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Study Guide
Social Studies Chapter 1
Why Do We Need Government?
Democracy: Citizens have the right to choose the people who run the government.
Citizens are able to participate in the decisions made by the government. Law
protects the rights and freedoms of citizens.

1. Democracy comes from the Greek words, demos and cratos.

Demos means: __________________________________________

(Page 6)

Cratos means: _____________________________ or

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2. There are seven key elements that help us define what Democracy is.
(Page 3)

They are:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.

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3. Describe the three levels of government. What are they responsible

for? Where are they located? Who elects them? (Page 7)
Federal Government:
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Provincial Government:
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Local Government:
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4. What are the four principles that support Democracy?
5)

i.

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ii.

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5. The Government provides services to help take care of our needs.

What are four services that the Government helps provide? (Page 14)
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6. Name the three main reasons why we need government.

(Page 14)

i.

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ii.

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iii.

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7. Name two ways you could contribute to society?

(Page 18-25)

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8. What is the Canadian Constitution? What does the Constitution
outline and describe?

(Page 12)

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9. What is the difference between society and citizen?

(Page 13)

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10. Write True if the statement is correct and False if the statement is
wrong.
a) Canadians only respect people from a certain culture and religion.
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b) Canadians value solving problems through riots and loud protests.
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c) Canadians think it is important to compromise and work together
to help solve a problem._________________________________________
d) Canadians citizens do not support different opinions and will be
disrespectful towards you if you have a different point of view.
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P.
Q.
R.
S.

VocabularyK.

Injustice
Opinion
Fact
Issues

L.
M.
N.
O.

Provincial
Government
Federal Government
Representation
Freedom
Equity

F. Justice
G. Diversity
H. Compromis
e
I. Values
J. Majority

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Services
Citizens
Constitution
Society
Local Government