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Unit #1 Pol Science 120
Unit #1 Pol Science 120
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1
The term for
giving favours
to friends in politics is called?
Proxy
Patronage
Bicameral
Repriation
2
This GG
gave a trophy that is now awarded to the
top university
football team
in Canada:
Georges Vanier
Frederick Stanley
Maxima Turnbull
Earl Grey
3
Paying for
Health Care and Education
is the responsibility of:
Provincial Govt.
Federal govt.
Towns, and Villages
Municipal Govt.
4
This province has
two "capital" cities
:
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
British Columbia
Ontario
5
Canada's current GG
is named:
Mary Simon
Julie Payette
Jean Sauve
Michaelle Jean
6
This
official appoints
the GG in Canada:
Prime Minister
Federal Chief Justice of the Court
Vice Regal
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
7
This
level of govt.
is responsible for the criminal code and defense?
Federal
National
Municipal
Provincial
8
An
election based on a question
rather than a person is called?
General election
Referendum
Bi - election
First past the post
9
This Canadian govt. official gives "
royal assent
" to all laws:
GG
Lieutenant Governor
King Charles III
Prime Minister
10
New Brunswick's
current Premier
is named?
Brenda Murphy
Susan Holt
Blaine Higgs
Brian Gallant
11
This
Prime Minister
helped Canada in writing its own, new constitution in 1982?
Joe Clark
Brian Mulroney
William Lyon MacKenzie King
Pierre Trudeau
12
Canada's
1st female GG
was:
Jean Sauve
Michaelle Jean
Mary Simon
Julie Payette
13
The
normal length of term
for a GG is?
1-2 years
5-7 years
Till age 75
7-10 years
14
The term for
two "houses
" in Parliament is:
Bilateral
Bi-regal
Bi-constitutional
Bicameral
15
The name of
Canada's 1st
set of rules or "
constitution
" in 1867 was called:
BNA Act
Constitution Act
Colonial Act
Canada Act
16
The term "
viceroy
" refers to:
The Monarch - QEII
Provincial Premier
2nd king or GG
Prime Ministers Assistants
17
New Brunswick's current Lieutenat Governor
is from Grand Bay. Her name is:
Michaelle Jean
Louise Imbeault
Mary Simon
Allison Goguen
18
All were
original provinces
of Canada in 1867
except
for:
PEI
New Brunswick
Quebec
Nova Scotia
19
Canada became a nation on
this date, July 1st
...?
1832
1898
1867
1876
20
Our current Canadian GG,
Mary Simon
, is from:
Alberta
New Brunswick
Nunavut - Nunavik
North West Territories
21
To make a
general change or "amend" Canada's constitution
for the whole country, at least how many provinces must agree:
7
5
8
2
22
This
Canadian province has the smallest population but still greater
than all three Territories?
Newfoundland
PEI
Quebec
Ontario
23
This law allowed Canada to
write its own laws
without GB approval?
BNA Act 1867
Election Act 1961
Contitution Act 1982
Statute of Westminster 1931
24
Canada's
1st Prime Minister
was:
Wilfrid Laurier
John A. MacDonald
Arthur Meighen
William Lyon MacKenzie King
25
The term "
proxy
" generally refers to a:
Type of vote
Provincial Flag
Stand-in
Spouse of a Prime Minister
26
Canada became part of the "
Commonwealth"
due to this act?
BNA Act 1867
Statute of Westminster 1931
Treaty of Versailles 1919
Canada Act 1982
27
The term "
federal
" refers to ??? many levels of govt:
1
2
4
7
28
This man was
appointed Prime Minister
in 1926 by the GG, Julian Byng:
David Johnston
William Lyon MacKenzie King
Arthur Meighen
RB Bennett
29
Ottawa, Canada's capital
was previously known as:
Gatineau
Adawe
Bunker Hill
Folly Hill
30
Canada's
current population
is estimated at?
820 million
30 million
40 million
420 million
31
This province elected a leader in 1976
with the goal of eventually separating from
Canada?
Quebec
Newfoundland
British Columbia
Nunavut
32
Canada's
1st Canadian-born GG
was named:
Georges Vanier
Romeo Leblanc
Frederick Stanley
Vincent Massey
33
Rideau Hall
is the official residence of?
Former Prime Ministers
Prime Minister
King Charles III
GG
34
The "
Speech from the Throne
" is read in Parliament by:
King Charles III
Mary Simon
Justin Trudeau
Lieutenant Governor