Vocabulary
Define sovereignty
right to rule without interference
Explain how bicameralism works in the impeachment process
House brings up charges and Senate votes to convict or acquit
Which branch in Congress has the filibuster?
Senate
How is a social movement different from an interest group?
Tend to be less formally organized
Give 2 signs of democratization
transparency, free/fair elections, ltd to no censorship of media
What are the 3 parts of the "iron triangle"?
Congress, bureaucracy and interest groups
A run-off election is required if no candidate receives plurality with 25% of vote in 2/3 of the states in which country?
Nigeria
In Iran what institution vets candidates for office and can veto legislation?
Guardian Council
How people acquire their attitudes about government and politics is
political socialization
Which document was scrapped by Founding Fathers because it gave too much power to states and didn't allow taxation?
Articles of Confederation
Collective responsibility is
in UK the cabinet must publically support all government policies
Which federalist paper supported one chief executive with energy to respond to crisis immediately
Federalist 70
Name an AP 6 country with a unicameral legislature
China, Iran
In Democrats and Republicans, which party would support increasing the minimum wage, universal healthcare and environmental regulations?
Democrats
Name the 2 rentier states
Iran and Nigeria
(Mexico doesn't get most of their GDP from oil)
A person who currently holds the office/position and is running for re-election is called the
incumbent
In Russia is Putin the Head of Government or Head of State?
Head of State
In the UK (and Russia) parliament has power of No Confidence vote to remove who from power?
Prime Minister
Was Brutus a Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
Anti-Federalist - argued that the central government was a threat to individual rights
What amendment is used in the Engel v Vitale, Tinker v DesMoines and Schenck v US cases?
First
government system without free and fair elections, civil rights are restricted and only one person/group is in power
authoritarian
Which UK PM privatized industries in a move toward neoliberalism?
Thatcher
This Russian legislative body is 450 seats elected by SMD and PR with a 5% threshold
Duma - lower house
Which amendment allowed 18yo to vote?
26th
What was the movement protesting Ahmadinejad's election beginning in 2009 as fraudulent called
Green Movement