1. Social Studies Review
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2. Citizenship & Immigration
1) Canada’s Immigration Act was developed in 1976
2) I – FAMILY CLASS: closely related to Canadian citizens already living in Canada II – ECONOMIC IMMIGRANTS: skilled workers or business people III – REFUGEES: people escaping persecution, torture or cruel and unusual punishment

3. Citizenship & Immigration
3) at least18 years old, permanent resident, time lived in Canada (as a permanent resident) is 1,460 days during the six years right before the date of your application OR 183 days during each of four calendar years that are fully or partially within the six years right before the date you apply,

4. Citizenship & Immigration
3) you must meet your personal income tax filing obligations in four tax years (fully or partially) within the six years right before you apply, intend to live in Canada during the application process, speak and listen in one of the two official languages,

5. Citizenship & Immigration
3) take a test to meet your knowledge about Canada’s values, history, symbols, institutions, and rights, responsibilities and privileges, prohibitions (criminal record)

6. Citizenship & Immigration
4) Naturalization: the formal process of becoming a citizen of a country

7. Citizenship & Immigration
5) Federal

8. Human Rights
6) UDHR is an international document that states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948

9. Human Rights
7) Arose directly from the Second World War and represents the first global expression of what people believe to be the rights to which ALL HUMAN BEINGS are entitled.

10. Human Rights
8) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982 which sets out constitutionally protected rights and freedoms

11. Human Rights 9) The Charter was signed into law on April 17, 1982
10) ccdp.gc.ca/eng/content/canadian-human-rights- milestones

12. Government
11) Federal: military, passports, immigration, international trade, money Provincial/Territorial: hospitals, driver licensing, education, highways Municipal/Local: garbage removal, snow removal, libraries
12) MPs are elected, Senators are appointed (by the Governor General on behalf of the Prime Minister) MPs propose bills, Senators study/reject/amend those bills

13. Government
13) They are appointed by the Prime Minister.

14. Justice System
14) Must ensure that society operates in a peaceful and orderly manner. Balance social order with respect for the individual rights of each citizen

15. Justice System
15) CRIMINAL LAW: criminal activity is a public offence against society. The police must arrest and charge anyone who has broken the criminal code, and court must hear the case. CIVIL LAW: is concerned with private disputes between individuals. An individual who feels wronged by another in some way may SUE (take legal action against) that person. Police are not involved, and there is no arrest. Civil law deals with claims resulting from accidents, all kinds of contracts, property ownership, and family matters.

16. Justice System
16) Appointed by the Governor General (on the advice of the Prime Minister).

17. Elections
17) Happen every four years, people vote in ridings, winners of ridings become MPs, MPs occupy 1 of 338 seats in HOC, leader of the party that wins the most seats becomes Prime Minister.
18) Go behind the voting screen, mark your ballot with an “X” or a “”, return it to the worker so they can tear the tab off, put the ballot into the box.

18. Elections
19) Liberal, Conservatives, New Democratic Party (NDP), Bloc Quebecois, Green Party
20) Brian Bowman – mayor, Brian Pallister – Premier, Justin Trudeau - Canada

19. Elections constitution monarch Legislative Branch Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Prime Minister
HOC
Senate
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Provincial/ Territorial Courts
Government
Departments

20. Vocabulary
1) physical geography
2) demography
3) pluralism

21. Vocabulary 4) Universal Human Rights 5) legal rights 6) discrimination
7) stereotyping

22. Vocabulary 8) authoritarian 9) consensus 10) democracy 11) government
12) politics
13) society
14) Member of Parliament (MP)
15) House of Commons

23. Vocabulary 16) Cabinet Ministers 17) city councilors 18) mayor
19) Senate
20) Prime Minister
21) Governor General
22) Lieutenant Governor

24. Vocabulary 23) restorative justice 24) Youth Criminal Justice Act
25) Chief Electoral Officer
26) platform
27) representative democracy
28) majority government
29) franchise
30) minority government