CIVICS QUIZ REVIEW SHEET
CHAPTERS 1 & 2
Format of the Quiz:
Part A ~ Knowledge: Multiple Choice(10 marks)
Part B ~ Thinking: Matching (10 marks)
These are the key terms you'll need to know for Wednesday's quiz:
• Apartheid
• Branches of government: executive, legislative, judicial
• Cabinet
• Civics
• Coercion vs. influence
• Consensus decision making
• Constitution
• Constitutional monarchy
• Councillor
• Direct democracy
• Governor General
• House of Commons
• Indirect democracy
• Left wing
• Levels of government: municipal, provincial, federal
• Lieutenant Governor
• Major projects in the course: Question Period, YPI (Youth &
Philanthropy Initiative), Take Action, Political Bulletin, Mock Election
• Majority vs. minority government
• Mayor
• Motion of Non-confidence
• MP (Member of Parliament)
• MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament)
• P.S.A. (Public Service Announcement)
• Patronage
• Political Spectrum
• Politics
• Premier
• Queen's Park
• Question Period
• Right wing
• Rule of law
• Senate (the "Red Chamber")
• The Power of One
• Types of government: democracy, communism, theocracy, autocracy
KEY DATES IN CIVICS:
Monday, November 23rd: Take Action proposal due
Tuesday, December 1st: Take Action PROJECT due (exam, 10% of final grade)
Friday, December 4th: Test--Ch. 3 & 4
December 8-14th: Mock Election Campaign (voting day on Monday the 14th)
January 6-8th: Question Period (exam, 10% of final grade)
January 19-21st: YPI Presentations: (exam, 10% of final grade)
