This quantitative indicator is commonly used to compare the economic output of countries.
What is GDP?
This term refers to the growing number of countries adopting popular government.
What is Democratization?
(x2)
The term for transferring government-owned property into private companies.
What is Privatization?
Both the United Kingdom and Mexico are examples of this broad regime type.
What is a Democracy?
This country had the highest voter turnout in a single year, as shown on the graph. 
What is Iran?
These organizations influence government policy.
What are Interest Groups?
Deep divisions in society (class, race, religion, ethnicity, language) that impact politics.
What is a Social Cleavage?
Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, and Unicef are all examples of this term.
What is a Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)?
Nigeria and Mexico share challenges related to this, which affects legitimacy and stability.
What is corruption?
This indicator measures inequality within a society.
What is the Gini Index?
These organizations connect citizens to the government.
What are Linkage Institutions?
(x2)
This is the Citizens’ belief in their ability to influence politics.
What is Political Efficacy?
This declining economic system is state-controlled and run by state-owned business.
What is a Command Economy?
These AP6 have a Unitary Government.
What are the UK, Iran and China?
Based on these two numbers from the HDI, what country has a better standard of living?
China: 0.797
Russia: 0.832
What is Russia?
These are the agencies that carry out laws and programs.
What is the Bureaucracy?
This type of change involves major revisions or the overthrowing of institutions.
What is Revolution?
Groups outside of government that help people express their interests.
What is Civil Society?
Compared to democratic regimes, authoritarian regimes like China often claim legitimacy through this rather than elections.
What is economic performance or ideology?
(x2)
GDP per capita is especially useful because it helps compare this between countries.
What is standard of living or economic development?
This regime type allows elections but limits civil liberties, media freedom, or political competition.
What is Illiberal Democracy or Procedural Democracy?
This term is the benchmark for a stable democracy.
What is Two peaceful turnovers of power?
This term refers to China's current economic system.
What is State Capitalism or Socialist Market Economy?
China and Iran are similar in that both limit this economic-political feature.
What is Political Competition or Pluralism?
The Population Pyramid of Mexico can be described as this.
What is...
Broad base- relatively large young population
Narrowing base- declining birth rates
Large proportion of population is of working age
Smaller elderly population compared to younger cohorts (life expectency)
Gradual tapering- population growth is slowing
Females slightly outnumber males at older ages
Indicates a lower old-age dependency ratio
Suggests potential for economic growth if jobs are available