Unit 1 Flashcards

Read the words on the card. Think about what they mean or refer to. When you want to check your answer, click on the card to see the other side. All terms and dates will appear every time you load this page, but the order of the cards will change every time. The information on these flashcards will help you remember the information from the Learn section of this website. By itself, the information on the cards is not enough to prepare you for the real test.

• Right
  A right is something that you can expect, like to be treated fairly by the police.
• Constitution of Canada
  The Constitution of Canada was amended (changed) in 1982 to include the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• Common Law
  The set of laws inherited by Canada from England.
• The difference between men and women according to the law
  Men and women are treated equally under the law in Canada.
• Magna Carta
  The Great Charter of Freedoms. This document gave people several important freedoms. It was signed in 1215 in England.
• Five important rights and freedoms in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  Mobility rights, Aboriginal Peoples' Rights, Official Language Rights and Minority Language Education Rights, and Multiculturalism.
• Responsibility
  A responsibility is something that you must do, like following the law.
• Six important responsibilities
  Obeying the law, being responsible for yourself and your family, serving on a jury, voting, helping the community, and protecting our heritage and environment.
• Habeas corpus
  The right to not be held in jail unless you are able to see a judge; freedom from arbitrary arrest.
• Freedoms in the Magna Carta
  Freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of speech and of the press; freedom of peaceful assembly; freedom of association.

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