Migration

Question 1

What is China’s passport system called?

Answer 1

Hukou

Question 2

When did the Schengen Agreement come into effect?

Answer 2

1995

Question 3

How many Schengen members are there?

Answer 3

26

Question 4

How much of the EU’s citizens live in another member state?

Answer 4

2.8%

Question 5

How much of the world’s population live outside their country of birth?

Answer 5

4%

Question 6

How much of the Japanese population is immigrant?

Answer 6

1.7%

Question 7

What is the average immigrant population of an advanced economy?

Answer 7

5%

Question 8

What proportion of Australia’s immigrants are accepted based on skills shortages?

Answer 8

70%

Question 9

What problems has the hukou system caused?

Answer 9

Pressure on transport system when urban workers return to rural homes at the holidays

Question 10

What is neo-liberalism?

Answer 10

Belief in free flows of people, capital and trade

Question 11

Define sovereignty

Answer 11

Authority of a state to govern

Question 12

Define national identity

Answer 12

The sense of belonging to a country and its culture

Question 13

Where on the political spectrum do people believe that immigrants burden the country by taking jobs and services?

Answer 13

Right wing

Question 14

How are names chosen in Iceland?

Answer 14

From an approved list, to preserve Icelandic saga language

Question 15

What proportion of Icelanders belong to same the church?

Answer 15

74%

Question 16

What plays an intrinsic part of Iceland’s national identity?

Answer 16

Icelandic Sagas

Question 17

When was the Berlin conference?

Answer 17

1884

Question 18

What are the ethnic areas of Singapore?

Answer 18

Chinatown, Little India, Kampong Glam (Muslim Malay)

Question 19

What is the distribution of ethnicity in Singapore?

Answer 19

74% Chinese, 13% Malay, 9% Indian

Question 20

What kind of borders were drawn in Africa?

Answer 20

Geometric boundaries

Question 21

How did the Belgians increase tension in Rwanda?

Answer 21

Introduced ethnic identity cards in 1926

Preference to Tutsi over Hutu

Question 22

Who were initially in control of Rwanda?

Answer 22

Unified region

Question 23

How many Tutsis were killed in the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 23

800,000

Question 24

When was the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 24

1994

Question 25

How many Polish people live in the UK?

Answer 25

Over 1 million

Question 26

How much does the Cayman Islands hold in assets?

Answer 26

£1.1 trillion

Question 27

What is the Cayman Islands' personal tax rate?

Answer 27

0%

Question 28

How much did Facebook pay in taxes to the UK?

Answer 28

£4300 in corporation tax in 2014

Question 29

Why are tax havens controversial?

Answer 29

Companies and individuals avoid paying tax in the country that enabled them to earn wealth

Question 30

What are the positives of tax havens?

Answer 30

Political stability and secure banking/legal systems

Question 31

How much of Apple's cash was held abroad?

Answer 31

89%

Question 32

What IGO has been against tax havens?

Answer 32

EU - "ability of TNCs to move revenue throughout EU to low-tax member states like Ireland is unfair"

Question 33

What IGO supports tax havens?

Answer 33

World Bank

Question 34

What was Evo Morales elected for?

Answer 34

To undo 20 years of privatisation and IMF influence

Question 35

Who is Bolivia's president?

Answer 35

Evo Morales

Question 36

How did Bolivia change their economic strategy, in regards to energy?

Answer 36

Nationalised oil and gas

Question 37

How much of the oil and gas industry's value did the Bolivia government take from TNCs?

Answer 37

80%

Question 38

How did energy connections change in Bolivia?

Answer 38

Increased gas connections by 800% | Increased electricity by 150%

Question 39

How did the wealth distribution change in Bolivia?

Answer 39

Increased tax for the wealthy, guaranteed prices for food products for the poor Increased Gini coefficient

Question 40

What is a good Gini coefficient?

Answer 40

Higher (0 to 1)

Question 41

How did the economic sanctions affect Iran?

Answer 41

GDP fell by 5%

Question 42

What was the economic sanctions on Iran?

Answer 42

Trade embargo on oil to discourage nuclear program

Question 43

When was Evo Morales elected?

Answer 43

2006

Question 44

What was happening in Bosnia in 1993?

Answer 44

Ethnic cleansing of Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs

Question 45

When did ethnic cleansing take place in Bosnia?

Answer 45

1993

Question 46

Where did the UN designate a safe town?

Answer 46

Small town in northeast | Srebrenica

Question 47

How was Srebrenica protected?

Answer 47

Small force of UN peacekeepers

Question 48

How many people were massacred when Bosnian Serbs captured Srebrenica?

Answer 48

8000 men and boys

Question 49

What is unilateral action?

Answer 49

When a country acts against another without UN approval

Question 50

Where, in 2003, did the USA, UK and Australia invade in response to 9/11?

Answer 50

Iraq

Question 51

When did the USA, UK and Australia invade Iraq?

Answer 51

2003

Question 52

Who invaded Iraq in 2003 in response to 9/11?

Answer 52

USA, UK and Australia

Question 53

How did the USA, UK and Australia justify their invasion of Iraq?

Answer 53

Evidence of weapons of mass destruction

Question 54

Where would Catalonia rank in economy if it was its own nation?

Answer 54

34th

Question 55

How many people demonstrated for an independence referendum for Catalonia?

Answer 55

1.5 million 2012

Question 56

When was the Catalan Independence Referendum?

Answer 56

2017

Question 57

When was the Scottish Independence Referendum?

Answer 57

2014

Question 58

What was the vote in the Scottish Independence Referendum?

Answer 58

55% No

Question 59

When was the Antarctica Treaty System?

Answer 59

1959

Question 60

When did the Antarctica Treaty System come into effect?

Answer 60

1961

Question 61

What are the goals of the Antarctica Treaty System?

Answer 61

Not involved with military use Not ruled by any country and/or continent. Used only for scientific research

Question 62

What has been a drawback of the Antarctica Treaty System?

Answer 62

Decline of toothfish population

Question 63

How much did China invest in a Kenya railway?

Answer 63

£2.8 billion

Question 64

How has the railway impacted Kenya?

Answer 64

Cuts journey time across from Mombasa to Nairobi in half

Question 65

How much was the latest Jamaican loan from the IMF?

Answer 65

£650m

Question 66

When did the IMF first introduce SAPs to Jamaica?

Answer 66

1980s

Question 67

What were the social disadvantages of the IMF's SAPs in Jamaica in the 1980s?

Answer 67

Removal of subsidies increased skyrocketed food prices

Question 68

How have the number of children completing primary school in Jamaica changed?

Answer 68

Was 97% | Now 73%

Question 69

What is the debt imbalance of Jamaica?

Answer 69

Has repaid more money to the IMF than it has been lent, and still owes £6 billion