AP Comparative Government 2025/2026 Examination Questions with
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Factories that produce goods for export, often located along the
Maquiladoras
US-Mexican border.
A forceful, extra-constitutional action resulting in the removal of an
Coup D'etat
existing government.
Opposition to the power of churches or clergy in politics. In some countries, for
Anticlericalism example, France and Mexico, this opposition has focused on the
role of the Catholic Church in politics.
Ejidos Land granted by Mexican government to an organized group of peasants.
Ejidatarios Recipient of ejido land grant in Mexico.
Sexenio The six-year administration of Mexican presidents.
An informal aspect of policymaking in which a powerful patron (for example, a
traditional local boss, government agency, or dominant party)
Clientelism offers resources such as land, contracts, protection, or jobs in return
for the support and services (such as labor or votes) of lower-
status and less powerful clients; corruption, preferential
treatment, and inequality are characteristic of clientelist politics.
A treaty among the US, Mexico, and Canada implemented on January 1, 1994, that
North American Free Trade largely eliminates trade barriers among the three nations and
Agreement (NAFTA) establishes procedures to resolve trade disputes. NAFTA serves as
a model for an eventual Free Trade Area of the Americas zone that
could include most Western Hemisphere nations.
Corporatist State A state in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the
structure.
Refers to the space occupied by voluntary associations outside the state, for
example, professional associations (lawyers, doctors, teacher), trade
Civil Society unions, student and women's groups, religious bodies, and other
voluntary association groups. The term is similar to society,
although civil society implies a degree of organization
absent from the more inclusive term society.
A political system in which the state requires all members of a particular
economic
State Capitalism sector to join an officially designated interest group. Such interest
groups thus attain public status, and they participate in national
policymaking. The result is that the state has great control over the
groups, and groups have great control over their
members.
, Strategy for industrialization based on domestic manufacture of
Import Substituting Industrialization
(ISI) previously imported goods to satisfy domestic market demands.
That portion of the economy largely outside government
Informal Sector control in which local traditional rulers and political structures
were used to help support the colonial governing structure.
A system of political representation in which seats are allocated to parties
within
Proportional Representation multi-member constituencies, roughly in proportion to the votes each party
receives.
PR usually encourages the election to parliament of more
political parties than single-member-district winner-take-all
systems.
Career-minded bureaucrats who administer public policy
Technocrats
according to a technical rather than political rationale. In Mexico
and Brazil, these are known as the tecnicos.
State-owned, or at least state-controlled, corporations, created to undertake a
broad range of activities, from control and marketing of agricultural production
Para-Statal to
provision of banking services, operation of airlines, and other
transportation facilities and public utilities.
An informal agreement or settlement between the government and important
Accommodation interest groups in response to the interest groups' concerns for
policy or program benefits.
A+ answers Already Verified.
Factories that produce goods for export, often located along the
Maquiladoras
US-Mexican border.
A forceful, extra-constitutional action resulting in the removal of an
Coup D'etat
existing government.
Opposition to the power of churches or clergy in politics. In some countries, for
Anticlericalism example, France and Mexico, this opposition has focused on the
role of the Catholic Church in politics.
Ejidos Land granted by Mexican government to an organized group of peasants.
Ejidatarios Recipient of ejido land grant in Mexico.
Sexenio The six-year administration of Mexican presidents.
An informal aspect of policymaking in which a powerful patron (for example, a
traditional local boss, government agency, or dominant party)
Clientelism offers resources such as land, contracts, protection, or jobs in return
for the support and services (such as labor or votes) of lower-
status and less powerful clients; corruption, preferential
treatment, and inequality are characteristic of clientelist politics.
A treaty among the US, Mexico, and Canada implemented on January 1, 1994, that
North American Free Trade largely eliminates trade barriers among the three nations and
Agreement (NAFTA) establishes procedures to resolve trade disputes. NAFTA serves as
a model for an eventual Free Trade Area of the Americas zone that
could include most Western Hemisphere nations.
Corporatist State A state in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the
structure.
Refers to the space occupied by voluntary associations outside the state, for
example, professional associations (lawyers, doctors, teacher), trade
Civil Society unions, student and women's groups, religious bodies, and other
voluntary association groups. The term is similar to society,
although civil society implies a degree of organization
absent from the more inclusive term society.
A political system in which the state requires all members of a particular
economic
State Capitalism sector to join an officially designated interest group. Such interest
groups thus attain public status, and they participate in national
policymaking. The result is that the state has great control over the
groups, and groups have great control over their
members.
, Strategy for industrialization based on domestic manufacture of
Import Substituting Industrialization
(ISI) previously imported goods to satisfy domestic market demands.
That portion of the economy largely outside government
Informal Sector control in which local traditional rulers and political structures
were used to help support the colonial governing structure.
A system of political representation in which seats are allocated to parties
within
Proportional Representation multi-member constituencies, roughly in proportion to the votes each party
receives.
PR usually encourages the election to parliament of more
political parties than single-member-district winner-take-all
systems.
Career-minded bureaucrats who administer public policy
Technocrats
according to a technical rather than political rationale. In Mexico
and Brazil, these are known as the tecnicos.
State-owned, or at least state-controlled, corporations, created to undertake a
broad range of activities, from control and marketing of agricultural production
Para-Statal to
provision of banking services, operation of airlines, and other
transportation facilities and public utilities.
An informal agreement or settlement between the government and important
Accommodation interest groups in response to the interest groups' concerns for
policy or program benefits.
