Wild Card
This is the index that uses data such as life expectancy, amount of schooling, and income.
Human Development Index
The term limits in Nigeria for the president
Two 4 year terms
The six most prominent political parties in the United Kingdom
Labour, Conservative, Lib-Dems, SNP, Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein
A system in which two different factions trade favors, one usually being more dominant than the other, to gain political advantage
Patron-clientelism
Name of a distinct nation in Nigeria
Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo...
Market value of goods and services produced over a certain time in a country
Gross domestic product (GDP)
The delegation of power to regional governments
Devolution
The primary cleavage in the United Kingdom
Social class
Former party of current MORENA leader Lopez Obrador
PRD
A secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970.
Biafra
The country that has the highest GDP per capita
United Kingdom
Mexico's lower house is called...
The Chamber of Deputies
The Prime Minister of the UK is a Member of Parliament who holds a seat in:
The majority party of the House of Commons
The first President to defeat the PRI in an election
Vicente Fox
Right wing party and dominant party in the Fourth Republic.
PDP
Concentration of power at the national level with more uniform policies and potentially more efficient policy making
Unitary states
Election system in which one candidate wins the election as the sole winner by winning the most votes (not necessarily a majority of 50% + at least 1 vote.)
Plurality System
MPs from all parties decide whether or not they want a government to continue; can oust a Prime Minister
Vote of No Confidence
Early 19th century leaders that helped define what patron-clientelism is today
Caudillos
A Nigerian of Yoruba descent,serving twice as his nation's head of state, as a military ruler between 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979; and as elected President from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
Obasanjo
100% Gini Index score shows this perfectly
Income Inequality
Which country has gender quotas within their election policy
Mexico
A coalition government occurs when...
No single party wins an outright majority
Government owned agencies that provide goods and services normally provided by private individuals
Parastatal Organizations (like PEMEX)
He was the de facto President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998, until the "coup from God"...
Abacha
Areas of the Mexico’s manufacturing industry mostly located in northern Mexico; factories established to assemble parts imported from the United States for assembly in Mexico
Maquiladora zones
The country where the constitution/documents do not offer a way to impeach/remove the leader
Mexico
The Prime Minister who presided over devolution, and their party
Tony Blair (Labour)
A system that grants land from the Mexican government to peasant organizations
Ejidos
What are the political beliefs of the APC (and what does that stand for)?
Left wing: education, healthcare, human rights...but also military. All Progressives Congress.