AP Comparative Government--Green

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  • AP U.S. Government and Comparative Politics Course Description URL
  • Comparative textbook companion website--5th edition URL
• Topic 1
  

  Topic 1

  United Kingdom

  • U.K. Student PPT #1 File
  • U.K. Student PPT #2 File
  • U.K. Student PPT #3 File
  • U.K. Student PPT #4 File
  • U.K. Student PPT #5 File
  • U.K. Student PPT #6 File
  • U.K. Student PPT #7 File
  • U.K. Student PPT #8 File
  • Older articles -- U.K. only

  • Britain's choice: Voters deserve a more radical vision than the timid and uninspiring policies all parties have put forward so far URL
  • A U.K. Court Without the Wigs New Supreme Bench, Patterned on America's, Stirs Debate URL
  • Britain and the EU The moment, behind closed doors, that David Cameron lost his EU argument last night URL
  • Cameron's veto on Europe pact opens cracks in his coalition URL
  • Saving an Endangered British Species: The Pub URL
  • Devolution The centrifuge Even if Scotland votes to stay in the United Kingdom, the union is fraying URL
  • Scottish independence Pounded into submission It has not taken much to reveal the folly in Scottish nationalists’ plans URL
  • History trumps democracy Northern Ireland’s continuing troubles hold lessons for Britain about the rest of the world URL
  • Republicans Want Us To Be Europe URL
• Topic 2
  

  Topic 2

  Russia

  • Russia: A Brief History URL
  • Ch. 8 Powerpoint -- Communism File
  • Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris URL
  • Soviet History -- Super Mario style URL
  • Animated Soviet Propaganda - American Imperialist: The Millionaire URL
  • Soviet National Anthem(With Lyrics) URL
  • Ch. 9 Powerpoint -- Russian Government File
  • Topics Index: Russia URL
  • Topics Index: Russian and Soviet History URL
  • Topics Index: Russian politics URL
  • Russia profile URL
  • Voters punish Putin as Russia's communists make comeback URL
  • Russian democracy marching to the beat of a different drum URL
  • Moscow Attack a Test for Putin and His Record Against Terror URL
  • The long life of Homo sovieticus URL
  • Russia's future The cracks appear URL
  • As Money Flees Russia, Tycoons Find Tough Times URL
  • A Time and a Place for Russia URL
  • Russia Plans to Retry Dead Lawyer in Tax Case URL
  • Economy Brings Down Russian Oligarchs URL
  • The Rise of State Capitalism URL
  • Russian Liberals Growing Uneasy With Alliances URL
  • A Rally for Putin, Enthusiasm Optional URL
  • From Success at Putin’s Side to Exposing Corruption URL
  • Pride and Power (Russia) URL
  • 'Bad boy' Putin grooves with Russian rappers URL
  • Russia Student PPT #1 File
  • Russia Student PPT #2 File
  • Russia Student PPT #3 File
  • Russia Student PPT #4 File
  • Russia Student PPT #5 File
  • Russia Student PPT #6 File
  • Russia Student PPT #7 File
  • Russia Student PPT #8 File
  • Russia Student PPT #9 File
  • Russia Student PPT #10 File
  • On Russian TV, It Isn’t All About the Strongman URL
  • Putin's return Corruption and dysfunction URL
  • Another great leap forward? URL
  • What Putin's Latest Win Means for Russia URL
  • History of Russia URL
  • Putin and the media Dreams about Russia URL
  • The secret sauce of Russian autocracy: Vodka (and lots of it) URL
  • Putin’s inferno The West must take a tough stand with the government of Ukraine—and with Russia’s leader URL
  • Crimea, the Tinderbox URL
  • From Russia, ‘Tourists’ Stir the Protests URL
  • Putin Can’t Stop URL
  • Putin, Flashing Disdain, Defends Action in Crimea URL
  • For First Time, Kremlin Signals It Is Prepared to Annex Crimea URL
  • Russia’s Move Into Ukraine Said to Be Born in Shadows URL
  • Why Russia Can’t Afford Another Cold War URL
  • Titans in Russia Fear New Front in Ukraine Crisis URL
  • Obama Team Debates How to Punish Russia URL
  • We Don’t Owe Russia More ‘Respect’ URL
  • Russia and Ukraine The home front URL
  • Russia Moves Swiftly to Stifle Dissent Ahead of Secession Vote URL
  • Putin on the Couch URL
  • Remittance man Russia attempts to draw Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan back into its orbit URL
  • How to Punish Putin URL
  • Crimea Is Putin’s Revenge URL
  • 3 Presidents and a Riddle Named Putin URL
  • Putin and the Laws of Gravity URL
  • Russia and Ukraine Insatiable The cost of stopping the Russian bear now is high—but it will only get higher if the West does nothing URL
  • World current events articles (Quiz on 1/29)

  • 3 Freed Americans Leave Iran; U.S. Places New Sanctions URL
  • Indebted Chinese Companies Increase Pressures on Government URL
  • For English cop, Detroit’s streets are a culture shock URL
  • In China, a Reverse Migration URL
  • Russians’ Anxiety Swells as Oil Prices Collapse URL
  • Russian Fund Under Scrutiny for Loan to Company Linked to Kremlin URL
  • As Frustrations With Mexico’s Government Rise, So Do Lynchings URL
  • China Considers Larger Role in Afghanistan Peace Process URL
  • China Deepens Its Footprint in Iran After Lifting of Sanctions URL
  • African Economies, and Hopes for New Era, Are Shaken by China URL
  • Nigerians Are 'Better Together' URL
  • World current events articles (quiz on 2/5)
  • President Xi Jinping of China Is All Business in Middle East Visit URL
  • How to Make Capitalism More Appealing URL
  • How China Lost Taiwan URL
  • U.S. Fortifying Europe’s East to Deter Putin URL
  • Boko Haram Raid in Nigeria Kills at Least 65 URL
  • Britain Receives Proposals for ‘Better Deal’ to Stay in the E.U. URL
  • Toxic Loans Around the World Weigh on Global Growth URL
  • Russian Banks, Lies and Emojis URL
  • World Current Events -- Quiz on 2/12

  • Migrant Group’s Desperate March Through Mexico URL
  • China Struggles for Balance in Response to North Korea’s Boldness URL
  • Russian Companies Rush to Return to Post-Sanctions Iran URL
  • British Effort to Identify Potential Radicals Spurs Debate Over Profiling URL
  • Young Bombers Kill 58 at Nigerian Camp for Those Fleeing Boko Haram URL
• Topic 3
  

  Topic 3

  China

  • Ch. 10 Powerpoint (China) File
  • The Guangdong model URL
  • China’s Censors Tackle and Trip Over the Internet URL
  • China slide show URL
  • China Alarmed by Security Threat From Internet URL
  • Chinese villagers have hope for first real election URL
  • On Day for China Pride, Little Interest in Ideology URL
  • In China, the Forgotten Manchu Seek to Rekindle Their Glory URL
  • China Is Wordless on Traumas of Communists’ Rise URL
  • Mao: The Great Helmsman of Kitsch? URL
  • China Hopes, and Tries, for Rain-Free Festivities URL
  • Fed up Chinese villagers stage revolt URL
  • China gives man 9 years in prison for arguing for democracy URL
  • A Village in Revolt Could Be a Harbinger for China URL
  • China's strident tone raises concerns among Western governments, analysts URL
  • Something old, something new A brief history of state capitalism URL
  • Iran's link to China includes nukes, missiles URL
  • China student PPT #1 File
  • Topics Index: China URL
  • Topics Index: Chinese politics URL
  • China's Xi Starts His Wooing of U.S. URL
  • China student PPT #2 File
  • China student PPT #3 File
  • China student PPT #4 File
  • China student PPT #5 File
  • China student PPT #6 File
  • China student PPT #7 File
  • China student PPT #8 File
  • China student PPT #9 File
  • Not pointing or wagging but beckoning (Chinese Foreign Policy, that is) URL
  • A Superpower Stirs URL
  • Gendercide Killed, aborted or neglected, at least 100m girls have disappeared—and the number is rising URL
  • Chinese Labor, Cheap No More URL
  • China's new sports problem Stop the Linsanity? URL
  • Chinese migration video URL
  • A Chinese Voice of Dissent That Took Its Time URL
  • Symbolism as substance Chinese and Taiwanese government officials meet for the first time, but China still worries about the future URL
  • Internal trade It’s a continent, actually China’s external imbalances are as nothing compared with its internal ones URL
  • China Blames Xinjiang Separatists for Stabbing Rampage at Train Station URL
  • China’s parliament The smog of war URL
  • Chinese politics The brains of the party URL
  • China Torn Between Policies and Partnership URL
  • Clean technology in China Red light, green light URL
  • Consumers in China The true meaning of san yao wu URL
  • China’s military spending At the double URL
  • Why Does China Not Have Famines Anymore? Two competing explanations for the end of 2,000 years of starvation. URL
  • Chinese civil society Beneath the glacier In spite of a political clampdown, a flourishing civil society is taking hold URL
  • World Current Events -- Quiz on 2/26

  • Francis Admonishes Bishops in Mexico to ‘Begin Anew’ URL
  • Facing Allies’ Doubt, John Kerry Voices Confidence in Syria Cease-Fire URL
  • Chinese Start to Lose Confidence in Their Currency URL
  • Obama’s Options for a Supreme Court Nominee, and the Potential Fallout URL
  • Europe Seeks Alternatives to Russian Gas Imports URL
  • Nigeria’s Booming Film Industry Redefines African Life URL
  • Why Are White Death Rates Rising? URL
  • Welsh Town Leads a British Revolt Against the Tax System and Corporations URL
  • When a State Balks at a City’s Minimum Wage URL
  • Xi Jinping’s News Alert: Chinese Media Must Serve the Party URL
  • Questions Linger Over Russia’s Endgame in Syria, Ukraine and Europe URL
  • The Iran Election: What You Need to Know URL
  • World Current Events -- Quiz on 3/3

  • To Fight Critics, Donald Trump Aims to Instill Fear in 140-Character Doses URL
  • Iranian President and Moderates Make Strong Gains in Elections URL
  • Once I Saw Light in Iran. Now It’s Mostly Shadows. URL
  • Why China’s Economy Will Be So Hard to Fix URL
  • As Donald Trump Rolls Up Victories, the G.O.P. Split Widens to a Chasm URL
• Topic 4
  

  Topic 4

  Mexico

  • Ch. 11 Powerpoint LDCs File
  • Ch. 16 Powerpoint -- Mexican Government and Politics File
  • "Storm that swept Mexico" documentary link URL
  • Mexican army: 'El Chapo' security head arrested URL
  • Mexico’s Election Draws Eyes From Across Border URL
  • Topics Index: Mexico URL
  • Topics Index: Mexican politics URL
  • 'I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history,' Josefina Vazquez Mota says URL
  • Political advertising in Mexico URL
  • Governing Mexico All the president’s men Enrique Peña Nieto dusts off an old manual for imposing order URL
  • In Mexico Meeting, a Show of Friendship With Few Results on Immigration and Trade URL
  • El Chapo, Most-Wanted Drug Lord, Is Captured in Mexico URL
  • Vigilantes, Once Welcome, Frighten Many in Mexico URL
  • World Current Events-- Quiz on 3/18
  • In Mexico City, Comedians Punish Society’s Scofflaws With Humiliation URL
  • Awash in Empty Homes, China Asks Migrant Workers to Settle Down URL
  • Europe’s Illiberal Democracies URL
  • China’s Censors Denounced in Online Attack URL
  • How Bernie Sanders Supporters Shut Down Donald Trump's Rally in Chicago URL
  • Stalin, Russia’s New Hero URL
  • Supreme Court Showdown Could Shape Fall Elections URL
  • World Current Events -- Quiz on 3/24

  • First Step in Conservatives’ Supreme Court Fight: Agreeing on a Message URL
  • Tensions Rise in David Cameron’s Government Over E.U. Vote URL
  • John Roberts Criticized Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Before There Was a Vacancy URL
  • Politicians Push Marriage, but That’s Not What Would Help Children URL
• Topic 5
  

  Topic 5

  Nigeria

  • Nigeria Textbook ppt File
  • Nigeria’s subsidies: End them at once! URL
  • Nigeria's Muslim sects Stagnation stirs everything up Sectarian strife is often more about money than faith URL
  • Nigeria: How National Assembly Made Him Acting President URL
  • Nigeria ppt 1 File
  • Nigeria ppt. 2 File
  • Nigeria ppt 3 File
  • Nigeria ppt 4 File
  • Nigeria ppt 5 File
  • Nigeria ppt 6 File
  • Topics Index -- Nigeria -- The Economist URL
  • Topics Index: Nigerian politics URL
  • A better mattress URL
  • In Nigeria, a Deadly Group’s Rage Has Local Roots URL
  • Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law, Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays URL
  • Trouble at Nigeria's central bank Playing politics URL
  • Nigeria and its detractors Big country, thin skin URL
  • Deadly Attacks Tied to Islamist Militants Shake Nigeria URL
  • Nigerians Ask Why Oil Funds Are Missing URL
  • Africa’s new Number One Nigeria’s suddenly supersized economy is indeed a wonder; but so are its still-huge problems URL
  • World current events -- Quiz on 3/31

  • U.S. Indicts 7 Iranians in Cyberattacks on Banks and a Dam URL
  • How the G.O.P. Elite Lost Its Voters to Donald Trump URL
  • Feeling G.O.P. Peril, Muslims Try to Get Out Vote URL
  • Donald Trump’s Success Upends Battle for Control of Congress URL
  • Trump, Ryan increasingly at odds over future of the GOP URL
  • Anonymous Call for Xi to Quit Rattles Party Leaders in China URL
  • Nafta May Have Saved Many Autoworkers’ Jobs URL
  • Russia Shows What Happens When Terrorists’ Families Are Targeted URL
  • World Current Events -- Quiz on 4/15/16

  • Has Nigeria Really Captured Boko Haram's 'Spiritual' Home? URL
  • Why Trump Can’t Break the G.O.P. URL
  • Chaos of Cultural Revolution Echoes at a Lonely Cemetery, 50 Years Later URL
  • North Korea Lashes Out at China, Threatens a ‘Nuclear Storm’ URL
  • Gary Johnson, Libertarian Candidate, Sees Opening Created by Donald Trump URL
  • Anti-Gay Laws Bring Backlash in Mississippi and North Carolina URL
  • Paul Ryan, a Mirage Candidate, Wages a Parallel Campaign URL
  • U.S. Military Campaign Takes Toll on ISIS’ Cash Flow URL
• Topic 6
  

  Topic 6

  Iran

  • Iran powerpoint File
  • Regime Wages a Quiet War on 'Star Students' of Iran URL
  • Iran Expanding Effort to Stifle the Opposition URL
  • Iran cracks down on online opposition URL
  • Iran’s Politics Stand in the Way of a Nuclear Deal URL
  • Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran’s Theocracy URL
  • Topics Index: Iran URL
  • Topics Index: Iranian politics URL
  • U.S. Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb URL
  • Report documents Iran's efforts to quell opposition heading up to elections URL
  • Elections in Iran Favor Ayatollah’s Allies, Dealing Blow to President and His Office URL
  • Obama to Iran and Israel: 'As President of the United States, I Don't Bluff' URL
  • Iran and 6 Powers Agree on Terms for Nuclear Talks URL
  • Iran and the West Dismantling the wall URL
  • Rural decline in Iran Nothing idyllic URL
  • In Iran, Hopes Fade for Surge in the Economy URL
  • Islam--Empire of Faith video link URL
• Topic 7
  

  Topic 7

  U.S. & Comparative Politics Synthesis/Review
• Topic 8
  

  Topic 8

  AP Exam Review

  • AP U.S. Gov't Review materials URL
  • Types of Government, Explained URL
  • Political Systems Explained for Dummies URL
  • Comparative textbook companion website--6th edition URL
  • AP Comparative Study Guide URL
  • AP Comparative Study Guide -- Nigeria File
  • AP Comparative Study Guide -- Iran File
  • Supreme Court Cases File
  • Supreme Court Cases--Rest of cases File
  • AP Review Website #3 URL
  • AP Exam Review Ideas File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #1 File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #2 File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #3 File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #4 File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #5 File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #6 File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #7 File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #8 File
  • AP U.S. Government Student PPT #9 File
  • Supreme Court Case Summary (complete) File
  • Supreme Court Case List (Likely Cases) File
  • Lauren & Monika's AP exam review ppt. File
  • Stephan's comparative review File
  • Comparative Websites for AP Exam Review File
• Topic 9
  

  Topic 9

  Civics