AP Comparative Government and Politics / Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments
1.6 Change in Power and Authority
Notes
Power changes through elections, revolutions, coups and reforms.
- Examples: Iran's 1979 revolution; Nigeria's return to civilian rule in 1999; Russia's centralization of power.
Practice
Iran's 1979 revolution replaced the shah with:
Theocratic regime.
Nigeria returned to civilian rule in:
Fourth Republic.
A military takeover of government is a:
Unconstitutional change.
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