AP Comparative Government and Politics / Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments
1.7 Federal and Unitary Systems
Notes
- Federal: power shared with regional governments (Russia, Mexico, Nigeria).
- Unitary: power concentrated centrally (UK, China, Iran).
- Devolution gives power to regions (UK: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Practice
Which course country is federal?
States share power.
Scotland's parliament is an example of:
UK transfer of power.
China is a:
Central control.
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