Unit 4: Party & Electoral Systems
Comp Gov · Unit 4 · Paper 2

Party & Electoral Systems 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 4, 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
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State corporatism

2

Russia's systemic opposition

3

Coalition government

4

Mixed electoral systems

5

Mexico's current party landscape

6

Two-round (runoff) systems

7

Electoral integrity indicators

8

Turnout and compulsory voting

9

Referendums

10

Russia's United Russia

11

UK party system

12

China's one-party system

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Electoral threshold

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Nigeria's party system

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Single-member district plurality

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Gerrymandering and malapportionment

3 pts

Free response

5 pts

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (Question 3). Compare the ways political parties are organized and controlled in two different AP Comparative Government and Politics course countries.

A. Describe a function of political parties.

B. Describe how political parties are organized or controlled in two different AP Comparative Government and Politics course countries.

C. Explain how the difference described in (B) affects the ability of citizens in each of the two countries to influence government policy.