COMP Country Similarities
Which two countries arguably rely the most on "charismatic leadership" as a source of legitimacy and power?
Russia (Putin) and China (Xi)
Unlike China, which has virtually no national electoral system, Mexico has a mixture of systems for electing legislative representatives. What voting system does Mexico use to elect its president?
Plurality or "First Past the Post" (FPTP) of a Single Member District/Party (SMDP) candidate.
In his ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803), Chief Justice John Marshall, stated "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is...If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each." Marshall effectively created the concept of...
Judicial Review (or the capacity of the Supreme Court to keep the executive and legislative branches in check)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Your COMP GOV exam is on May 3 in the afternoon. What AP Exam is being held on the morning of May 3?
AP Lit!
Both the UK and Russia refer to their Heads of Government by this title.
Prime Minister
Ethnic conflicts play a fairly large role in the social cleavages of all of the AP course countries EXCEPT...
United Kingdom
(sources of cleavages come more from class and religious differences)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) made use of this clause from Article VI of the Constitution to affirm the right of the federal government to establish a national bank.
Supremacy Clause
You're loving college life at UC Berkeley and have even made it onto their volleyball team. However, at a recent training session, your coach asks you to join the team in a prayer session. As an atheist, respectfully refuse. Which Supreme Court case do you cite to support your right to refuse?
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
May 1, the first day of AP Exams, is also Labour Day, a public holiday in Hong Kong and more than 60 other countries—but not the US. When does the US observe its "Labor Day"?
The first Monday in September
Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher can be said to have held the same beliefs about economic reform as China's former chairman Deng Xiaoping. Both promoted economic principles that can be described as...
Unlike Mexico, where its revolution was fueled largely by the peasantry and economic inequality, Iran's revolution was fueled by what group or types of concern?
Clerics and Religious or Theocratic concerns.
In 1992, Alfonso Lopez, a high school senior, walked into his San Antonio high school with a concealed weapon. He was eventually charged with having committed a federal crime due to the recently enacted Gun-Free Schools Act, which used the Commerce Clause to regulate where guns can be held in public. Did Lopez go to jail?
Nope. Lopez appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that this law was an overreach of congressional power because schools were supposed to be controlled at the state level, not the federal level. The court agreed with him and overturned the conviction.
You are suing your state over concerns that they have gerrymandered a congressional district to marginalize the votes of the Asian American community. What Supreme Court case would you reference in your case?
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
In 2022, did students score better in US Gov or Comp Gov (based on the percentage of students who scored "3" or higher).
Comp Gov, 70.5% (15.9% scored "5")
US Gov, 48.6% (12% scored "5")
Iran's Majles and China's National People's Congress are, unlike our other AP course countries, examples of what type of legislatures?
Unicameral
Which 3 AP course countries have federal systems of government as opposed to a unitary or centralized system of government?
Mexico
Nigeria
Russia
The Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v. Chicago (2010), which held that the Second Amendment right to keep weapons at home for self-defense applied not only to the national government but also to state and local governments, is an example of what judicial process?
It's time to make America great again—again! You want to spend $1 million dollars to make a short film in support of Donald Trump's 2024 election campaign, and post it online. Your friend tells you you're not allowed to do that because of campaign spending and donations regulations. But your friend is WRONG! You know this because of which Supreme Court case?
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Which international organization declared Superman to be "Earth's Ambassador" in 2020?
United Nations