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Social Studies Jeopardy
Canada’s
Political System
YCJA
Charter of
Rights
Collective
Rights
Immigration
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The head of state in
Canada but does not
play an active role in
its government.
Who is the
Queen?
10 points
Steven Harper became our
27th Prime Minister in 2008
with this type of government.
What is a minority
government?
(20 points)
The process where one
distinct cultural group
gradually adopts the customs
and attitudes of another culture.
What is assimilation?
(30 points)
The executive branch of
the government is responsible
for putting laws into action
and includes the prime minister
and this group.
Who is the cabinet?
(40 points)
Even if a political party
wins this, they still may
not win the ridings needed
to become elected.
What is the popular
vote?
(50 points)
Instead of going to court,
a young offender might
be required to do this.
What is counseling or
community service?
(10 points)
The media may publish
the name of a young offender
if this happens.
What is the youth receives
an adult sentence?
(20 points)
The number of times most
young offenders get in
trouble with the law.
What is once?
(30 points)
This legislation sets out
consequences for adult offenders.
What is the Criminal Code
of Canada?
(40 points)
The Youth Criminal Justice Act
is intended to do these
3 things.
What is:
• prevent crime
• rehabilitate and reintegrate
• ensure meaningful consequences
(50 points)
The set of laws that establishes the
framework for how Canada
is to be governed.
What is the constitution?
(10 points)
The Charter of Right and
Freedoms protects individual
rights, but with these rights
come this.
What are responsibilities?
(20 points)
The freedom to express
your opinion falls under
this category of individual
rights.
What are fundamental
freedoms?
(30 points)
Prisoners of war were sent
here where they were made
to build roads and do
other forms of labour.
What are internment camps?
(40 points)
The right to be free of
discrimination because of
race, national or ethnic origin,
gender, age, or mental or
physical disability falls under
this category in the CCRF.
What are equality rights?
(50 points)
This Canadian group has
historic treaties with
Canada’s government.
Who are the First Nations peoples?
(10 points)
In 1990, Alberta’s government
enacted legislation that gave
this group:
• the right to manage their own affairs
• a permanent land base
• rights to develop oil and gas on
settlement lands
Who are the Métis?
(20 points)
Because the Canadian government
believed that First Nations peoples
needed guidance and that their ways
were inferior to those of Europeans,
they created this.
What is the Indian Act?
(30 points)
English speaking people in
Quebec belong to one of
Canada’s official language
______________.
What are minorities?
(40 points)
These 5 groups have
collective rights protected through
legislation by the Canadian
Government.
Who are:
• Francophones
• Anglophones
• First Nations
• Métis
•Inuit?
(50 points)
This class of immigrants
come to Canada because
they are spouses, partners,
children or parents of
people who live in Canada.
Who are the family class?
(10 points)
This was a way in which
Canada tried to discourage
Immigration of people from
China.
What is a head tax?
(20 points)
This category of people
move to another country
in order to be safe and
free of persecution.
Who are refugees?
(30 points)
This class of immigrants
makes up the largest group of
immigrants who are accepted
into Canada.
Who are economic immigrants?
(40 points)
A word for the characteristics
of a population such as age,
sex, marital status,
family size, education, geographical
location, and occupation.
What are demographics?
(50 points)
Write down how much you are willing to
wager on this question
The usual, basic path of law
making in Canada consists of
these three steps.
What are:
• The House of Commons
• The Senate
• Royal Assent