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Social Studies 30-1

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Mixed review · Viability and citizenship

Ten questions of mixed difficulty, covering RI 3: Is liberalism viable?, RI 4: Citizenship. Print it, or work through it on screen — the answer key starts on its own page.

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Mixed review · Viability and citizenship

Social Studies 30-1 · maddyhelps.com

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  1. Gandhi's Salt March in 1930 was a protest against:

    1. a) high taxes on cotton imports to Britain
    2. b) British laws that controlled and taxed salt in India
    3. c) the building of railways in India
    4. d) the partition of India and Pakistan

  2. The territory of Nunavut was created in:

    1. a) 1982
    2. b) 1867
    3. c) 1949
    4. d) 1999

  3. Refusing to buy a company's products in order to pressure it to change is called:

    1. a) civil disobedience
    2. b) a petition
    3. c) a boycott
    4. d) lobbying

  4. Rosa Parks refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 is a famous example of:

    1. a) a boycott
    2. b) civil disobedience
    3. c) a referendum
    4. d) lobbying

  5. Which of these is a responsibility of citizenship rather than a right?

    1. a) freedom of religion
    2. b) the right to move anywhere in Canada
    3. c) serving on a jury when called
    4. d) freedom of expression

  6. The USA PATRIOT Act (2001) is often cited as an example of:

    1. a) ending the separation of powers
    2. b) reducing government power over citizens
    3. c) expanding government surveillance at the expense of privacy after a security threat
    4. d) protecting freedom of the press

  7. Quebec's Bill 101 (1977), the Charter of the French Language:

    1. a) made English the language of Quebec's courts
    2. b) made Quebec officially bilingual
    3. c) made French the official language of Quebec and regulated its use in business, signs and schools
    4. d) declared Quebec independent

  8. A law supported by most citizens restricts the rights of a minority group. How would a citizen guided by liberal principles most likely respond?

    1. a) Ignore the law privately without saying anything
    2. b) Accept the law, because the majority always decides
    3. c) Challenge the law in court under the Charter, because rights protect minorities from the majority
    4. d) Call for the Charter to be abolished

  9. Which pairing of an illiberal action and a later government response is accurate?

    1. a) Chinese Head Tax — never acknowledged by the government
    2. b) Residential schools — federal apology in 1966
    3. c) October Crisis — the Emergencies Act was invoked
    4. d) Japanese Canadian internment — redress agreement in 1988

  10. What does the notwithstanding clause allow a government to do?

    1. a) Suspend elections during an emergency
    2. b) Ignore rulings of the Supreme Court on any issue
    3. c) Pass a law that overrides certain Charter rights for up to five years
    4. d) Override any right in the Charter permanently

Answer key · Mixed review · Viability and citizenship

Social Studies 30-1 · maddyhelps.com

  1. b) British laws that controlled and taxed salt in India — Gandhi walked to the sea to make salt himself, openly breaking the British salt laws. Thousands followed and were arrested — mass civil disobedience.
  2. d) 1999 — Nunavut was created in 1999 out of the eastern Northwest Territories, following the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement with the Inuit.
  3. c) a boycott — A boycott uses buying power as pressure. It is legal, so it is not civil disobedience.
  4. b) civil disobedience — She broke a segregation law on purpose, peacefully, and was arrested. Her arrest then sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, which was a separate form of action.
  5. c) serving on a jury when called — Jury duty is something citizens owe the justice system. The other three are Charter rights that protect citizens.
  6. c) expanding government surveillance at the expense of privacy after a security threat — Passed after the September 11 attacks, it widened surveillance and detention powers. It is the classic modern case of security being weighed against liberty.
  7. c) made French the official language of Quebec and regulated its use in business, signs and schools — It protects French as a collective identity by limiting some individual language choices — a live example of collective rights set against individual rights.
  8. c) Challenge the law in court under the Charter, because rights protect minorities from the majority — Liberalism protects individual rights even against the majority's wishes — the danger Mill called the tyranny of the majority. Courts are the liberal route for that challenge.
  9. d) Japanese Canadian internment — redress agreement in 1988 — The Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement was signed in 1988. The Head Tax apology came in 2006, the residential schools apology in 2008, and 1970 used the War Measures Act.
  10. c) Pass a law that overrides certain Charter rights for up to five years — It covers fundamental freedoms, legal rights and equality rights, and the override expires after five years unless it is renewed. Democratic and language rights cannot be overridden.