Saturday, April 2, 2011

Government and Politics

Welcome back form the break and I hope you are all ready for the stretch run as we head towards the Provincial Exam. Alot has happened in Canadian Politics since we left for break so what a fitting time for us to be starting our Government and Politics unit. During our first class we will be focusing on ideologies and the political spectrum. In order to get a better understanding of those ideologies and where you might stand I want you to take a look at the assignment below.

Homework Assignment #1 of term 3 - this is instead of the first quiz

Go to http://www.politicalcompass.org/ and 'take the test'. It will take a bit of time to complete, so please allow yourself to be busy for some time. If you get stuck on any of the questions or the vocabulary, use http://www.dictionary.com/ or just give it your best guess. There are alot of questions, so your results shouldn't be affected too much.

Post your results, or if you don't feel comfortable letting others know what your results are post your thoughts.

Challenge Activity: Read over the website explanation on ideology as it is quite thorough. We will be discussing this next day in class.

*****If this is completed before next class you get bonus marks*****
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46 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 2, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfBaFrRF9w&feature=player_embedded

    I thought this was interesting

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  2. UnknownApril 3, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.38&soc=-3.64

    So apparently, I am close to the Dalai Lama and Gandhi.. I am a left Libertarian.

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  3. MatthewApril 3, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    The test shows that I'm a Right Authoritarian. Someone similar to me is Australian PM Kevin Rudd.

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  4. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    So according to this site I'm a Left Libertarian.
    The closest person to me on their graph was Nelson Mandela

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  5. UnknownApril 3, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    According to this I'm a Left Libertarian
    Person closest being Gandhi
    Econ L/R: -2.75
    Social L/A: -2.62

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  6. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    Economic Left/Right: -3.00
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.10

    Though I do believe I am a lot more Authoritarian than the quiz says.

    -Dustin

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  7. Jack St.JohnApril 4, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/votecompass/


    this is for the Canadian Election
    im conservative.... duh.

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  8. Alex MacPhailApril 4, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Left Libertarian, down near his holiness the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandella, pretty chillin

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  9. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -1.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.77
    Apparently I'm close to the Pope and Mamoud Abbas.
    I'm a moderate Authoritarian Left Wing...Hmmm...

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  10. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -1.38
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.08

    I'm close to literally no one. Other people form like a circle around my dot.

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  11. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    I'm a Left Libertarian. Closest to the Dalai Lama.

    Economic Left/Right: -5.25
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00

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  12. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 8:59 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -5.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.90

    I'm close to Ghandi.

    -William Kim

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  13. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    I am shown to be a Left Libertarian
    Economic Left/Right: -4.50
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.67
    I'm close to Mandela and the Dalai Lama

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  14. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    ^Daniel Tsang

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  15. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -1.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64
    Pretty close to Gandhi.

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  16. Jack St.JohnApril 4, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=3.88&soc=4.36


    I am like Ehud Olmert and Jose Maria Anzar.
    Economic Left/Right: 3.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.36

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  17. /* Jason */April 4, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.25&soc=-2.72

    Economic: left (-3.25)
    Social: libertarian (-2.72)

    I am closed to Ghandi and Nelson Mandela.

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  18. Saahil SiddooApril 5, 2011 at 12:17 AM

    That was an interesting evaluation, it caused me to think about values and social principles that i had never really thought about before... and especially where i stand with regards to these issues.

    I ended up being with
    Economic Left/Right: -1.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.49

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-1.12&soc=-1.49

    These results show that i am a very moderate leftist libertarian.

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  19. connnorApril 5, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    Economic Left/Right: 0.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.08
    barely right libertarian

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  20. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Economic Left/Right: -0.62
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.67
    Almost at centre, a square to the upper left

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  21. lineffectApril 5, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    Your political compass
    Economic Left/Right: -4.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.49

    Alex Lin

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  22. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    Economic Left/Right: -3.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62

    chika chikaahh

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  23. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    I am
    economic 0.88
    totalitarian/authoritarian -2.26


    Eric yang

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  24. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    My results are:

    Economic Left/Right: 1.62
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.79

    I am close to Jose Zapatero.

    Harmillan Oberoi

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  25. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    Matthew Lau and I took the test together. We alternated answering each question. The results were surprisingly close to the exact center.
    Economic Left/Right: 0.00
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.26

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=0.00&soc=0.26

    -Robert Desjardins

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  26. HanApril 5, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=1.75&soc=-1.49

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  27. HanApril 5, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    Oh I was in the bottom right quadrant

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  28. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    Max Zhang:
    (-3.75, -3.38)
    nelson mandela haha

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  29. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -0.38
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10

    Left-Wing Libertarian

    Cool is what I is

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  30. MaxApril 5, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -0.25
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.56

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-0.25&soc=0.56

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  31. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    Left wing libertarian.

    Economic Left/Right: -1.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.46

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-1.12&soc=-4.46

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  32. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=1.75&soc=-0.36

    Michael Wong

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  33. Tony AhnApril 5, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -1.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64

    ...close to Gandhi..? (...);;

    Tony Ahn

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  34. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-5.75&soc=-3.49

    Economic Left/Right: -5.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.49
    I'm a left wing libertarian, pree much Ghandi

    -Thomas

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  35. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    The Political Compass

    Economic Left/Right: -0.62
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.56

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-0.62&soc=-0.56

    Jeremy Leung

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  36. milanApril 5, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    economic left -2.62
    social libertarian/authoritarian -2.67

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  37. SeenadApril 6, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
    It says i'm a left libertarian like Nelson Mandala

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  38. Felix WongApril 6, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Donny:
    Economic Left/Right: -1.62
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.23

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  39. Calin ManeaApril 6, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-1.38&soc=-0.31

    Im pretty close to the middle

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  40. UnknownApril 6, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-2.12&soc=-3.49

    My results were sorta similar to yours sir..
    and Ghandi and I were tight so it makes sense

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  41. UnknownApril 7, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    I was left wing but close to center. But I wasn't anyone.

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  42. UnknownApril 7, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -1.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.08

    I'm in close to Gandhi and Friedman..(more towards Gandhi)

    I do however know I am a bit more Libertarian than the quiz shows

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  43. nataliebrookeApril 8, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.50&soc=-7.44

    This is late, but I'm posting anyways.

    yeah.

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  44. UnknownApril 10, 2011 at 12:36 AM

    Economic Left/Right: -4.12
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.08

    Turns out I'm closer to Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lahma!
    I think this test got it almost about right in regards to my politcial/social views. Surprsingly accurate....

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  45. UnknownApril 10, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    Economic Left/Right: -5.38
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.31

    My dot is under Stalin, I'm left Authoritarian. I guess I like communism.

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  46. UnknownApril 11, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-0.25&soc=-3.59
    Economic Left/Right: -0.25
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59

    Yeaaaah buddy

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