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Provincial Government

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a symbol of the authority of the government and monarch

a)

Premier

b)

Mace

c)

Government

d)

The Queen

2.

deals with matters that affect the people in a province

a)

Municipal Government

b)

Federal Government

c)

Provincial Government

3.

the monarch's representative of the province

a)

Premier

b)

Cabinet Minister

c)

Lieutenant Governor

d)

Opposition Leader

4.

head of the majority party in the province

a)

Mayor

b)

Prime Minister

c)

President

d)

Premier

5.

Political party with the second highest number of seats in Legislature

a)

Official Opposition

b)

Government

c)

UCP

d)

NDP

6.

Political party with the highest number of seats in the legislature

a)

Official Opposition

b)

Government

c)

UCP

d)

NDP

7.

An elected representative who is in charge of a provincial government department

a)

Critic

b)

Premier

c)

Cabinet Minister

d)

MLA

8.

An elected representative who is responsible for shadowing a cabinet minister and critiquing them

a)

Cabinet Minister

b)

Official Opposition

c)

Critic

9.

Members of Legislative Assembly- people who were elected to represent the people of Alberta's thoughts/opinions and make decisions on the behalf of us

a)

Counsellor

b)

Premier

c)

MP

d)

MLA

10.

An electoral district (there are 87 in Alberta)

a)

Constituency

b)

Riding

c)

Town

d)

City

11.

A tax on people's earnings

a)

Property Tax

b)

GST

c)

PST

d)

Income Tax

12.

a proposed law presented to a legislative body for consideration

a)

Bylaw

b)

Bill

c)

Law

13.

Bias or slant in the selection of which news to report and how the news is reported.

a)

Media Bias

b)

Favoritism

c)

Opinion

14.

Lieutenant Governor's signing of the bill

a)

Bill Signing

b)

Passing a Bill

c)

Royal Assent

15.

A bill that has been passed by the legislative assembly into law

a)

Motion

b)

Act

c)

Bylaw

d)

Law

16.

people who live in an area represented by an MLA

a)

Citizens

b)

People

c)

Voters

d)

Constituents

17.

elected MLA's office in his/her constituency

a)

Legislature

b)

Constituency Office

c)

Parliament

d)

Town Hall

18.

Member of the Legislative Assembly who does not belong to a political party

a)

MLA

b)

Independent

c)

Councilor

d)

Cabinet Minister

19.

an organized group of people with similar beliefs and ideas on how to govern

a)

Government

b)

Official Opposition

c)

Provincial Government

d)

Political Party

20.

the place where the provincial government meets

a)

Legislature

b)

Town Hall

c)

Parliament

d)

House of Commons