UNIT 4 AP COPO study set
The nature of the social and political cleavages in China and Russia are different because in China
the Communist Party is still one important and stable channel of upward mobility, while in Russia it is not
In relations with the European Union, the two British parties that have had the most uniformly stable and favorable attitudes are
Liberal Democrats and Scottish Nationalists
Which institution has responsibility for organizing federal elections in Mexico?
The Institute of Federal Elections (IFE)
Which of the following statements about the 2011 Nigerian presidential election is most accurate?
The election was relatively free and fair, according to most observers.
The voting behavior of members of the British House of Commons is principally determined by their
party affiliation
Which of the following characteristics best fits a catch-all party?
A willingness to change its position on a given issue to encourage more voters to support it in any given election
Which is the most common selection method for members of the United Kingdom's House of Lords?
Being nominated by the prime minister and approved by the monarch
Which of the following best explains how centrifugal party systems in the United Kingdom affect constituency service?
Centrifugal party systems with single-member districts and two main parties provide voters with strong constituency service because there is one representative per district.
A pluralist system is characterized by which of the following?
Competition among interest groups over public policy
China's current economic and political systems can best be described as which of the following?
Economic System: Mixed Political System: Authoritarian
Which of the following statements best represents the outcomes of the two elections illustrated above?
Figure A shows the outcome in a first-past-the-post electoral system, while Figure B shows the outcome in a proportional representation system.
Which of the following statements is an accurate comparison of the 2009 presidential election in Iran and the 2006 presidential election in Mexico?
In both elections, allegations of fraud were brought by the losing party.
Which of the following explain the effects of different party system between two countries studied in the AP Comparative Government and Politics course?
In the United Kingdom, single-member plurality districts have created a two-party system, whereas in Iran formal political parties do not exist.
Which of the following accurately compares interest groups and social movements?
Interest groups are organized to advocate for a specific policy issue, whereas social movements advocate for broad social change.
Which of the following is true of coalition government?
It tends to result from a fragmented legislature and can be unstable.
Which of the following is a difference between the legislative electoral systems in Mexico and Britain?
Members of the British House of Commons are elected in single-member districts, and members of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies are elected in single-member districts and through proportional representation.
Which of the following best explains a characteristic of elections in Mexico and Nigeria?
Mexico and Nigeria both have independent electoral commissions to reduce the impact of corrupt practices upon election results.
Which of the following refers to the array of political parties operating in a particular country and the nature of the relationship between them?
Party system
Which of the following is an accurate explanation of the difference between political party systems in Iran and the United Kingdom?
Political parties in Iran are unable to effectively support candidates for election and are not well-established, while in the United Kingdom, political parties are free to compete and the election rules in place have resulted in a system with two major parties.
Which of the following is the best example of corporatism?
State-sanctioned business or civil organizations meant to represent the public
Which of the following is true of federalism in Mexico?
Since the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) no longer dominates electoral politics, governors have become more willing to exercise their formal powers.
Which of the following accurately compares how party systems affect citizen participation in two countries studied in the AP Comparative Government and Politics course?
Single-member-district plurality elections in the United Kingdom limit citizen interest in participation by diminishing the number of parties, whereas in Nigeria, despite also having single-member-district plurality elections, there is an abundance of political parties from which citizens can choose.
Which of the following explains the effect the Guardian Council's powers have on presidential candidates in Iran?
The Guardian Council restricts the number of reform-minded presidential candidates limiting the number of candidates.
Which of the following statements best characterizes the varying geographic distribution of the electoral support received by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the National Action Party (PAN) in Mexico since 2000 ?
The PAN receives significantly more support in northern Mexico than the PRD does.
Which of the following issues from the past ten years have led to significant public protests in Russia?
The election fraud and corruption of the government
Which of the following is an implication of political parties in both Iran and Russia?
The irrelevance of the traditional left-right ideological spectrum has reduced the importance of political parties in both countries.
Which of the following best describes how members of Iran's Guardian Council are selected?
The supreme leader selects six members and the judiciary selects the other six members with Majles approval.
Political diversity in Iran's Majles is most constrained by which of the following?
The vetting of candidates by the Guardian Council
Which of the following best explains how Sartori's idea of centripetal party systems relates to the United Kingdom?
There has been an increase in support for minor parties, which has pushed the major parties away from the political center.
Which of the following best explains an implication of the author's argument on Mexican officials' relationship with citizens?
With the move from corporatism toward pluralism, state officials will have less control over the demands of groups in society.
For most of its history, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Mexico has been
a dominant party
Party discipline in Great Britain tends to be strong because
a government's tenure in the House of Commons relies on its ability to maintain party support
Small parties in a single-member district plurality system are more likely to win seats when they
appeal to a geographically concentrated population
A pluralist interest group system is best characterized by
competition among multiple associational groups
An interest group system that controls access to policy making by relying on state-sanctioned groups to represent labor, business, and agricultural sectors is
corporatist
From the 1930's through the 1990's, the structure of Mexico's organized labor interactions would be best described as
corporatist
The number of political parties in a democratic legislature will most likely be influenced by the country's
electoral system
A corporatist political system is one in which
formal relationships exist between the government and recognized interest groups
Compared to parties in a proportional-representation system, parties in a single-member-district system are typically
less ideological and less class-based
A second round of voting is held in a Russian presidential election when
no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round
One of the chief criticisms of corporatism is that it
often limits representative processes
Coalition government is likelier to occur in
parliamentary democracies with proportional representation electoral systems
An electoral system based on proportional representation is more likely than a system based on single member districts to encourage
the development of a multiparty system
Interest groups tend to have a minimal impact on individual legislators in parliamentary systems because
the strength of political parties gives individual legislators less power over policy
The occurrence of elections in typical parliamentary systems is
variable
