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Rights and responsibilities

Citizenship

  • 01

    What are three responsibilities of citizenship?

  • 07

    What is meant by the equality of women and men?

  • 08

    What are some examples of taking responsibility for yourself and your family?

Rights

  • 04

    Name two key documents that contain our rights and freedoms.

  • 05

    Identify four rights that Canadians enjoy.

  • 06

    Name four fundamental freedoms that Canadians enjoy.

  • 28

    In Canada, are you allowed to question the police about their service or conduct?

Who we are

Economy

  • 09

    Who were the founding peoples of Canada?

  • 10

    Who are the Métis?

  • 11

    What does the word "Inuit" mean?

Canada's history

Government

  • 12

    What is meant by the term "responsible government"?

  • 13

    Who was Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine?

  • 15

    What does Confederation mean?

Economy

  • 14

    What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize?

Government

Government

  • 03

    How are Members of Parliament chosen?

  • 17

    What does it mean to say that Canada is a constitutional monarchy?

  • 18

    What are the three branches of government?

  • 19

    What is the difference between the role of the King and that of the Prime Minister?

  • 21

    When you go to vote on election day, what do you do?

  • 22

    Who is entitled to vote in Canadian federal elections?

  • 23

    In Canada, are you obliged to tell other people how you voted?

  • 24

    After an election, which party forms the government?

  • 25

    Who is your member of Parliament?

  • 26

    What are the three levels of government?

  • 27

    What is the role of the courts in Canada?

Modern Canada

Symbols

  • 02

    What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?

  • 20

    What is the highest honour that Canadians can receive?

  • 29

    Name two Canadian symbols.

Economy

  • 16

    What is the significance of the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best?

Regions

  • 30

    What provinces are referred to as the Atlantic Provinces?

  • 31

    What is the capital of the province or territory that you live in?