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Flashcards for College Board AP Comparative Government and Politics, following the Course and Exam Description effective from autumn 2026. There is one subdeck for each of the five units, split by the framework's topics, and a separate subdeck for each of the six countries the course names (China, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia and the United Kingdom), covering their institutions, parties, cleavages and policies.

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  • Course countries284 cards
    • China49 cards
    • Iran48 cards
    • Mexico47 cards
    • Nigeria47 cards
    • Russia48 cards
    • United Kingdom45 cards
  • Unit 1 Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments234 cards
    • 1.1 The Practice of Political Scientists29 cards
    • 1.2 Defining Political Organizations25 cards
    • 1.3 Democracy vs. Authoritarianism25 cards
    • 1.4 Democratization26 cards
    • 1.5 Sources of Power and Authority20 cards
    • 1.6 Change in Power and Authority21 cards
    • 1.7 Federal and Unitary Systems24 cards
    • 1.8 Political Legitimacy20 cards
    • 1.9 Sustaining Legitimacy22 cards
    • 1.10 Political Stability22 cards
  • Unit 2 Political Institutions196 cards
    • 2.1 Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems27 cards
    • 2.2 Comparing Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems21 cards
    • 2.3 Executive Systems26 cards
    • 2.4 Executive Term Limits19 cards
    • 2.5 Removal of Executives18 cards
    • 2.6 Legislative Systems25 cards
    • 2.7 Independent Legislatures18 cards
    • 2.8 Judicial Systems24 cards
    • 2.9 Independent Judiciaries18 cards
  • Unit 3 Political Culture and Participation186 cards
    • 3.1 Civil Society20 cards
    • 3.2 Political Culture18 cards
    • 3.3 Political Ideologies22 cards
    • 3.4 Political Values and Beliefs18 cards
    • 3.5 Nature and Role of Political Participation23 cards
    • 3.6 Forces that Impact Political Participation17 cards
    • 3.7 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties22 cards
    • 3.8 Political and Social Cleavages26 cards
    • 3.9 Challenges from Political and Social Cleavages20 cards
  • Unit 4 Party and Electoral Systems and Citizen Organizations151 cards
    • 4.1 Electoral Systems and Rules31 cards
    • 4.2 Objectives of Election Rules26 cards
    • 4.3 Political Party Systems28 cards
    • 4.4 Role of Political Party Systems21 cards
    • 4.5 Impact of Social Movements and Interest Groups21 cards
    • 4.6 Pluralist and Corporatist Interests24 cards
  • Unit 5 Political and Economic Changes189 cards
    • 5.1 Impact of Global Economic and Technological Forces20 cards
    • 5.2 Political Responses to Global Market Forces23 cards
    • 5.3 Challenges from Globalization19 cards
    • 5.4 Policies and Economic Liberalization26 cards
    • 5.5 International and Supranational Organizations22 cards
    • 5.6 Adaptation of Social Policies19 cards
    • 5.7 Impact of Industrialization and Economic Development22 cards
    • 5.8 Causes and Effects of Demographic Change18 cards
    • 5.9 Impact of Natural Resources20 cards

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  • A system that combines lawmaking and executive functions, so the legislature selects and can remove the head of government and cabinet
    Parliamentary system
  • An internal division that structures a society, based on class, ethnicity, religion or territory
    Social cleavage
  • The shared values, beliefs and norms of behaviour in a political system that set expectations about the exercise of power
    Political culture
  • What motivates internal and external population movements?
    Growing populations, changing land use and values, and economic opportunities
  • Judicial branch
    The part of government that interprets and applies laws and resolves disputes
  • Term limit
    A legal cap on how long or how many times a person may hold an office
  • Pluralism
    A system of interest representation in which many autonomous groups compete to influence policy
  • Which system generally has fewer institutional obstacles to passing policy, parliamentary or presidential?
    Parliamentary
  • What is the difference between an empirical statement and a normative statement in political science?
    An empirical statement is factual and can be tested; a normative statement expresses a value or opinion about what ought to be
  • A large group of people pushing collectively for significant political or social change
    Social movement

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