Social Ch 6

Match the following

• A person who has been elected to represent citizens in the province

• Opposition

• A group of people who have similar ideas about how to run the province

• Political Party

• The political party that elects the most people in the Legislature

• MLA

• MLA who is in charge of a government department

• Government

• Elected members who do not form the government

• Cabinet Minister

Reorder the following

• An MLA introduces a bill in the Legislative Assembly. This is called the first reading

• The bill gets a second reading. MLAs debate the bill and then vote on it. If a majority supports the bill, it is sent to a committee for further study and discussion

• Members of the Legislative Assembly and the public have a chance to study the bill.

• If the majority of MLAs vote in favour of the bill, it is sent to the Lieutenant Governor who signs it. Now the bill has become a law.

• The bill gets a third reading. MLAs get a chance to discuss and ask questions. Then the MLAs vote on the bill again.

Which two ministries use up more of the provincial budget than all the other combined?

• Agriculture

• Education

• Energy

• Health

What are the three main things the provincial government MUST do?

Match the following

• The monarch's representative

• Lieutenant Governor

• Constituency

• Constituent

• A proposed law

• Bill

• All the elected representatives of the province of Alberta

• Legislative Assembly

• A person who has the right to vote in a particular riding

• Electoral Districit

What are 2 areas for which the Alberta government is responsible?

• Highway clean up

• Tourism and Parks

• Aboriginal Relations

• Firefighters

How do providing services and giving subsidies make things more just and equitable?

There are ​ (a)   constituencies in Alberta

• 83
• 92
• 8935
• 2
• 86

Which of the following tells a main difference between the government and the opposition?

• The government defends its ideas and how it handles concerns, and the opposition challenges what the government is trying to do.

• The government has more members from the cities than the opposition

• The government is required to be present everyday, but the opposition is not

• The government passes bills and the opposition watches

Which of the following is the main difference between a candidate running for local council and a candidate running for provincial government?

• Candidates in local elections do not need to go door to door to campaign but they do in provincial elections.

• Candidates are not supported by a political party in local elections but they usually are in provincial election.

• Candidates in local elections need to have much more money than those in provincial elections.

• There are no differences.