Chapter Twelve: Domestic Institutions and National Performance

Exercises

• Examine Table 12-1 in the workbook. Into which of the cells would each of the following governments be placed? Use the U.S. Department of State's Background Notes, the Library of Congress's Country Studies, or other resources to augment your historical knowledge as needed. Use W or w, and S or s, to denote the appropriate size institutions for each case below.
  

  • Russia under the Tsar, pre-1917
  • The United States in 1776
  • Germany under the Third Reich
  • The Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914
  • Nigeria today
  • Japan under the Meiji emperor, 1880s
  • The European Union today
  • South Africa under apartheid, pre-1991
  • Mexico today