Health, Human Rights And Intervention

Question 1

Define ecological footprint

Answer 1

A measurement of the area of land or water required to provide a person (or society) with the energy food and resources they consume and the waste they produce.

Question 2

Name the 4 aspects assessed through human development

Answer 2

health
life expectancy
access to education
human rights

Question 3

Define a democratic government

Answer 3

a system of government through elected representatives of the people

Question 4

Define a totalitarian government

Answer 4

A system of government that is centralised and dictatorial. It requires complete subservience to the state with political control in the hands of elites

Question 5

Define geopolitical intervention

Answer 5

Occurs when and where a country exercises its power in order to influence the course of events outside of its borders

Question 6

Define official development assistance (ODA)

Answer 6

A measure used by the OECD as an indicator of the flows of international aid. Flows are transfers of resources , either cash or in the form of commodities or services

Question 7

Define Rendition

Answer 7

The practice of sending foreign criminal or terrorist suspects covertly to interrogated in a country where there is less concern about the human rights of terrorist suspects

Question 8

What is the happy planet index?

Answer 8

Happy Planet Index= (experienced well being) x (life expectancy/ ecological footprint)

Question 9

Name 4 common global barriers to education

Answer 9

Ethnicity
Physical and mental ability
Social class
Wealth
Gender

Question 10

What is the human development index

Answer 10

HDI takes into account life expectancy, education (years of schooling), economic growth (per capita income)

Question 11

Define the development gap

Answer 11

The widening income and prosperity gap between the global “haves” of the developed world and the “have nots” of the developing world, especially the least developed countries

Question 12

Define bilateral aid

Answer 12

Aid that is delivered on a one to one basis between a donor and a recipient country.

Question 13

Define multilateral aid

Answer 13

Aid (usually financial, sometimes technically given by donor countries to international aid organisations such a s the world bank or oxfam. These organisational distribute the aid to what they deem to be deserving causes.

Question 14

Name 4 facts which show the North South divide

Answer 14

15/20 worst areas for social care were in the North
8/10 of the cities with the highest unemployment rates were in the North
Schools in the SE send 50% more students to Oxbridge than national average
Children in the North are 70% more likely to go into care

Question 15

What are the top 3 countries for the Happy Planet Index?

Answer 15

Costa Rica
Mexico
Columbia

Question 16

What are the top 3 countries for the Human Development Index

Answer 16

Norway
Austailia
Switzerland

Question 17

What are the top 3 countries for Gross Domestic Product per Capita

Answer 17

Quatar
Luxemburg
Singapore

Question 18

Name the top 3 countries for life expectancy

Answer 18

Japan
Switzerland
Singapore

Question 19

In 4 ways how has poverty caused poor health in Zambia

Answer 19

5 million without clean water
Nearly 7 million without sanitation
45% of children are stunted
Over 50% of births aren’t attended by a health professional

Question 20

Name 4 facts about the gap between the health of Aboriginal and non Aboriginal residents.

Answer 20

Aboriginals live 17 years less on average
Aboriginal people now 13 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous people
Aboriginal women 34 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of family violence
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people are 24 times more likely to be in detention

Question 21

Name 4 facts about Cuba

Answer 21

51% of GDP is spent on education
99.9% of births are attended by skilled staff
Only 3.4 tonnes of C02 emiited pp per year
11 cell phones per 100 people

Question 22

Name 4 facts about the UK

Answer 22

29% of GDP is pent on education
99% of births attended by medics
7.5 tonnes of CO2 emitted pp per year
130 cell phones per 100 people

Question 23

Name 4 facts about Saudi Arabia

Answer 23

19% of GDP is pent on education
97% of births attended by medics
17 tonnes of CO2 emitted pp per year
191 cell phones per 100 people

Question 24

Compare the literacy rates of North and South Korea

Answer 24

N Korea=100%

S Korea=98%

Question 25

Compare the GDP per capita of North and South Korea

Answer 25

N Korea=$2000

S Korea=$35000

Question 26

Compare the military spending of North and South Korea

Answer 26

N Korea=$10 billion

S Korea=$31 billion

Question 27

Compare the life expectancy’s of North and South Korea

Answer 27

N Korea= 70 years

S Korea= 81 years

Question 28

Name 4 successes of the MDG

Answer 28

Deaths of children under the age of 5 were halved
Global internet access went from >1% to 43%
Extreme poverty went from 47% to 14%
Primary school enrollment increased by 15%

Question 29

What are the 4 types of geopolitical intervention?

Answer 29

Development aid
Military aid
Trade Embargoes
Military Action

Question 30

Name 4 facts about women in Afghanistan

Answer 30

87% face psychological or physical abuse
17% are literate
57% live within 1 hours walk of a doctor
396/10000 births end in maternal mortality

Question 31

Describe an example of Trade Embargoes

Answer 31

1980’s UN imposed weapons and oil embargo in South Africa until the end of apartheid

Question 32

Describe an example of indirect military action

Answer 32

2017, Nigerian Forces were trained by the British Army to fight against Boko Haram

Question 33

Name an example of Military issues

Answer 33

The USA gave $1.3 billion of military aid to Egypt in the fight against IS

Question 34

Give 4 facts about the conflict in Iraq

Answer 34

Human rights have been reduced
2005 478 suicide bombers in Iraq
1000000 civilian in 2010
1.6 million Iraqis were displaced

Question 35

Give 4 facts about the conflict in Ukraine

Answer 35

In Crimea 90% are Russian speaking
10000 killed
Russian forces claimed political buildings
Reports of torture and disapperences

Question 36

Give 4 facts about the conflict in Libya

Answer 36

The west allowed “tribalism” to take over
2017 the area has peace and a stabilising government
The area is a haven for IS
600000 migrants and refugees sold into slavery

Question 37

Give 4 facts about the conflict against IS

Answer 37

1.3 million are recorded to have died in the war against terror
War crimes e.g. Guantanamo Bay
Major terrorist attacks have been prevented
Countries including Afghanistan have been made more peaceful

Question 38

Name the pro’s and con’s of the Geneva Convention

Answer 38

\+Includes most countries 
\+Prevents war crimes
\+Supports refugees and the vulnerable
-Richer countries not brought to trial
-Not effective in court

Question 39

Name the pro’s and con’s of the UDHR

Answer 39

+All encompassing
+Used to prosecute Radovan Kardzic leader in Surb/Bosnian genocide
-Not compulsory
-Countries like USA&Ireland not held accountable

Question 40

Name the pro’s and con’s of ECHR

Answer 40

+Sanctions/ Accountable
+International Co-Operation
-Richer countries can afford to break laws
-Only EU countries