Tuesday 4/21: Information, China Test, & Nigeria

Information: Just in case you haven't heard about grading yet






Activity # 1: China Test - Many of you haven't completed the China Test yet, so I am reposting the prompt. 

China Test- FRQ's. So since our AP Exam will be writing, I am going to post 2 writing prompts. I want you to create 1 google doc, share with me (sderose23@gmail.com) and complete both on the same google doc.

Prompt # 1 - Various economic changes have affected the legal system in China. (a) Describe two reforms to the legal system in China in the past two decades. (b) Explain two reasons that reforms to the legal system have occurred. (c) Describe two important features of the Chinese legal system that have not changed in the past two decades.

Prompt # 2 - There are similarities and differences in the sources of authority for leaders in China and Iran. (a) Describe two formal powers of Iran’s supreme leader. (b) Identify two official positions that China’s head of state typically holds today. (c) Describe one similarity in the sources of authority of Iran’s supreme leader and of China’s head of state. (d) Describe one difference in the sources of authority of Iran’s supreme leader and of China’s head of state.


Activity # 2: Nigeria

Making of the Modern State Notes


Activity # 3: Nigeria Vocab - please put in a google doc & share with me (sderose23@gmail.com)

All Progressives Congress (APC)
Biafra
Boko Haram
Muhammudu Buhari
Constitutionalism
Cultural diffusion
“Federal character”
Hausa-Fulani
Igbo
Indirect rule
Informal economy
Independent National Election Commission (INEC)
Goodluck Jonathan
Kinship-based politics
“Loyalty pyramid”
National Assembly
“National question”
Olusegun Obasanjo
OPEC
Parastatals (Parastata)
Patrimonialism
People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Prebendalism (patron-client system)
Rentier state
Revenue sharing
Ken Saro-Wiwa / MOSOP
Sharia
State corporatism
Structural adjustment program
Yoruba
Activity # 4:

Ted Talk Video