The current Japanese system of elections is unusual because
A. it combines personality and economic considerations in campaigns.
B. it limits the part role that money can play in campaigns.
C. its structure is based on a first first-past past-the the-post result.
D. it combines single-member districts and proportional representation.
Q. 2Article 9 of the Japanese constitution is sometimes called the
A. war making powers clause.
B. peace clause.
C. demilitarization clause.
D. anti-nuclear proliferation clause.
Q. 3The Zaibatsu, which were outlawed during the Allied Occupation,
A. constituted the upper levels of the government's economic bureaucracy.
B. reflected the consumer preferences of organized interest groups.
C. organized labor unions into a neo-corporate relationship with business.
D. were the holding companies of wartime conglomerates.
Q. 4The two primary goals of the occupation were
A. ultranationalism and militarism.
B. demilitarization and democratization.
C. militarization and return to authoritarianism.
D. militarization and return to the monarchy.
Q. 5As it relates to Russia, Privatization privatization has been considered a success in Russia.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 6The presidencies of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin are extremely similar.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 7Poverty is widespread in Russia.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 8The electoral threshold in Russia allows all parties to win representation in Parliament.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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