Here are things to know:
1. Know what a caudillo is and its impact on Mexico.
2. What is Vicente Fox's legacy?
3. By introducing the sexenio, what did Mexico hope to avoid in their government?
4. The PRI traditionally used which strategy to grant an official position within the party to labor, business, and peasants to keep them beholden to the party?
5. What key reforms have opened up the Mexican electoral system?
6. What made 1994 an unstable year in Mexico?
7. What characteristics make Mexico an NIC?
8. The electoral system used to fill Mexico's Chamber of deputies is similar to which other legislative body among our case study countries?
9. What is similar about the presidents of Russia and Mexico?
10. What important changes happened in the Mexican electoral system in 2000?
11.How does Britain's upper house of the legislature differ from Mexico's upper house?
12. How does federalism work in Mexico?
13.What can be said about the transitions to democracy in Mexico and Russia?
14. Know what regions/groups support the PRI, PAN, PRD.
15. What does the current Mexican constitution provide for or guarantee?
16. What issue has been most contentious between the US and Mexico in recent years?
17.Both Mexico and Russia have recently experienced similar types of domestic institutional problems with what area of their government?
18. Be familiar with the PRI, its methods of control, when it lost power, possible reason why it lost power, and how democratic Mexico is today. Be able to compare the Mexican electoral system in comparison with the Russian electoral system. What challenges democracy in each of these countries? What have they done to promote democracy and what has been done that has made them less democratic? Which country is closer to having a multiparty government? - be prepared to defend your answer.
Hope you have a great time at the game - study hard, but also remember that there's more to life than homework!!!!!!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Iran test study guide
Iran test study guide
I apparently don't watch jeopardy too darn much. As I was thinking over lunch, I realized I played jeopardy all wrong - it wasn't at all fair, so what do I have to say for myself?!? - get over it! Nothing in life is fair, so we had a good life lesson! Just kidding - our next review game (baseball) I will make sure it is more fair and that we all leave with positive self images. So for the real reason that you came to the blog -
Here is the test study guide. It does not have any essay portion with it. It is short (25 questions), but will be worth 100 points.
Iran Test Study Guide
1. What type of government best describes Iran?
2. Who would be a key political ally for a reform minded president?
3. Recently, what controversy has Iran’s government caused globally?
4. How is OPEC similar to the EU and NAFTA?
5. What does the legitimacy of President Ahmadinejad depend upon?
6. What political views do the younger generation seem to have?
7. How could the middle class of Iran be described?
8. Who is the head of the judiciary in Iran?
9. China and Iran’s governments are similar in what ways?
10. Who has veto power over the Majles?
11. Know what jurist guardianship is.
12. Know the characteristics of the 1979 Revolution.
13. Know what constitutes a presidential system and what constitutes a parliamentary system.
14. What is the most important factor in the current growth of population – think current, not past?
15. Which case study countries have a unitary system of government?
16. Who is the head of government in Iran?
17. What comparisons can be made about elections in Iran and Mexico?
18. What differences are there between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the Chinese Revolution of 1949?
19. Who mediates policy disputes between the Majles and the Guardian Council?
20. What national-level groups are directly elected in Iran?
I apparently don't watch jeopardy too darn much. As I was thinking over lunch, I realized I played jeopardy all wrong - it wasn't at all fair, so what do I have to say for myself?!? - get over it! Nothing in life is fair, so we had a good life lesson! Just kidding - our next review game (baseball) I will make sure it is more fair and that we all leave with positive self images. So for the real reason that you came to the blog -
Here is the test study guide. It does not have any essay portion with it. It is short (25 questions), but will be worth 100 points.
Iran Test Study Guide
1. What type of government best describes Iran?
2. Who would be a key political ally for a reform minded president?
3. Recently, what controversy has Iran’s government caused globally?
4. How is OPEC similar to the EU and NAFTA?
5. What does the legitimacy of President Ahmadinejad depend upon?
6. What political views do the younger generation seem to have?
7. How could the middle class of Iran be described?
8. Who is the head of the judiciary in Iran?
9. China and Iran’s governments are similar in what ways?
10. Who has veto power over the Majles?
11. Know what jurist guardianship is.
12. Know the characteristics of the 1979 Revolution.
13. Know what constitutes a presidential system and what constitutes a parliamentary system.
14. What is the most important factor in the current growth of population – think current, not past?
15. Which case study countries have a unitary system of government?
16. Who is the head of government in Iran?
17. What comparisons can be made about elections in Iran and Mexico?
18. What differences are there between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the Chinese Revolution of 1949?
19. Who mediates policy disputes between the Majles and the Guardian Council?
20. What national-level groups are directly elected in Iran?
Final exam review
I have searched to find out about Nigeria's Supreme Court, the justices, and their term of office. This is the best I have gathered. There is one Chief Justice and there are 13 associate justices (in the US one Chief Justice and 8 associates just for a frame of reference). As far as I can tell, the terms are for life, or until the regime changes. There are some justices on the court that have been there since 1999, but that is also when the 4th republic came into power. There is your enlightenment for the day! Have a great holiday and don't work too hard!
Here's the review - it contains the essays trickily mixed in! Trickily may be my own made up word:)
Final exam review guide
1. How do interest groups differ from political parties?
2. Know similarities and differences between the Prime Minister in Great Britain and Russia.
3. What are the characteristics of a civil society?
4. What were the consequences of ending the centrally planned economy in Russia after 1991?
5. What is the most common strategy of developing countries in dealing with population growth?
6. What are indicators that a political regime is legitimate? Which is the best indicator? Define political legitimacy.
7. Know the government type (i.e. federal, unitary, confederal) of the Republic of Iran.
8. What are the consequences of China’s one-child policy?
9. What are the gross national product (GNP) and the gross domestic product (GDP) used to compare countries on?
10. Who is Nigeria’s head of state?
11. Compare the first past the post and the proportional representation electoral system.
12. Know the characteristics of liberal and illiberal democracies.
13. Know ways in which a corporatist system differs from a pluralist system.
14. What features of the Russian political system make it a mixed parliamentary/presidential system of government?
15. Know the terms correlation and causation.
16. Know why leaders in a unitary system might choose to decentralize power, ways they may do this, and how a decentralized unitary system differs from a federal system.
17. Know Britain’s argument against joining the EU, and their reaction to a single EU currency.
18. Know arguments for China privatizing industry, and China’s response to global pressures to privatize industry.
19. What are the ways the Iranian political leaders have democratized Iran’s political process, and how have they resisted democratization?
20. What are the ways the Iranian political leaders have democratized Nigeria’s political process, and how have they resisted democratization?
21. What does the term “failed state” mean?
22. Know the relationship between per capita GDP and the degree of democracy.
23. What are the characteristics of a command economy?
24. What socioeconomic changes does a country undergo as it develops economically?
25. What are the characteristics of a unitary government?
26. In recent years, what reforms have taken place in China?
27. When contrasting presidential and parliamentary systems, what is always true? – poorly worded, but I’m struggling to have it make sense.
28. Why is the year 2000 considered a turning point in Mexican political history?
29. Know the terms of the Maastricht Treaty.
30. What comparisons can be made about elections in Great Britain and Russia?
31. In Nigeria, where (region) is Sahri’ah law part of the legal system?
32. In what ways did the Iranian revolution of 1979 resemble the Chinese revolution 30 years earlier?
33. How would you characterize Nigerian Society?
34. In the 20th century, which country had the longest ruling party, and what was that party?
35. What is the process by which basic political attitudes and beliefs are developed know as?
36. Know the definition for the concept of “nation”.
37. How has the European Union (EU) created a democratic deficit?
38. What type of a system has economic policy necessarily negotiated among government, labor, and industry?
39. Which countries have federal systems?
40. What are the two most powerful policy-making institutions in Iran?
41. What is a key component of economic liberalization in former command economies?
42. What type of regimes had the greatest increase in number worldwide since 1970?
43. What comparisons can be made between Mexico and China in the latter half of the 20th century?
44. What is the organizing principle of the Chinese Communist Party known as?
45. What threatens the welfare service commitments of advanced industrial democracies?
46. What amendment was made to the Iranian constitution following Ayatollah Khomeini’s death in 1989?
47. How can China’s management of public policy crises be best characterized?
48. What type of an organization is the EU?
49. What defines a successful vote of no confidence?
50. Developing countries with multiple political parties most often divide along what cleavage lines?
51. Despite tremendous oil reserves, why does the Nigerian government still have difficulty providing social services throughout the country?
52. What similarities are there between the political systems of Great Britain and Russia?
53. Which country has had a history of coups d’état and military rule during the past 50 years?
54. What is the nature of patron-client systems?
55. What are the similarities between Russia and Mexico?
56. How could one define Iranian political culture?
57. What is China’s approach to ethnic minorities?
58. What term refers to the array of political parties operating in a particular country and the nature of the relationship between them?
59. Before the Mexican elections of 2000, the presidential nominee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) had been chosen by what process?
60. Which country can best be described as a theocratic state?
Here's the review - it contains the essays trickily mixed in! Trickily may be my own made up word:)
Final exam review guide
1. How do interest groups differ from political parties?
2. Know similarities and differences between the Prime Minister in Great Britain and Russia.
3. What are the characteristics of a civil society?
4. What were the consequences of ending the centrally planned economy in Russia after 1991?
5. What is the most common strategy of developing countries in dealing with population growth?
6. What are indicators that a political regime is legitimate? Which is the best indicator? Define political legitimacy.
7. Know the government type (i.e. federal, unitary, confederal) of the Republic of Iran.
8. What are the consequences of China’s one-child policy?
9. What are the gross national product (GNP) and the gross domestic product (GDP) used to compare countries on?
10. Who is Nigeria’s head of state?
11. Compare the first past the post and the proportional representation electoral system.
12. Know the characteristics of liberal and illiberal democracies.
13. Know ways in which a corporatist system differs from a pluralist system.
14. What features of the Russian political system make it a mixed parliamentary/presidential system of government?
15. Know the terms correlation and causation.
16. Know why leaders in a unitary system might choose to decentralize power, ways they may do this, and how a decentralized unitary system differs from a federal system.
17. Know Britain’s argument against joining the EU, and their reaction to a single EU currency.
18. Know arguments for China privatizing industry, and China’s response to global pressures to privatize industry.
19. What are the ways the Iranian political leaders have democratized Iran’s political process, and how have they resisted democratization?
20. What are the ways the Iranian political leaders have democratized Nigeria’s political process, and how have they resisted democratization?
21. What does the term “failed state” mean?
22. Know the relationship between per capita GDP and the degree of democracy.
23. What are the characteristics of a command economy?
24. What socioeconomic changes does a country undergo as it develops economically?
25. What are the characteristics of a unitary government?
26. In recent years, what reforms have taken place in China?
27. When contrasting presidential and parliamentary systems, what is always true? – poorly worded, but I’m struggling to have it make sense.
28. Why is the year 2000 considered a turning point in Mexican political history?
29. Know the terms of the Maastricht Treaty.
30. What comparisons can be made about elections in Great Britain and Russia?
31. In Nigeria, where (region) is Sahri’ah law part of the legal system?
32. In what ways did the Iranian revolution of 1979 resemble the Chinese revolution 30 years earlier?
33. How would you characterize Nigerian Society?
34. In the 20th century, which country had the longest ruling party, and what was that party?
35. What is the process by which basic political attitudes and beliefs are developed know as?
36. Know the definition for the concept of “nation”.
37. How has the European Union (EU) created a democratic deficit?
38. What type of a system has economic policy necessarily negotiated among government, labor, and industry?
39. Which countries have federal systems?
40. What are the two most powerful policy-making institutions in Iran?
41. What is a key component of economic liberalization in former command economies?
42. What type of regimes had the greatest increase in number worldwide since 1970?
43. What comparisons can be made between Mexico and China in the latter half of the 20th century?
44. What is the organizing principle of the Chinese Communist Party known as?
45. What threatens the welfare service commitments of advanced industrial democracies?
46. What amendment was made to the Iranian constitution following Ayatollah Khomeini’s death in 1989?
47. How can China’s management of public policy crises be best characterized?
48. What type of an organization is the EU?
49. What defines a successful vote of no confidence?
50. Developing countries with multiple political parties most often divide along what cleavage lines?
51. Despite tremendous oil reserves, why does the Nigerian government still have difficulty providing social services throughout the country?
52. What similarities are there between the political systems of Great Britain and Russia?
53. Which country has had a history of coups d’état and military rule during the past 50 years?
54. What is the nature of patron-client systems?
55. What are the similarities between Russia and Mexico?
56. How could one define Iranian political culture?
57. What is China’s approach to ethnic minorities?
58. What term refers to the array of political parties operating in a particular country and the nature of the relationship between them?
59. Before the Mexican elections of 2000, the presidential nominee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) had been chosen by what process?
60. Which country can best be described as a theocratic state?
Test Blog for Editing
Please Disregard anything you read on this blog. I'm trying to help a friend work out the kinks in her blog, so, I created one to work on it.
Here it is - short, sweet, and to the point. Also, make sure your packets are complete. They will be turned in before you take the test.
Unit 1 test review
1. Know what the Constitution, Federalist Papers, and Declaration of Independence are, who was the primary author of each, and know the purpose of each one.
2. Know about the Articles of Confederation; their weaknesses, and similarities to the Constitution.
3. Know the compromises that went into the Constitution and the impact of each.
4. Know what individual rights were protected under the Constitution before the Bill of Rights was added.
5. Know about Constitutional Law – what are the 4 parts (be able to define each). Know why informal amendments are an enduring aspect of Constitutional Law. Know how informal amendments have changed the meaning of formal amendments.
6. In the original Constitution (pre-amendments), what element of the government was left in the direct control of the votes of the majority?
7. Know why a Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1791.
8. Know the process by which almost all of the amendments to the Constitution have come about.
9. Know how a federal government differs from that of a confederation and a unitary form of government.
10. Be familiar with and be able to define all key terms.
The test will be made up of 10 key terms to define, one essay and 15 multiple choice questions. Key terms and multiple choice will each be worth 2 points (50 points total). The essay will be worth 20 points.
Here it is - short, sweet, and to the point. Also, make sure your packets are complete. They will be turned in before you take the test.
Unit 1 test review
1. Know what the Constitution, Federalist Papers, and Declaration of Independence are, who was the primary author of each, and know the purpose of each one.
2. Know about the Articles of Confederation; their weaknesses, and similarities to the Constitution.
3. Know the compromises that went into the Constitution and the impact of each.
4. Know what individual rights were protected under the Constitution before the Bill of Rights was added.
5. Know about Constitutional Law – what are the 4 parts (be able to define each). Know why informal amendments are an enduring aspect of Constitutional Law. Know how informal amendments have changed the meaning of formal amendments.
6. In the original Constitution (pre-amendments), what element of the government was left in the direct control of the votes of the majority?
7. Know why a Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1791.
8. Know the process by which almost all of the amendments to the Constitution have come about.
9. Know how a federal government differs from that of a confederation and a unitary form of government.
10. Be familiar with and be able to define all key terms.
The test will be made up of 10 key terms to define, one essay and 15 multiple choice questions. Key terms and multiple choice will each be worth 2 points (50 points total). The essay will be worth 20 points.
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