Federal/Provincial Practice Test
Chapter 6: How Provincial Government Works (p.128-133)
1. Define:
referendum: ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are the two main ‘jobs’ of provincial government? _______________________________________________________________________________________
b. _____________________________
c. _____________________________
d. ____________________________ e. _____________________________ f. _____________________________ g. ____________________________ h. ____________________________ i. _____________________________
4. How does the province pay for the services it provides? _______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Give an example of a service which is shared by more than one level of government. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
1. Define:
referendum: ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are the two main ‘jobs’ of provincial government? _______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
3. List nine services provided by provincial government.
a. ______________________________b. _____________________________
c. _____________________________
d. ____________________________ e. _____________________________ f. _____________________________ g. ____________________________ h. ____________________________ i. _____________________________
4. How does the province pay for the services it provides? _______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Give an example of a service which is shared by more than one level of government. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
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6. Chose four services provided by provincial government and illustrate them below.
Use the pie (circle) graph on page 131 to answer the questions below:
7. What was the total amount of money Alberta spent on expenses in 2006-2007? _______________________________________________________________________________________
8. What service did the Alberta provincial government spend the most money on? What percentage of the budget was used for this service? _______________________________________________________________________________________
9. What service did the Alberta provincial government spend the second most money on? What percentage of the budget was used for this service? _______________________________________________________________________________________
7. What was the total amount of money Alberta spent on expenses in 2006-2007? _______________________________________________________________________________________
8. What service did the Alberta provincial government spend the most money on? What percentage of the budget was used for this service? _______________________________________________________________________________________
9. What service did the Alberta provincial government spend the second most money on? What percentage of the budget was used for this service? _______________________________________________________________________________________
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10. Fill in the table below:
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Services
(From most costly to least costly) |
Percent of Budget Used
|
Dollar Cost (Change the
Percent to a decimal and
multiply by total expenses)
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11. What are four of the provincial government’s responsibilities in educating Albertans?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
12. Define the following words:
a. subsidies: _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. bill: ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
c. cabinet minister: ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
d. act: ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
13. How does the making of a new law begin? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
12. Define the following words:
a. subsidies: _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. bill: ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
c. cabinet minister: ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
d. act: ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
13. How does the making of a new law begin? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
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14. Fill in the chart below to show how a bill becomes a law.
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Chapter 6: How Provincial Government Works (p.134-139)
1. Define :
political party _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
constituency: _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are the four main political parties in Alberta? a. ________________________________________ b. _______________________________________ c. _______________________________________ d. ________________________________________
3. Which party had the most elected candidates in 2004? _________________________________________________________________________________
4. How is the governing party of the province decided? _________________________________________________________________________________
5. What conditions must be fulfilled by a person who wants to become a candidate?
1. Define :
political party _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
constituency: _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are the four main political parties in Alberta? a. ________________________________________ b. _______________________________________ c. _______________________________________ d. ________________________________________
3. Which party had the most elected candidates in 2004? _________________________________________________________________________________
4. How is the governing party of the province decided? _________________________________________________________________________________
5. What conditions must be fulfilled by a person who wants to become a candidate?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
6. What is a candidate’s goal? How does he/she achieve this?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
7. What conditions must a person meet in order to be able to vote in an election in Alberta?
a. _________________________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________________________
c. _________________________________________________________________________
d. _________________________________________________________________________
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8. Fill in the boxes below telling how the process of voting works.
9. What is ‘voter turnout’?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
10. Use the chart on page 138 to answer the following questions.
a. In what year was the voter turnout the highest? ______________
b. In what year was the voter turnout the lowest? ______________
c. In what years was the voter turnout below 50%? _________ _________
11. Use the graph paper to make a line graph or a bar graph showing the data on the chart.
a. In what year was the voter turnout the highest? ______________
b. In what year was the voter turnout the lowest? ______________
c. In what years was the voter turnout below 50%? _________ _________
11. Use the graph paper to make a line graph or a bar graph showing the data on the chart.
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Chapter 6: How Provincial Government Works (p.142-145)
1. Define the following:
a. constitutional monarchy: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. Speech From the Throne: ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is the difference between a Governor General and a Lieutenant Governor? _________________________________________________________________________________
a. ___________________________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________________________ c. ___________________________________________________________________ d. ___________________________________________________________________
4. Who is Alberta’s Lieutenant Governor? _________________________________________________________________________________
5. What are the ‘equality rights’ included in The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
6. What are two roles which laws in a democratic society fulfill?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________________________________________
7. Use the glossary on page 222 to define the following:
a. diversity: _______________________________________________________________________
8. Use a dictionary to define the following:
a. immigration:____________________________________________________________________
1. Define the following:
a. constitutional monarchy: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. Speech From the Throne: ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is the difference between a Governor General and a Lieutenant Governor? _________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
3. What are some of the duties of the Lieutenant Governor?
a. ___________________________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________________________ c. ___________________________________________________________________ d. ___________________________________________________________________
4. Who is Alberta’s Lieutenant Governor? _________________________________________________________________________________
5. What are the ‘equality rights’ included in The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
6. What are two roles which laws in a democratic society fulfill?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________________________________________
7. Use the glossary on page 222 to define the following:
a. diversity: _______________________________________________________________________
8. Use a dictionary to define the following:
a. immigration:____________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
b. emigration: ____________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
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9. How have the rules regarding immigration to Canada changed?
a. Where did the largest group of people immigrating to Canada come from
between 1961 and 1970? _________________________________________________________________________________
b. Where did the largest group of people immigrating to Canada come from between 1991 and 2001? _________________________________________________________________________________
c. What was the change in the number of African immigrants between 1961-1970 and 1991-2001? _________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
10. Use the chart on page 145 to answer the following questions:
a. Where did the largest group of people immigrating to Canada come from
between 1961 and 1970? _________________________________________________________________________________
b. Where did the largest group of people immigrating to Canada come from between 1991 and 2001? _________________________________________________________________________________
c. What was the change in the number of African immigrants between 1961-1970 and 1991-2001? _________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 6: How Provincial Government Works (p.146-151)
1. Where does the Alberta government meet? ______________________________________________ 2. What are elected officials called? _______________________________________________________ 3. What is the ‘business’ of the provincial government?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________________________________________ c. _______________________________________________________________________________
4. What does the provincial government look like?
1. Where does the Alberta government meet? ______________________________________________ 2. What are elected officials called? _______________________________________________________ 3. What is the ‘business’ of the provincial government?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________________________________________ c. _______________________________________________________________________________
4. What does the provincial government look like?
5. What are Cabinet Ministers? ___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
6. What are civil servants? _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
7. What are some of the other jobs of Cabinet Ministers?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________________________________________ c. _______________________________________________________________________________ d. _______________________________________________________________________________ e. _______________________________________________________________________________
6. What are civil servants? _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
7. What are some of the other jobs of Cabinet Ministers?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________________________________________ c. _______________________________________________________________________________ d. _______________________________________________________________________________ e. _______________________________________________________________________________
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8. Define the following:
a. constituent: ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. Opposition member: ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
9. What are the two main responsibilities of MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
10. What are some of the jobs done by MLAs?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
d. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
e. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
f. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
g. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
a. constituent: ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. Opposition member: ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
9. What are the two main responsibilities of MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
10. What are some of the jobs done by MLAs?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
d. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
e. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
f. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
g. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
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h. _______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
11. What are the responsibilities of opposition members? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
12. How can constituents make their views known to their MLAs? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
13. How can people participate at the provincial level of government?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
d. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
e. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
14. What is a perspective? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
*15. How does a perspective differ from an opinion? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
16. Go back to page 145. On the graph paper provided on the back of this page
make a double bar graph of the information presented on the chart. Don’t forget that your graph will need a tile, axis labels, a key explaining your ‘double bars’, a number scale and item labels.
11. What are the responsibilities of opposition members? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
12. How can constituents make their views known to their MLAs? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
13. How can people participate at the provincial level of government?
a. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
d. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
e. _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
14. What is a perspective? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
*15. How does a perspective differ from an opinion? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
16. Go back to page 145. On the graph paper provided on the back of this page
make a double bar graph of the information presented on the chart. Don’t forget that your graph will need a tile, axis labels, a key explaining your ‘double bars’, a number scale and item labels.
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