Deck 14: Political parties and the party system

Question 1

The "Parliamentary party" is made up of the party's members of Parliament.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The first bilingual Quebecker to become leader of the Progressive Conservative party was Pierre Elliot Trudeau.

Answer 2

False
The first bilingual Quebecker to become leader of the Progressive Conservative party was Brian Mulroney.

Question 3

Which ideology is NOT a characteristic of conservatism?

A)individualism
B)elitism
C)tradition
D)equality

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Liberalism emphasizes government planning, regulation, ownership of some of the major industries, progressive taxation, and redistribution of income via social programs.

Question 5

What party system categorized the decade between 1993 and 2003?

A)two-plus party system
B)two-plus-two party system
C)multiparty system
D)three party system

Question 6

What is NOT a factor contributing to the formation of minor parties in Canada?

A)regional cleavages
B)ethnic cleavages
C)class cleavages
D)religious cleavages

Question 7

Canada moved from a Conservative-dominant party system to a classic two-party system with the Liberal victory in 1896 under Mackenzie King.

Question 8

The CCF party was less socialistic than the current NDP party.

Question 9

Where in the ideological spectrum is the Liberal Party located?

A)left
B)centre
C)right
D)centre left

Question 10

Pre-Mulroney Conservatives used to exhibit a strong red Tory touch.

Question 11

What is an organized group that makes nominations and contests elections in the hope of influencing the policies and personnel of government?

A)a pressure group
B)an interest group
C)a political party
D)public opinion polls

Question 12

What theory postulates that the Liberal and Conservative parties have no central ideology and merely promise to satisfy the most important interests felt by the voters at any given time?

A)the one-party dominant theory
B)the broker theory
C)the class-based theory
D)the pluralist theory

Question 13

One-party dominant theory suggests that, rather than viewing the Canadian system as made up of two major parties, it has really been dominated by the Liberal party since 1900.

Question 14

The state-centred approach defends the broker system as necessary in a nation with many cleavages.

Question 15

What can be found in the right spectrum of the ideological continuum?

A)social democracy
B)egalitarianism
C)collectivism
D)individualism

Question 16

Which Prime Minister was disgraced by the Pacific Scandal?

A)McKenzie
B)Borden
C)MacDonald
D)Meighen

Question 17

Liberals can be divided into two very distinct categories: welfare and business.

Question 18

What is considered a part of the "extra-parliamentary party"?

A)the bureaucracy
B)senators
C)local and national party executives
D)pollsters

Question 19

What is a variant of liberalism?

A)pluralist
B)welfare
C)religious
D)communist

Question 20

The federal and provincial Conservative parties are essentially independent of each other.

Question 21

Discuss two of the following interpretations of party politics in Canada: the broker system, the concept of ideological or class-based parties, and one-party dominance.

Question 22

Explain the ideological differences between conservatism, social democracy, and liberalism.

Question 23

How does party ideology in Canada apply to the major Canadian political parties?

Question 24

What were some of the issues and factors that moved Canada from a third to a fourth party system?

Question 25

Explain the term "the iron law of oligarchy" as it relates to political parties.