A | B |
Discriminate | Treating someone in a certain way because of their race, gender, age or other factor. |
Challenge | Go to court and try to get it changed. |
Individual Rights | Rights you are entitled to as a person. |
Democratic Rights | Allows citizens to vote and to run for office. |
Equality | Treating everyone the same regardless of factors such as gender, race, or religion. |
Collective Rights | Rights that protect a group of people. |
Official Language | A language that has been given legal status. |
Common Good | A condition that benefits the majority. |
Representative Democracy | Citizens elect people to government that will make decisions on their behalf. |
Suffrage | The right to vote. |
Suffragettes | Women who fought for the women’s right to vote. |
Rule of Law | Basic part of democracy where the laws apply to everyone equally. |
Magna Carta | The first charter of rights |
Entrench | to establish firmly or solidly |