GRADE 9 SOCIAL STUDIES – MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE



GRADE 9 SOCIAL STUDIES: Part A Section 2 Study Guide

• Chapters 2-5 (Remember you can download digital chapters of the text from my website)

• 35 Multiple Choice Questions

• A large amount of the questions will be source based. This means that many of the questions will require you to analyze charts, readings and political cartoons. Please be prepared to do some reading during this test.

CHAPTER 2: JUSTICE (10 QUESTIONS)

1. Canada’s two systems of legal codes: Youth Criminal Justice Act and the Criminal Code of Canada

2. What are the characteristics of each of these two systems of justice? What makes the two systems different?

3. The goals of the Youth Criminal Justice Act

4. Sentencing for youth:

• Fair and equitable (what does this mean)?

• What factors influence the sentencing of youth?

5. What are justice advocacy groups?

• How do they play a role in youth criminal justice?

• What are some examples?

6. What is jury duty? Which Canadian citizens are involved?

CHAPTER 3: CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

(10 QUESTIONS)

1. What is a constitution? What is Canada’s Constitution?

2. What are Fundamental Freedoms? What are some examples?

3. What is a union? How is union membership reflected in the charter?

4. Know the characteristics of the following rights: democratic, mobility, legal, equality, fundamental freedoms, minority language, and minority language education.

5. Know the main issues related to the following cases: Maher Arar, the government no fly list, banning junk food advertisements, women’s suffrage movement and the internment of ethnic groups during periods of war.

• What rights are violated in these issues?

• How do the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms relate to these issues?

6. What is the relationship between rights and responsibilities?

CHAPTER 4: COLLECTIVE RIGHTS IN CANADA (10 QUESTIONS)

1. What groups in Canada are given collective rights?

• Why do these groups get collective rights?

• What historical factors influenced these groups to receive collective rights?

2. The Aboriginal battle for self-governance

• Why do the First Nations feel that their collective rights are not being met?

• What laws impact the First Nations: Treaties 6, 7 and 8, the Constitutional Act of 1982 and the Indian Act?

• What are the Numbered Treaties? Who were these agreements between?

• European and Native Perspectives of the Treaties

3. The Metis of Canada

• What historical factors influenced the Metis to receive collective rights?

• What legislation and rights have been given to the Metis? What rights are the currently still fighting for?

4. What rights have been given to Francophones in minority settings and in Quebec?

• Anglophone/Francophone

• Minority language education rights – Section 23 of the Charter

• Bill 101

CHAPTER 5: IMMIGRATION (5-7 QUESTIONS)

1. Immigration classes – a description of each class

2. Immigration classes – percentage of people in each class

3. Why Canada accepts immigrants

4. Frustrations for immigrants coming to Canada

5. Issues related to immigration

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