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All of the following are criteria for determining whether a country is a liberal democracy EXCEPT

efficient decision making

Which of the following refers to a vote by the public on a particular policy issue?

referendum

Civil societies require which of the following?

voluntary associations

Which of the following statements best compares government regulation of civil society in Russia with that of the United Kingdom?

The Russian government monitors civil society groups much more closely than does the government of the United Kingdom.

Which of the following explains how civil society interacts with politics in both Nigeria and Mexico?

Nigeria and Mexico both benefit from an increasingly active civil society, much of which focuses on reducing corruption.

Which of the following describes a difference between fascism and populism?

Fascism is an extreme nationalist ideology that favors authoritarian rule and the rights of the ethnic majority over that of ethnic minorities, and populism is the belief in rights of the common people over elites.

Which of the following political blocs would be most likely to favor nationalization of large industrial enterprises?

socialists

Which of the following challenges to the state have tended to strengthen democracy?

the growing independence of civil society

One difference between the parliamentary and presidential forms of government is that the presidential form

makes the executive electorally independent of other branches of government

Which of the following is true of a presidential system?

Cabinet members operate more independently of the legislature in a presidential system than in a parliamentary system.

Which of the following best explains different checks that legislatures have on the executive in the United Kingdom and Mexico?

Even though the United Kingdom and Mexico have different types of political systems, in both countries the legislature can be a powerful check on the executive.

Which of the following best explains a major source of power for a president in a presidential system?

In addition to serving as head of government, head of state, and commander in chief, a president often appoints people to several positions in all three branches of government.

Russia’s prime minister is primarily responsible for which of the following?

overseeing the civil service

Which of the following is most likely to cause a regime change?

revolution

Which of the following is a difference between a regime and a government?

Regimes typically endure from government to government.

Which of the following best describes democratic consolidation?

When a democratic regime matures in its protections of civil rights and liberties and is thereby unlikely to revert to an authoritarian regime

In which of the following sets do all states have federal governments?

mexico, nigeria, and russia

Which of the following best explains why governments seek to devolve power?

Governments seek to devolve power to allow regional governments more power over local issues.

In a comparison of authoritarian and democratic regimes, it is accurate to say authoritarian regimes

probably lack well established rule of law

Which of the following correctly describes sources of legitimacy in two AP course countries?

The United Kingdom and Nigeria both rely heavily on elections as a source of legitimacy.

Which of the following data sources would be the most appropriate to use to measure a country’s protection of civil liberties?

freedom house

Economic performances of countries are compared with the Gini coefficient that

is an indicator of income inequality

Iran and Nigeria differ in which of the following ways?

Iran is a unitary state, but Nigeria is a federal state.

Which of the following is the best indicator that a political regime is legitimate?

Citizens follow laws because they believe in the government’s right to rule.

Britain’s imposition of a federal political structure on Nigeria was significant because it

aggravated ethnonationalism when regional boundaries coincided with ethnic divisions

Civil societies require which of the following?

voluntary associations

Which of the following accurately compares the status of civil liberties and civil rights in democratic and authoritarian regimes?

Only democratic regimes encourage citizen control of the political agenda by granting civil liberties.

In which two countries were the following economic policies pursued to increase the power of the ruling party ?

Nationalization of oil and gas in Russia and state ownership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Nigeria

Which of the following policies does NOT promote globalization?

Adopting import-substitution industrialization policies

In the United Kingdom, the government has maintained a free market system. In China, there has been a transition from a socialist model to a mixed system with elements of a free market model over the past few decades. Which of the following is the outcome of these policies?

Increased competition has led to economic development in both countries, and the growth rates in China have been very high in recent decades.

Which of the following economic changes did Vladimir Putin implement during his first two terms as president (2000–2008) ?

He gradually returned key privatized industries back to state control.

Although Russia is no longer a communist state, one feature it shares with communist China is 

government restrictions on the development of civil society

Which of the following best explains why Russia puts limits on civil society organizations with foreign sponsorship?

Russian leaders are concerned that a vibrant civil society would promote democratization and liberalism by promoting organization and participation.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the difference between fascism and individualism?

Fascism is the belief in an extreme nationalist ideology, and individualism is the belief that preserving individual freedom is more important than collective goals.

Which of the following examples best illustrates a challenge to political socialization in the United Kingdom and Nigeria?

People are socialized in both countries partly through the media, and there are several news sources that print influential stories that are biased.

Which of the following statements most accurately compares political socialization in two countries studied in the AP Comparative Government and Politics course?

The Chinese government applies more pressure to socialize citizens around conforming beliefs than does the Nigerian government.

Followers of both socialism and communism are most likely to favor which of the following policy programs?

the reduction of economic inequality

Political participation in authoritarian regimes differs from that in democratic regimes in which of the following ways?

Authoritarian regimes do not respond to citizen participation while democratic regimes do respond.

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

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

Compared with first-past-the-post, a proportional representation electoral system 

gives third parties a better chance at winning seats in a legislature

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 pairs of countries uses only single-member districts in the electoral system for its legislature?

UK and nigeria

What is a similarity between elections for the United Kingdom’s House of Commons and elections for the Nigerian House of Representatives?

Members are directly elected by plurality in single-member districts.