civics unit 1

• hobbs


  felt ppl were selfish and had a me-first attitude leading to conflicts, violence and war
• locke


  thinks humans are naturally good and negatives things were part of us and wanted fairness and equality
• haudenosaunee


  thinks ppl should have equal representation from ppl having equal value
• democracy


  citizens have a say on who will be their representative for gov through election and have a say in decisions, rules and laws
• Constitutional monarchy


  country ruled by queen or king with limited power
• what monarchy is canada

  constitutional monarchy
• representative democracy


  each citizens has the right to elect representatives for different levels of govs
• when did canada first confederate

  in 1867
• provinces in confederation


  Ontario, quebec, new brunswick and nova scotia
• 2 important decisions in confed

  canada would be fed sys and have central parliament
• canada would be a

  fed sys with 2 orders of gov = federal and provincial
• central parliament 3 elements

  the monarchy, the senate and chamber of commons
• last province confed


  newfoundland and labrador - 1949
• last territory


  nunavut 1999
• canadian constitution


  big book of rules for a gov between fed and provi
• canadian const facts


  group of 25 docs from british sys of gov or developments made
• key docs of canad const

  constituion act of 1867 and 1982 and canadian charter of rights and freedoms
• authoritarian


  system where people obey a leader or small group and ppl have limited rights
• dictatorship


  1 person has power (oppresive) without limit ex north korea
• absolute monarchy


  power is inheritated so no election but is limited
• arisocracy


  power is given to those who are privileged with money
• oligarchy


  small group of ppl have all the power
• theocracy


  power controlled by the religious
• facism


  developed by dictator who think they can control everything
• facism


  good of the nation > civil liberty
• communism


  gov owns all property n territory and responsible for handling goods
• capitalism


  making more capital with lack of gov intervention
• 3 sys of gov

  executive, legislative and judical power
• judical


  determines punishment for person who broke law dealing with many court hearings
• executive


  the gov the decisional power supported by monarch prime minister and cabinet
• legislative


  responsible for manage, debate, pass laws with senate and hoc