Unit 2: Political Institutions

Which part of the government is responsible for writing laws and major policies?

• Q. Executive Cabinet

• G. Head of State

• F. Legislative Branch

• A. Commander in Chief

Which part of the government is responsible for implementing laws through the government's bureaucracy?

• B. Judicial Branch

• J. Executive Branch

• K. Civil Service

• S. Parliamentary Systems

Which part of the government is responsible for hearing cases and applying and interpreting laws?

• Q. Executive Cabinet

• G. Head of State

• F. Legislative Branch

• B. Judicial Branch

What is the executive leader called who represents a nation in ceremonial functions and can also have formal powers to shape foreign policy?

• M. Head of Government

• G. Head of State

• S. Parliamentary Systems

• A. Commander in Chief

What is the executive leader called who formulates, implements, and enforces policies through the cabinet and different agencies?

• A. Commander in Chief

• S. Parliamentary Systems

• M. Head of Government

• G. Head of State

What is the term for a national legislature that has combined lawmaking and executive functions with the power to select and remove a prime minister who acts as head of government?

• N. Bicameral

• D. Parliamentary Systems

• H. Semi-Presidential Systems

• O. Presidential Systems

What is the term for a system where separate election processes are used in the selection of the president and the national legislature, and the president serves as head of state and head of government who oversees the bureaucratic implementation of executive regulations and laws written by the legislature?

• D. Parliamentary hybrid

• H. Semi-Presidential Systems

• O. Presidential Systems

• N. Bicameral

What is the term for a system where separate election processes are used in the selection of the president and the national legislature, and the president serves as head of state and selects the head of government, with the legislature's approval, to shape policies and implement the legislature's laws?

• H. Semi-Presidential Systems

• N. Bicameral

• D. Parliamentary hybrid

• O. Presidential Systems

institutional constraints on the length of time a head of state or head of government can serve in office. The United Kingdom is the only AP Comparative country with no formal executive term limit on its head of state and head of

government.

• A. Commander and Chief

• C. Executive Term Limits

• D. Parlimentary Hybrid

• E. Prime Minister

in which elections for public officials take place on a regularly announced established date

• s. Parliamentary Systems

• m. Head of Government

• i. Fixed Term Election System

• q. Executive Cabinet