Comp Gov · Unit 4 · Paper 3

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.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 27 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 3” 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

Nigeria's party system

Party discipline

State corporatism

Nigeria's presidential formula

Clientelism and patronage

Mixed electoral systems

Mexico's current party landscape

Referendums

Duverger's law

Interest groups: pluralist vs corporatist

Iran's factions rather than parties

Single-member district plurality

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Why concentration matters under SMD

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Proportional representation

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Two-round (runoff) systems

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Russia's systemic opposition

3 pts

Free response

5 pts

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS (Question 2). Examine the table, transcribed: WOMEN AS A PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS IN THE SINGLE OR LOWER CHAMBER OF THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE, SELECTED COURSE COUNTRIES (Inter-Parliamentary Union, Parline database, figures as of 2024) Country Chamber Percentage women Mexico Chamber of Deputies 50.0 United Kingdom House of Commons 40.5 China National People's Congress 26.5 Russia State Duma 16.4 Iran Islamic Consultative Assembly 5.6 Nigeria House of Representatives 3.9

A. Using the data in the table, identify the course country with the highest percentage of women in its legislature.

B. Using the data in the table, describe a difference between Mexico and Nigeria.

C. Describe an electoral system feature that can affect the representation of women in a legislature.

D. Using the data in the table, draw a conclusion about the relationship between electoral rules and the representation of women.

E. Explain why a government might adopt policies intended to increase the representation of women in its legislature.