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🗳️AP Comparative Government
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🗳️AP Comparative Government

FRQ 1 – Conceptual Analysis
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Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments
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Practice FRQ 1 of 101/10

1. Respond to parts A, B, C, and D.

A.

Describe a federal system of government.

B.

Describe a difference between federal and unitary systems.

C.

Explain how a federal system can limit the effectiveness of national policy making.

D.

Explain why a government might adopt a federal system despite limits on national policy effectiveness, focusing on issues of political legitimacy.

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