United Kingdom/EU
Russia
China
Mexico
Iran/Nigeria
100
Collective responsibility
What is the doctrine of all cabinet members publicly supporting every cabinet decision?
100
the President
What is the most powerful political position in Russia (following the 1993 Russian Constitution?)
100
National People's Congress
What is the legislative body which almost always approves the policy of the Chinese Communist Party?
100
PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party)
What is the centrist party which was in control of the Mexican government for most of the twentieth century?
100
The 1989 Iranian Constitution
What is the document that changed the method of selection of the Supreme Leader?
200
David Cameron
Who is the former Conservative leader who led the British government from 2010 - 2016? He led a coalition government for five years.
200
federal system that is becoming more centralized
What is the description of the Russian system of government, especially considering the "power vertical."
200
Cultural Revolution
What is the period in Chinese history where moderates were purged, revolutionary spirit was encouraged, and intellectuals were sent to work in rural areas?
200
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
What is a trade agreement which demonstrates Mexico's desire to be a world trading partner, especially in the Western Hemisphere?
200
Assembly of Religious Experts
Who can select and dismiss the Supreme Leader in Iran?
300
7% of the population
What is the percentage of ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom?
300
illiberal democracy
What is a government which does have multiple candidate elections but lacks strong civil liberties?
300
Deng Xiaoping
Who is the founder of the socialist market economy?
300
Sexenio
What is the Mexican president's term of office titled?
300
Iran and Nigeria
Which two countries that we study are considered to be rentier states?
400
the Maastricht Treaty
What is the EU treaty which included a common currency?
400
Boris Yeltsin
Who is the first president of Russia who allowed substantial press freedom?
400
the mass line
What is Mao's method of mobilizing the rural population and encouraging political participation?
400
maquiladoras
What is the name of the foreign owned factories near Mexico's northern borders?
400
Education
What is one factor which has improved the status of women in Iran?
500
the "democratic deficit"
What is the complaint of many European citizens that there is not a lot of direct electoral representation in the European Union?
500
command economy
What is the term for a state-controlled economy which does not allow for unfettered supply and demand?
500
Tiananmen Square
What is the 1989 demonstration and subsequent massacre which showed the world that China was not ready for political democracy?
500
import substitution industrialization
What is a strategy that many developing nations use to increase domestic industrial production?
500
the requirement that a president must receive 25% of all votes cast in 2/3 of the Nigerian states
What is the constitutional provision that ensures that the Nigerian president will represent the entire country, not just his region or ethnic group?
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