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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 10

How Canada Is Governed

Parliament, elections and courts

What your child practises

Practises how Canadian government works: the monarchy, Parliament and the Legislative Assembly, how a bill becomes law, elections, the courts and the three levels of government.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: Citizenship · how Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments work and how citizens take part

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What are the three parts of Canada’s Parliament?

    • the monarch, the Senate and the House of Commons
    • the Prime Minister, the Premier and the mayor
    • the courts, the police and the schools
    • the army, the navy and the air force

  2. Question 2

    What does the judicial branch do?

    • collects garbage
    • writes new laws
    • runs elections
    • interprets laws and settles disputes in court

  3. Question 3

    Who represents the monarch in a province?

    • the mayor
    • the Chief Justice
    • the Premier
    • the Lieutenant Governor

  4. Question 4

    What is a political party?

    • a birthday celebration
    • a court
    • a group of people with shared ideas who run candidates in elections
    • a sports team

  5. Question 5

    What is the capital city of Prince Edward Island?

    • Cornwall
    • Ottawa
    • Summerside
    • Charlottetown

  6. Question 6

    Your street needs a crosswalk. Whom should you contact first?

    • your municipal councillor
    • the Supreme Court
    • the Prime Minister
    • the Governor General

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