Final Exam

Where: Airdrie (ALC)When: Wednesday, June 17Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am

Part a: Written/Persuasive response: A should question will be asked here and you will need to persuade your audience.

Part b: Multiple Choice: Source based Questions: 55 in total.

Social Studies JeopardyCanada’s

Political SystemYCJA Charter of

RightsCollective

Rights

Immigration

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The head of state in Canada but does not play an active role in

its government.

Who is the Queen?

10 points

Steven Harper became our27th Prime Minister in 2008with this type of government.

What is a minoritygovernment?(20 points)

The process where onedistinct cultural group

gradually adopts the customsand attitudes of another culture.

What is assimilation?(30 points)

The executive branch ofthe government is responsiblefor putting laws into action and includes the prime ministerand this group.

Who is the cabinet?(40 points)

Even if a political partywins this, they still may

not win the ridings neededto become elected.

What is the popular vote?

(50 points)

Instead of going to court, a young offender mightbe required to do this.

What is counseling or community service?

(10 points)

The media may publish the name of a young offender

if this happens.

What is the youth receivesan adult sentence?

(20 points)

The number of times mostyoung offenders get introuble with the law.

What is once?(30 points)

This legislation sets outconsequences for adult offenders.

What is the Criminal Codeof Canada?

(40 points)

The Youth Criminal Justice Act is intended to do these

3 things.

What is:• prevent crime

• rehabilitate and reintegrate• ensure meaningful consequences

(50 points)

The set of laws that establishes the framework for how Canada

is to be governed.

What is the constitution?(10 points)

The Charter of Right and Freedoms protects individualrights, but with these rights

come this.

What are responsibilities?(20 points)

The freedom to expressyour opinion falls under

this category of individualrights.

What are fundamental freedoms?

(30 points)

Prisoners of war were senthere where they were made

to build roads and doother forms of labour.

What are internment camps?(40 points)

The right to be free ofdiscrimination because of

race, national or ethnic origin,gender, age, or mental or

physical disability falls under this category in the CCRF.

What are equality rights?(50 points)

This Canadian group hashistoric treaties with

Canada’s government.

Who are the First Nations peoples?(10 points)

In 1990, Alberta’s government enacted legislation that gavethis group:• the right to manage their own affairs• a permanent land base• rights to develop oil and gas on settlement lands

Who are the Métis?(20 points)

Because the Canadian governmentbelieved that First Nations peoples

needed guidance and that their wayswere inferior to those of Europeans,

they created this.

What is the Indian Act?(30 points)

English speaking people in Quebec belong to one of

Canada’s official language______________.

What are minorities?(40 points)

These 5 groups have collective rights protected through

legislation by the CanadianGovernment.

Who are:• Francophones• Anglophones• First Nations

• Métis•Inuit?(50 points)

This class of immigrantscome to Canada because

they are spouses, partners,children or parents of

people who live in Canada.

Who are the family class?(10 points)

This was a way in whichCanada tried to discourage

Immigration of people fromChina.

What is a head tax?(20 points)

This category of peoplemove to another country

in order to be safe andfree of persecution.

Who are refugees?(30 points)

This class of immigrantsmakes up the largest group ofimmigrants who are accepted

into Canada.

Who are economic immigrants?(40 points)

A word for the characteristicsof a population such as age,

sex, marital status, family size, education, geographical

location, and occupation.

What are demographics?(50 points)

The usual, basic path of law making in Canada consists of

these three steps.

Write down how much you are willing to

wager on this question

What are:

• The House of Commons

• The Senate

• Royal Assent