3 Levels of Government Test review!

3 Levels of Government Test Review

Format:

Multiple Choices

Matching

Fill in the blanks

Representation – creating accurate pictures

Short Answer

Narrative

Key Terms:

1. Decision Making

- FREJ: Freedom Representation Equity Justice

-Democracy

-Majority rules

-Voting

-Representatives

-Consensus

-Equality

2. Municipal

-Community

-Mayor

-Councilors

-City hall

-By laws

-Services

3. Regional (provincial)

-LT. Governor

-Legislative of Alberta

-Edmonton

-MLAs

-Premier

-Acts

-Services

4. Federal

-Governor General

-Parliament

-Senate

-Executive Branch

-Prime Minister

-Cabinet

-House of Commons

-MPs

-Opposition

-Bills

-Services

-Political Parties

Topics of Discussion

A) Influence

B) Rules and Regulations

C) Comparing (similarities) and Contrasting (differences) between the 3 levels of government or sections within the same level.  Ex: How is the House of Commons different than the Senate?   Ex: How do the provincial govt and municipal govt both directly affect Calgary? 

D) Can you draw 4 services for each level of govt?

E) How does a motion turn into a by-law?

F) How does a provincial act get passed?

G) How does a federal bill turn into a law? --- 7-8 step process!

Questions to know:

What are the four main reasons we have Local Government? (write at least two sentences about each of these reasons.)

What is the difference between revenue and expenditures?

Give two reasons why Canadians have chosen to have a local level of government:

How does the province pay for the services it provides?

What are the four main political parties in Alberta?

What conditions must be fulfilled by a person who wants to become a candidate?

What’s constitutional monarchy – according to the constitution _____ runs our country?

What is the difference between a Governor General and a Lieutenant Governor?

Where does the Alberta government meet? ______________________________________________

What are elected officials called? _______________________________________________________

What is the ‘business’ of the provincial government?