Unit 2: Political Institutions
Comp Gov · Unit 2 · Paper 2

Political Institutions unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 27 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 2, Paper 2” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 32 min 29 points0/17 attempted
1

Vote of no confidence

2

Chinese Communist Party structures

3

Iran's Guardian Council

4

Bureaucratic recruitment

5

Xi Jinping and the 2018 term limits

6

Russia's siloviki

7

Head of state vs head of government

8

China's National People's Congress

9

Nigerian President and the federal character principle

10

Russian Federal Assembly

11

Nigeria's presidential distribution requirement

12

Mexican Congress

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Military and politics

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: UK House of Commons

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Russian President and the power vertical

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Judicial independence, compared

3 pts

Free response

5 pts

ARGUMENT ESSAY (Question 4). Develop an argument as to whether having an independent legislative branch promotes or discourages corruption in a country. Use one or more of the following course concepts in your response: Separation of powers · Transparency · Accountability. In your response you should: respond to the prompt with a defensible claim or thesis that establishes a line of reasoning using one or more of the provided course concepts; support your claim with at least two pieces of specific and relevant evidence from one or more course countries; use reasoning to explain why your evidence supports your claim; and respond to an opposing or alternate perspective using refutation, concession, or rebuttal.