Comparative Government Study Guide

The media and the internate are tightly regulated by the government in China

• True

• False

Choose the statement that provides evidence for the main idea of this sentence: "Democratic governments continue to raise concerns over Chinese human rights."

• The main role of the Communist Party in China is to govern, not to mobililze citizens to vote.

• China has adopted numerous economic reforms that have benefited individual citizens.

• Capital punishment is the pentalty for a long list of crimes in China.

• As China's economy has grown, so have political freedoms for its citizens.

Choose the detail that best supports the main idea of this sentence: " Ironically, both countries (China and the United States) govern themselves differently but have increasingly become linked internationally."

• China's most recent national elections, while not as fress as those in the US, were most open in its history; they were supervised by an international team of observers led by former US President Jimmy Carter.

• It continues to be in both countries' bet economic interest to interact on matters of business and trade, despite the fact that the US criticizes China on its human rights record.

• America no longer criticizes China for its regulation of its media and has even held up China as a model in this area to other communist nations.

• China has asked the United States for diplomatic meidation over the issue of Taiwan's status as a province of the People's Republic of China.

Which of the following is most accurate comparison between the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party?

• The Politburo makes party policy; the Secretariat makes the party's day-to-day decisions.

• The Politburo is headed by a premier; the Secretariat makes decisions that have force of law.

• The Politburo drafts legislation; The Secretariat makes the party's day-to-day decisions.

• The Politburo is the hightest governmental authority; the Secretariat makes party policy.

Complete the sentence with the correct statement. China's constitution is

• constructed to allow for future amendments to address social change.

• supposed to reflect current governmental policies.

• designed to protect the civil right of minorities

• intended to be fundemental law, but with allowance for future changes.

The era of Deng Xiaoping can be characterized as a period of

• booming economic growth and freer political discourse.

• relaxed economic controls and expansion of democratic freedoms.

• strong economic growth and suppression of political expression.

• anemic economic growth and freer policitcal discourse.

Which is a reason why there is not a clear division of power between the Russian prime minister and president.

• The Russian parliament is supposed to work closely with the prime minister and his executive ministers, but thus far, inter-parliamentary fighting has prevented the creation of a working relationship between the branches.

• Since the Russian president is popularly elected and the prime minister is not, the men who have seved as prime minister so far have felt relcutant to assert any of thier authority.

• Presidential supervision over the prime minister has varied widely under Russia's presidents, which has led to no predendents set concerning executive powers.

• The Russian constitution is vague about what constitutes the Russian "state" verus the Russian "government."

During his time as president, Vladimir Putin is best known for having

• overseen the nation's rise to superpower status.

• built an intense and brutal program of industrialization.

• led the dominant United Russia political pary while increasing presidential power

• become the first non-communist president during a period of democratization.

Although the Russian president issues decrees aligning with his own prefrences, the power to negate those decrees lies within

• The First Order.

• The Federal Assembly.

• The Federation Council.

• the Constitutional Court.

What happened in the British election of 2010?

• Neither party received a majority of votes, forcing them to form a coaltion government.

• Both parties received hte same number of votes, forcing them to form a coalition government.

• The Conservative Party won a majority of votes.

• The Liberal Democratic Party won a majority of votes.