5 Written Questions

1. it focuses primarily on normative questions of how things should be
2. true
3. proletariat
4. Goodluck Jonathan became president after the death of President Yar'Adua
5. it is very difficult to conduct experiments when human behavior is the subject of study

4 Matching Questions

1. which of the following is a characteristic of plurality elections
2. the last time a british monarch refused to give royal assent to a bill passed by parliament was in 1979
3. t/f: according to roskin, the founding of nations usually involves bloodshed
4. parliamentary

1. a they are based on geographic representation
2. b true
3. c false
4. d prime minister is elected by parliament (house of commons)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. false
   1. when did Nigeria gain its independence
   2. in 2001, a chinese spy plane crashed in Lake Erie
   3. Which country colonized Nigeria
   4. Which of the following is not a problem in Nigeria
2. STV (single tranfer vote)/AV (alternate vote): voters rank candidates instead of only choosing one; used in australia and ireland
   1. Plurality
   2. presidential
   3. parliamentary
   4. PR
3. use runoff (mainly France)/ STV or AV elections
   1. PR
   2. parliamentary
   3. presidential
   4. Plurality
4. come up with a good research question
   1. which of the following is a characteristic of plurality elections
   2. who is the current head of government in britain
   3. what is the first step in the research process that prof. piroth described in class
   4. which statement best describes the current british government
5. true
   1. According to Marxism, what is the most important source of power
   2. when using most similar systems design, one must find two cases that are
   3. t/f: social class distinctions tend to be more important in british politics than in US politics
   4. t/f: the british house of lords has just as much power as the house of commons

5 True/False Questions

1. both the US and britian use proportional representation elections → they tend to increase the representation of women

   True        False

2. PR → use runoff (mainly France)/ STV or AV elections

   True        False

3. china was occupied by the japanese army during WW2 → Mao Zedong

   True        False

4. which type of method is least likely to attempt to make generalizations → the united states

   True        False

5. PR → more common than plurality elections

   True        False