Canadian/US Government Comparison
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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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Name ________________________ Date _____________
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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