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What is democracy?
In this type of government, citizens choose their leaders by voting.
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What are human rights?
These are what everyone person in the world deserves, just for being human.
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What are samurai?
These warriors of Japan sometimes committed suicide for honour.
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What is the Last Spike?
There was a photo of Will driving this into the ground.
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What is brainstorming?
It’s what we are doing when we try to come up with many ideas.
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What are taxes?
Money the government collects from citizens who have income.
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What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
This group of laws protects the equality of all Canadians.
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What are peasants?
These are farm workers with few rights and little freedom.
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Who is Brogan?
This killer wanted to steal gold from the funeral car.
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What is describing?
It’s what we are doing when we give details using our senses (see, hear, taste, touch, smell).
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What are political parties?
Green, NDP and Liberal are examples of these in Canada
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What is nationality?
This part of our identity comes from the country where we are a citizen.
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What is the emperor?
This is the title of the highest ruler of Japan who got to choose the samurai who would be shogun.
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What is a locomotive?
This is the front car on a train, that does that pulling.
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What is narrative?
It’s another word for story.
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What is meritocracy?
It's a system where people get job chances for what they know, not who their family is.
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What is culture?
This part of our identity includes language, the special foods we eat, and our traditions.
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What are merchants?
This class of people in Japan would travel the country, buying and selling things.
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What is an avalanche?
It’s a danger when a great amount of snow slides quickly down a mountain.
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What is onomatopoeia?
This is the name for sound effect words.
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What is a riding?
It’s the name for an area where everyone votes for the same set of candidates.
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What is segregation?
This is a practice of separating groups of people and deciding their freedoms based on something about the groups, like race.
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What is the Edo period?
During this period of history, Ieyasu united the daimyo of Japan.
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What is a sasquatch?
It’s a made-up creature that lives in the forest, and has the strength to pull a man’s head off.
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What is persuasive?
It’s the kind of speaking or writing we do when we want to change someone’s mind.
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