Course Vocab
This is a political organization with sovereignty over a defined territory.
What is a state?
This country is an authoritarian one-party state governed by the CCP.
What is China?
In the UK, the Prime Minister is an example of a fusion between these two branches.
What are the legislative and executive branches?
This concept distinguishes between citizens’ belief in their ability to influence politics and their trust in government responsiveness.
What is Political Efficacy?
This dominant party maintains control through a combination of ideological legitimacy, economic performance, and repression.
What is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?
Name for a multinational infrastructure program aimed to bolseter international trade of an AP6 country.
What is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)?
This is an course country example of how difficult it is for member-states to leave and untangle relations with a Supranational Organization.
What is Brexit?
This is the ability of a state to govern itself without external interference.
What is Sovereignty?
(4x)
This country is considered a hybrid regime with democratic structures but authoritarian practices.
What is Russia?
This institution can disqualify candidates and veto legislation based on religious compatibility with the constitution.
What is the Guardian Council?
This is the (wonderfully named) term for a NGO in the UK that operates from government funds.
What is a QUANGO (Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organization)
This party’s long-term dominance in Mexico relied on patronage networks and electoral manipulation before democratization.
What is the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party)?
This country’s economic model combines state control with market mechanisms, contributing to rapid development without political liberalization.
What is China?
This is an example of an international organization.
What is the IMF, UN, NATO, World Bank, OPEC?
This term refers to deep divisions in society based on identity factors like ethnicity or religion.
What is a Social Cleavage?
This country combines theocratic authority with republican institutions.
What is Iran?
Although constitutionally the highest legislative body, this institution functions largely to formalize decisions made by party leadership.
This country has a history of authoritarianism leading to a culture that expects strong leadership (statism) and stability over individual freedoms, with high social trust being low.
What is Russia?
This electoral system tends to produce disproportional results and reinforces a two-party system.
What is Single Member District Plurality (First-Past-the-Post)?
Term for a country that derives a significant portion of its national revenue from exporting natural resources (like oil/gas) or leasing them to foreign entities—rather than taxing its citizens or productive domestic activity.
(x2) points if all examples are named correctly.
What is a Rentier State? Russia, Iran, and Nigeria.
This International Organization provides loans to developing nations to encourage economic growth.
What is the World Bank?
This is the process by which individuals develop political beliefs and values.
What is Political Socialization?
This country’s modern political system was heavily shaped by both colonialism and military rule.
What is Nigeria?
In a course country, a strong presidency combined with term limits and non-reelection has been shaped by a long history of this.
What is single party dominance/rule?
Cabinet members are expected to do this if they publicly disagree with the government's current policies.
What is resign?
These two course countries use independent electoral commissions for election integrity.
What are Mexico and Nigeria?
The term for Russia's rapid economic liberalization and privatization in the 1990s, which led to the creation of many _______ (2x points for both answers)
What is Shock Therapy & Oligarchs?
This is the name of the Supranational Organization headed by Nigeria.
What is ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)?
This system involves exchanging political support for material benefits.
What is Patron-Clientelism?
This is the term for China's system used by the Chinese Communist Party where members can discuss and debate ideas internally, but once leaders make a decision, everyone must fully support and follow it.
What is Democratic Centralism?
This country’s upper legislative chamber represents subnational units but has limited independent policymaking influence compared to the executive.
What is the Federation Council of Russia?
This is the Term for Iran's massive, state-affiliated charitable trusts that control roughly 20% of the country's GDP.
What is a Bonyad?
These AP course countries require a majority of votes for the Executive, otherwise a runoff vote is required.
What are Russia, Nigeria, and Iran?
The shift from state-controlled to free-market economies, involving privatization, reduced subsidies, and opening to foreign investment, typically to encourage growth or attract foreign capital.
What is Economic Liberalization?
They key difference between an International Organization and a Supranational Organization.
What is that International Organizations are voluntary?
OR
What is in Supranational Organizations member-states give up some sovereignty?
This is the process by which a democracy becomes stable and unlikely to revert to authoritarianism.
What is Democratic Consolidation?
This type of regime is a governing system where legitimately elected leaders restrict civil liberties, weaken checks and balances, and erode the rule of law.
What is an Illiberal Democracy?
Russia is the only course country with this type of executive branch system.
What is Semi-Presidential?
This is the term for trust and engagement within society that strengthens civil society and democratic stability.
What is Social Capital?
These AP course countries do not hold direct elections for the head of government.
What are the UK, Russia, and China?
This is the term for "tightening the belt" on government spending. Usually done to reduce the budget or deficit of a state.
What is Austerity?
These are the 3 Supranational Organizations in AP Comp Gov.
What is the EU, ECOWAS, and the WTO?