Iran
The Ultimate legal authority in Iran is...
What is Sharia Law?
Head of state and government
What is the President?
The process of decentralizing power from national governments that stops short of federalism.
What is Devolution?
Explain the requirements for being elected president of Nigeria
What is 2/3 of the states must support the winner by a minimum of 25% of the vote?
The Chinese version of Marxism-Leninism developed by Mao Zedong which emphasizes the strengths of the peasant class.
What is Maoism?
The institution in Iran that makes laws related to civil liberties is the
What are the Majles?
An agreement in which Mexico, the US and Canada committed themselves to the elimination of the trade barriers among them
What is NAFTA?
A philosophy that those who have wealth and power are responsible for those who are less fortunate
What is Noblesse Oblige?
What subsidy dominate the Nigerian economy?
What is Oil?
This is the network of political support among lower level party members and influential leaders in the CCP
What are cadres?
Area of life where women in Iran are best represented
What is University Enrollment?
Neo-feudal relationships in which citizens rely on the state's favor or favorable policies and return their support in kind through popular vote
What are patron-client relationships?
Name two UK prime ministers who have formally stepped down in the past decade
Who are Theresa May and David Cameron?
What party is current President Good Luck Jonathon from?
What is Peoples Democratic Party?
The head of government in China revoked the household responsibility system in China in 2008 by revoking the tax on farmers in rural areas
Who is Hu Jintao?
Has the power to remove the supreme leader from office
What is the Assembly of Religious Experts?
State-owned, or state-controlled, corporations created to undertake a broad range of activities, from the control and marketing of agricultural production to the provision of banking services and the operation of airlines, other transportation facilities an public utilities
What is Para-statal?
Upper house of Parliament. Unelected body - heredity peers, life peers, law lords. Served as final court for civil cases and criminal cases. Has the authority to amend and delay legislation.
What is House of Lords?
Heavily supported by state expenditure, while the state receives rent from other countries, receive income by exporting oil and leasing oil fields
What is a Rentier State?
China became a member of this significant supranational organization in 2001
What is the World Trade Organization?
The first written constitution for Iran came about as a direct result of
What is the Death of Ayatollah Khomeini?
Became president of Mexico in 2000 and ended the PRI's reign; first democratically elected candidate from an opposition party; pushed to end official corruption, reduce poverty, and spur economic growth; tried to protect the rights of Mexico's natives
Who is Vicente Fox?
British prime minister since 1997 and architect of "New Labour".
Who is Tony Blair?
360 members from single-member districts, elected by plurality, represent many different ethnicities, only 13 representatives were women
What is the House of Representatives?
Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong. De facto ruler of China from 1970's to 1997
Who is Deng Xiaoping?