Canadian/US Government Comparison - EducatorAl



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Canadian/US Government Comparison

1. Why does the US not have a Governor General? ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

2. Who is Canada’s current Governor General and what does that person do? ______________ __________________________________________________________________________

3. What are the Canadian equivalent to our states? ____________________________________

4. What is the difference between a province and a territory? (Use the Canada Resources link.)

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5. What are the two parts of the United States legislative branch? ________________________

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6. What are the two parts of Canada’s legislative branch? ______________________________

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7. Are there any differences between the U.S. senate and Canada’s senate? ________________

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8. What is Canada’s equivalent to our Governor? Who is our Governor? British Columbia’s?

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9. How does our Lieutenant Governor differ from a Canadian Lieutenant Governor? _________

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10. Who is the U.S. equivalent of Canada’s Stephen Harper? What is Harper’s title and to which branch of government does he belong? ___________________________________________

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11. What is the capital of British Columbia? Of Washington? ____________________________

12. What is Canada’s capital? The U.S. capital? _______________________________________

13. What does Canada’s parliament do? What does the US congress do? ___________________

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Branches of Government

(Use Ben’s Guide to the Branches of Government links on the Social Studies webpage.)

14. Why do we have three branches of government? ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

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15. What does the legislative branch do? ____________________________________________

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16. What are the two chambers of the legislative branch? _______________________________

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17. What do the courts of the judicial branch do? _____________________________________

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18. What are the two types of courts in the judicial branch? _____________________________

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19. Why is the President’s term limited (in other words, why can’t a President be elected for as long as he or she likes?)? _____________________________________________________

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20. What does the executive branch do? _____________________________________________

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21. From whom does the President receive help and advice? _____________________________

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22. What is the specific checks and balance each branch can do over the other two?

Legislative (congress): ________________________________________________________

Executive (the President): _____________________________________________________

Judicial (the courts and judges): ________________________________________________

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