Iran
The Ultimate legal authority in Iran is?
Sharia Law
A person of mixed white, indigenous (Amerindian), and sometimes African descent.
Mestizo
The process of decentralizing power from national governments that stops short of federalism.
Devolution
What type of law is practiced in some regions of Nigeria?
Sharia Law
The Chinese version of Marxism-Leninism developed by Mao Zedong which emphasizes the strengths of the peasant class.
Maoism
12 (all male) member council, serve 6 year terms
Guardian Council
An agreement in which Mexico, the US and Canada committed themselves to the elimination of the trade barriers among them
NAFTA
A philosophy that those who have wealth and power are responsible for those who are less fortunate
Noblisse Oblige
What subsidy dominate the Nigerian economy?
Oil
Act in China that allows people to have only 1 child in the city and 2 children in the countryside created in 1980; to control population
One Child Policy
Iran has a dual executive. Give the title of the HoS and HoG.
HoS - Supreme Leader; HoG - President
Neofeudal relationships in which "patrons" gain the support of "client" through the mutual exchange of benefits and obligations
patron-client relations
Similar to our Republican Party. Currently the minority party.
Conservative Party
What party is current President Muhammadu Buhari
Alt Progressives Congress
The Central Committee, Politburo, and Standing Committee are all organizational components of the
Chinese Communist Party
Which of the following has the power to remove the supreme leader from office?
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
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.
House of Lords
A type of cleavage found in China
What are ethnic or urban/rural
Name three cleavages in Iran
Religion, ethnicity, social class, reform v. conservative, gender
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
Vicente Fox
British prime minister since 2016. Elected after Brexit vote succeeded.
Theresa May
Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong. De facto ruler of China from 1970's to 1997
Deng Xiaoping