Types of Government and Levels of Government

Messy, can take a long time, attempts to involve all eligible citizens and encourages them to vote.

• Dictatorship
• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Totalitarian rule

Synonyms that could be used to describe a dictatorship are...

• oligarchy
• anarchy
• democracy 
• totalitarian rule, authoritarian government 

What kind of democracy do we have in Canada?

• Tetanus
• Anarchy democracy
• Parliamentary Democracy

A constitution...

• lays out the framework of government AND is the highest law in Canada
• Is where the Mp's meet to discuss
• What lists our rights and freedoms

Our elected officials, municipally, provincially and federally are responsible for...

• representing only the people who agree with them in their constituency
• Pushing their own views forward
• Debating, researching and voting on the electorates behalf. 

What level of government is responsible for agriculture?

• Municipal
• Provincial
• Federal

What level of government is responsible for sanitary, sewage etc. 

• Municipal 
• Provincial
• Federal 

What level of government handles education?

• Municipal
• Provincial
• Federal

A political party is...

• A group of people who advocate for the environment 
• A group of people who like government 
• A group of people with like minded ideas about how to run a government

What does the word advocate mean?

• to speak for, to represent, to educate on an issue
• protest and argue
• research and write