Government of Canada Review Grade 11 Social Studies

Who is our P.M?

The Upper House in the Federal Gov't is

The constitution is based (or built) on which older act?

Confederation occurred on 

A set of rules by which a country is run.

Canada's government is a 

In B.C., you may vote when you are _____________ years old

The branch of government that is in charge of running the gov't is the 

Which of the following is used to make changes to Canada's Constitution?

The branch of gov't that is at arms length from the others is

All of these are steps which a bill must pass through to become a law except

The P.M. is part of this branch of gov't

The levels of government that runs ocean fisheries is

An area represented by a seat in the House of Commons

An arrangement by which two or more parties work together to run the gov't

right of self government

Education is controlled by which level of government?

Our governor general is 

A system the divides power between two powers of Government

Someone elected in BC's Legislative Assembly

These advise the P.M.

How many Senators are there?

About how many seats are in the House of Commons?

Canada's head of state.

This branch makes or changes laws

The Canadian Senate is 

A deliberate attempt by the opposition to delay a law from passing is 

A change made to a law

The main body in the Federal Parliament that passes the laws is the 

What electoral system is used to select Canada's members of Parliament?

Senators are appointed

The party with the second largest amount of seats in the House of Commons usually becomes the 

BC's Legislative Body

Which of the following political ideologies is considered right wing?

A Canadian federal election must be held every ____________ years?