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Government Chapter One and Two Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of: page?

a)

a candidate of a political party

b)

a grade 3 or 4 student who works at the legislature

c)

a grade 7 or 8 student who works at the legislature

d)

a person who is part of a consensus government

2.

What is the definition of: dictatorship?

a)

a form of government where a king is the ruler

b)

a form of government where a prime minister makes the laws

c)

a form of government where citizens vote

d)

a form of government where a military leader makes the decisions

3.

What is the definition of: a party?

a)

a group of people who vote

b)

a group of people who have similar ideas for how a region should be governed

c)

a group of people who have different perspectives

d)

a group of people who debate quietly

4.

What is the definition of: MPP?

a)

an elected member of federal government

b)

an elected member of municipal government

c)

an important councilor

d)

an elected member of provincial government

5.

What is the definition of: jurisdiction?

a)

the power to vote

b)

the power to make councils

c)

the power to make decisions and laws

d)

an indigenous land

6.

What is the definition of: premier?

a)

a leader of federal government

b)

a leader of municipal government

c)

a leader of a band council

d)

the leader of a province or territory

7.

What is the definition of: citizen?

a)

a person over 18

b)

a person who leads a dictatorship

c)

a person who is an official member of a country

d)

a person who has a different perspective

8.

What is the definition of: referendum?

a)

a process by which community members vote on whether a government should take a certain action

b)

a process of meeting in a council

c)

a process of electing a president

d)

a process of getting rid of a dictator

9.

A responsibility of municipal government is:

a)

hospitals

b)

fisheries

c)

armed services

d)

libraries

10.

A responsibility of provincial government is:

a)

armed services

b)

parking

c)

schools

d)

Canada Post

11.

A responsibility of the federal government is:

a)

helping provinces with paying for services

b)

ambulances

c)

snowplows

d)

pet licences

12.

What is the definition of: bylaw?

a)

a type of court

b)

a Bill that has not yet become a law

c)

a local rule that helps the community run smoothly and keeps people safe

d)

a law created by a band council

13.

What is the definition of: monarchy?

a)

a level of government

b)

a type of government where a king or queen rules and makes decisions

c)

a country with a dictator

d)

a democracy

14.

What is the definition of: government?

a)

an election

b)

a country where everyone has different perspectives

c)

the system of leadership and rules for a region or area

d)

a group of people who live on a reserve

15.

What is the definition of: reserve?

a)

an area of land where taxes are high

b)

an area of land where no mining can occur

c)

an area of land set aside for by a government for the use of Indigenous people

d)

an area of land set aside for pipelines

16.

What is the definition of: budget?

a)

a plan for how governments will make laws

b)

a plan for how governments will run elections

c)

a plan for how governments will elect MPPs

d)

a plan for how governments will spend money

17.

What is the definition of: legislature?

a)

a part of government where decisions are made

b)

a local government

c)

a place where elections occur

d)

a voting process

18.

What is the definition of: common good?

a)

the chief of a band council

b)

to choose representatives

c)

the good of the whole community

d)

the good of an individual person in a community

19.

To help the common good a person could _____.

a)

contribute to a food drive

b)

clean up litter in a local park

c)

participate in school activities that raise money to help people living in poverty

d)

all of the above activities

20.

What is the definition of: tax

a)

money that is paid by citizens to the government to help fund services

b)

money paid by elected members of parliament

c)

money saved to help the common good

d)

money raised to help an Elephant sanctuary