Terms
A single member district electoral system is also known as
upper house of the Russian legislature
Federation Council
the making of the Scottish parliament is an example of
devolution
How many people do the Majles appoint to the Guardian Coucil?
6
name one of the three populous tribes
Igbo, Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba
When power is constitutionally divided between federal and regional governments
federalism
openness
glastnost
the responsibility of the upper class to take care of the lower classes
noblese oblige
most conservative leader
Ahmadinejad
as many countries extract Nigerian oil, Nigeria is known as a
rentier state
measures the economic inequality in a country
GINI coefficient
natural gas company that provided eastern Europe with a majority of their gas
Gazprom
greatest example of transparency
PMQs
most reformist leader
Khatami
terrorist group in Nigeria
Boko Haram
nonbinding popular vote on a particular issue
referendum
Muslim area that wanted its freedom at the fall of the USSR but was denied
Chechnya
Economic and political change in the UK can be classified as
gradualism
elects the Supreme leader
Assembly of Religious Experts
workers who feel like they have a right to share in the profits of the government - often corrupt
prebendalism
spending cuts to decrease national debt
austerity measures
forced starvation of the Ukrainian people
Holodomor
UK does not have judicial review because it has
parliamentary sovereignty
correctly spell the current Supreme Leader's name
K-H-A-M-E-N-E-I
name of the civil war in the 1960s
Biafran