms the government?

Who is your member of parliament?

What are the three levels of government?

What is the role of the courts in Canada?

In Canada, are you allowed to question the police about their service or conduct?

Name two Canadian symbols.

What is the capital of the province or territory that you live in?