AP Comparative Introduction

How many countries will we study this year?

• 5
• 8
• 7
• 6

A government system that fuses the executive and legislative branches

• a parliamentary system
• a presidential system
• a theocracy
• a presidential/parliamentary system

The current president of Mexico is

• Enrique Peña Nieto
• Vincente Fox
• Felipe Calderon
• Ryan Guzman

Boko Haram is a terrorist group that currently is troubling which country?

• Iran
• Nigeria
• Mexico
• China

Which country that we will study has a "Supreme Leader"?

• Mexico
• China
• Russia
• Iran

The term means "blow to the state"

• neo-corporatism
• blitzkrieg
• mutiny
• coup d'état

The President of Mexico serves one term for how many years?

• 2 years
• 4 years
• 6 years
• 8 years

In the British Parliament, the upper house includes 92 hereditary peers.  This house is called the

• House of Lords
• House of Commons
• House of Burgessess
• House of Westminster

A voting system in which the person with the most votes, wins.

• proportional voting
• majority voting
• first-past-the-post 
• Single Transferable Vote

Of the 6 countries we will study, what is the one country that is dominated by a single political party?

• China
• Britain
• Iran
• Nigeria