SS9 Issues for Canadians Chapter 1 Vocab

Govern

• to make decisions as a government and put decisions into action
• the people who serve Canadians as employees of the government
• someone who lives in a riding and is represented by an elected official from that riding
• the part of government that interprets and applies the law by making legal judgments

Governance

• the process of governing
• the part of government responsible for putting laws into action
• groups in society who do not form the majority of the population
• answerable to someone for your actions; observable, transparent

Government

• the body with the power to make decisions for a society
• the part of government that makes laws
• the part of government that interprets and applies the law by making legal judgments
• the people who serve Canadians as employees of the government

Executive Branch

• the part of government responsible for putting laws into action
• someone who lives in a riding and is represented by an elected official from that riding
• answerable to someone for your actions; observable, transparent
• the process of becoming part of a different cultural group (not your own)

Legislative Branch

• the part of government that makes laws
• groups in society who do not form the majority of the population
• the people who serve Canadians as employees of the government
• a phrase repeatedly used by politicians or marketers to present an idea

Constituent

• someone who lives in a riding and is represented by an elected official from that riding
• the part of government that interprets and applies the law by making legal judgments
• the process of becoming part of a different cultural group (not your own)
• an opinion based on unchallenged assumptions

Minorities

• groups in society who do not form the majority of the population
• answerable to someone for your actions; observable, transparent
• a phrase repeatedly used by politicians or marketers to present an idea
• an opinion based on unchallenged assumptions

Judicial Branch

• the part of government that interprets and applies the law by making legal judgments
• the people who serve Canadians as employees of the government
• an opinion based on unchallenged assumptions
• the process of governing

Accountable

• answerable to someone for your actions; observable, transparent
• the process of becoming part of a different cultural group (not your own)
• an opinion based on unchallenged assumptions
• the body with the power to make decisions for a society

Civil Servants

• the people who serve Canadians as employees of the government
• a phrase repeatedly used by politicians or marketers to present an idea
• the process of governing
• the part of government responsible for putting laws into action