AP Comp Gov Review 3

Prime ministers in Russia and the United Kingdom

• are popularly elected by the citizens

• are of the majority party in the lower house

• have the power to dissolve their legislators

• can veto the president's decisions

• can be removed by a vote of no confidence

As part of a program of political reforms, China recently

• began allowing independent opposition parties

• replaced the prime minister with a president

• introduced poplar elections for National People's Congress

• introduced direct election for legislators

• introduced direct elections for village leaders

The political ideologies of citizens in developed democracies

• tend to be far right

• tend to be far left

• tend to cluster in the center

• Tend to vary wildly

Members of which of the following are popularly elected?

• European Parliament

• Council of Ministers

• President of EU

• European Commission

Occurance of elections in parliamentary systems is usually

• fixed

• variable

• decided by referendum

• fixed for a particular date

True or False: Nigeria is linguistically diverse.

• True

• False

Which of the following Chinese Institutions is most powerful?

• Standing Committee of the Politbro

• Standing Committee of the NPC

• State Council of the NPC

• National Party Congress of the CCP

The EU is said to have a democratic defecit because

• it isn't accountable to citizens in member states.

• developing countries in it have little power.

• the UK has extensive economic power within it.

• there are a few former communist states in it.

Since 1950, both Mexico and China have NOT

• suppressed student protests

• been major oil producers

• had weak legislative assemblies compared to executive

• had a president

• outlawed opposition parties

In advanced democracies, welfare is threatened by

• increasing emigration

• powerful trade unions

• the rise of separatist movements

• aging populations

• demand for free public education