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AP Comparative Government and Politics / Unit 2

Unit 2 · 22–33%

Political Institutions

Executives, legislatures, and courts turn rules into daily power.

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Topics

  • Presidential and parliamentary executives
  • Legislatures and lawmaking
  • Judiciaries and review
  • Bureaucracies and the military

Lessons

Key terms

Original practice

Marlow Works questions. If this unit does not have its own items yet, you will see other questions from the same course.

1 of 1Political Institutions · medium · short answer

Identify one institutional difference between a parliamentary executive (United Kingdom) and a presidential executive (Mexico), and explain one political consequence of that difference.

Original Marlow Works item — not a College Board question.

Take your time—this is practice, not a test.

Review checklist

  1. 01Name the head of state and head of government in a case if they differ.
  2. 02Say whether the executive can be removed by a legislature’s vote of no confidence.
  3. 03Describe a court’s role without assuming U.S.-style review.

Related resources

External links with reuse status. Marlow Works is independent and does not copy restricted exam or textbook material.

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    AP Comparative Government and Politics course page

    Official five-unit framework and country comparison scope.

    College Board · All rights reserved · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source

  • CC BY — attribution required

    Introduction to Political Science

    Open political science background for institutions and behavior.

    Open Textbook Library listing · CC BY · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source