AP COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT 2026 FINAL STUDY GUIDE EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Tony Blair - ANSWER-Leader of the labour party in GB in 1997. He won in a landslide of votes.
Tried to move the labour party away from the left and more toward the center. Responsible for:
Bank of England owned by nongovernment workers, Devolution for Scottland and Wales,
Reducing hereditary peers powers in the House of Lords, Pressuring public schools for
scholarships, Good Friday Agreement in Norhtern Ireland
Thomas Hobbs - ANSWER-A philosopher that had the idea of stability and order and didn't
wasnt men to be at war with other men; he emphasized this through the Social Contract
Social Contract - ANSWER--the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to
any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into
being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the
relations among its members.
-an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or
community as a whole.
Tsar Nicholos II - ANSWER-The Tsar of Russia until 1917 when he is pressured to step down
voluntary and the Tsar picked his brother to be the next Tsar but his brother was not interested
in being a monarch and handed it off the the Provisional Government who temporarily was the
Duma
Gordon Brown - ANSWER-- When Blair resigns from office, the party picks Gordon Brown as
next PM, and he waits until his final term is up to hold election and he loses to Cameron in the
2010 election
- This British politician was born in 1951 and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997
to 2007(Before he got picked to be PM). A member of Parliament since 1983, successor of Tony
Blair.
James II - ANSWER-(r. 1685-1688) a Catholic king who greatly angered Parliament nobles and
whose actions led to the *Glorious Revolution*
Elizabeth II - ANSWER-Queen of England, 1952-Present
, Vladimir Putin/Russian President Role - ANSWER--Current President of Russia, Head of State,
Member of United Russia, Can hold two 6-year terms, must be 35 years old, Russian Citizen, live
in Russia for 10 years, selected by popular vote
-Major Powers: appoints PM, selects constitutional court, executive decree: veto power over
bills passed, dissolve parliament and call for new elections
David Cameron/PM of GB role - ANSWER--Current PM of Great Britain, Member of the
Conservative Party, Head of Government, Determined by being the leader of the largest party in
HOC
-Major Powers: oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies, appoints
members of the government, is the principal government figure in the House of Commons
Vladimir Lenin - ANSWER-Founder of the Russian Communist Party, this man led the November
Revolution in 1917 (Bolshevik Revolution) which established a revolutionary soviet government
based on a union of workers, peasants, and soldiers.
Margaret Thatcher - ANSWER-Right Wing Conservative PM from 1979-1990. She was a
Euroskeptic that stood for: Privitizing public companies and houses, lowering tax incomes
-Voted out of office because she was a ideology and would not give in to the people on the poll
tax
John Locke - ANSWER-Philosopher who thought that the original state of nature was not bad
because people lived in equality, tolerance and natural rights. *No one is born bias, racist, etc.
- Formed Civil Society
-People form government and therefore the people owe it to the government to obey the laws
-Government has a responsibility to protect life, liberty, and property
Boris Yeltsin - ANSWER-- "Hero of the 1991 and 1993 coup"
-Yeltsin wasn't liked because people considered him to be "in the way" of them trying to regain
communism
-1993 Coup: Yeltsin is ahead of members of congress who are still pro-communism and Yeltsin
gets the army to fight for his side and they defeat congress in the white house
Mikhail Gorbachev - ANSWER-Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization
effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse
of Communist governments in eastern Europe.
Karl Marx - ANSWER-- German Philospoher who pushed for communism
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Tony Blair - ANSWER-Leader of the labour party in GB in 1997. He won in a landslide of votes.
Tried to move the labour party away from the left and more toward the center. Responsible for:
Bank of England owned by nongovernment workers, Devolution for Scottland and Wales,
Reducing hereditary peers powers in the House of Lords, Pressuring public schools for
scholarships, Good Friday Agreement in Norhtern Ireland
Thomas Hobbs - ANSWER-A philosopher that had the idea of stability and order and didn't
wasnt men to be at war with other men; he emphasized this through the Social Contract
Social Contract - ANSWER--the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to
any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into
being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the
relations among its members.
-an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or
community as a whole.
Tsar Nicholos II - ANSWER-The Tsar of Russia until 1917 when he is pressured to step down
voluntary and the Tsar picked his brother to be the next Tsar but his brother was not interested
in being a monarch and handed it off the the Provisional Government who temporarily was the
Duma
Gordon Brown - ANSWER-- When Blair resigns from office, the party picks Gordon Brown as
next PM, and he waits until his final term is up to hold election and he loses to Cameron in the
2010 election
- This British politician was born in 1951 and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997
to 2007(Before he got picked to be PM). A member of Parliament since 1983, successor of Tony
Blair.
James II - ANSWER-(r. 1685-1688) a Catholic king who greatly angered Parliament nobles and
whose actions led to the *Glorious Revolution*
Elizabeth II - ANSWER-Queen of England, 1952-Present
, Vladimir Putin/Russian President Role - ANSWER--Current President of Russia, Head of State,
Member of United Russia, Can hold two 6-year terms, must be 35 years old, Russian Citizen, live
in Russia for 10 years, selected by popular vote
-Major Powers: appoints PM, selects constitutional court, executive decree: veto power over
bills passed, dissolve parliament and call for new elections
David Cameron/PM of GB role - ANSWER--Current PM of Great Britain, Member of the
Conservative Party, Head of Government, Determined by being the leader of the largest party in
HOC
-Major Powers: oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies, appoints
members of the government, is the principal government figure in the House of Commons
Vladimir Lenin - ANSWER-Founder of the Russian Communist Party, this man led the November
Revolution in 1917 (Bolshevik Revolution) which established a revolutionary soviet government
based on a union of workers, peasants, and soldiers.
Margaret Thatcher - ANSWER-Right Wing Conservative PM from 1979-1990. She was a
Euroskeptic that stood for: Privitizing public companies and houses, lowering tax incomes
-Voted out of office because she was a ideology and would not give in to the people on the poll
tax
John Locke - ANSWER-Philosopher who thought that the original state of nature was not bad
because people lived in equality, tolerance and natural rights. *No one is born bias, racist, etc.
- Formed Civil Society
-People form government and therefore the people owe it to the government to obey the laws
-Government has a responsibility to protect life, liberty, and property
Boris Yeltsin - ANSWER-- "Hero of the 1991 and 1993 coup"
-Yeltsin wasn't liked because people considered him to be "in the way" of them trying to regain
communism
-1993 Coup: Yeltsin is ahead of members of congress who are still pro-communism and Yeltsin
gets the army to fight for his side and they defeat congress in the white house
Mikhail Gorbachev - ANSWER-Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization
effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse
of Communist governments in eastern Europe.
Karl Marx - ANSWER-- German Philospoher who pushed for communism
