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1
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when have the USA agreed to reduce CO2 emissions by

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2025

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when have china agreed to reduce emissions

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2030

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3
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what have russia done to act on the enviornment

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nanotechnology investment

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4
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what % roads in ethiopia are unpaved

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85%

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5
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when did china join the world trade organisation

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2001

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6
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how may deaths is air pollution responsible for in china

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4000

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7
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how many are under the poverty line in india

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32%

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what % of detroits population was lost the past decade

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25%

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9
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what fraction of families in detroit live below the poverty line

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1/3

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10
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in what year was detroit declared bankrupt

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2013

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11
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what was detroits murder rate in 2014

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45 per 100,000

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12
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how many citizens leave detroit a month

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1000

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13
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how many job vacancies are there in the UK

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607,900

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14
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which country ranked highest on the 2014 gender inequality index

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slovenia

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15
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which countries is there greatest inequality

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niger and yemen

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16
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Name a political quality of a superpower

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Having a permanent seat on the UN security council

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17
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Name an economic quality of a superpower

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High GDP/High levels of trade

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Suggest what a county’s access to resources is like if it is classed a Superpower

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Able to export and control the supply of valuable commodities eg. Oil

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19
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What are the veto countries in the UN security council?

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China/France/Russia/UK/US

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What is one positive thing about being in the UN security council?

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Can be decisive; Overriding factor-not a lone country

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What is one negative thing about being in the UN security council?

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Countries may act out of their own interest

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22
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What was the USAs per capita GDP?

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$53,000

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23
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What is China’s per capita GDP?

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$6000

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24
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What % of all financial transactions are in US dollars?

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80%

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25
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How much money does the USA give out in terms of financial assistance?

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$33billion

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26
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How much money does the UK give out in terms of financial assistance?

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$19billion

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27
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How much more is the USAs military spending compared to China? What percentage is this of global military spending?

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4-5times

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28
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How many barrels of oil are there in the USA?

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264billion

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29
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How many barrels of oil are there in China?

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20.3billion

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30
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How many barrels of oil are there in Russia?

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250billion

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31
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What are the three parts the world is divided into?

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The world Island; Offshore Islands; Outlying islands

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32
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Who created geo-strategic theory?

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Halford Mackinder

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33
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What is neo-colonialism?

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Use of investment, trade and culture to influence independent countries instead of direct governance

34
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Between 1992 and 1999, how many jobs were added to the American work force per year?

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1.7million

35
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Which countries are the only $1trillion economies outside the OECD?

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BRICS

36
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Give three examples of China’s growing dominance

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Exports increase; Infrastructure development; TNCs moved there through special economic zones

37
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How many Chinese people are estimated to be in Africa?

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1million

38
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In 2010, what % of Chinese imports were mineral products from Africa?

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80%

39
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Why has China dominated Africa?

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Easy to dominate; Cheaper; No competition

40
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What four factors of environmental degradation is caused by superpowers?

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Landscape Scarring; The built environment; Oil spills; Removal of forests

41
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How many tonnes of CO2 did the USA emit from 1850 to 2007?

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339,000million

42
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What % of the world’s oil resources are in the Arctic?

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13%

43
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The UN convention on the law of the sea allows countries to own how many miles beyond their coastline?

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200miles

44
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What year did Russia use submarines to put a flag at the north pole?

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2007

45
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What is the name of the Chinese icebreaker which navigated the northern sea route for the first time?

A

Xuelong

46
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Why is there tension over oil?

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Demand is high; Ambiguity over possession

47
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Why is there conflict over production of goods?

A

Counterfeiting

48
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How many countries signed the Anti-counterfeiting trade agreement in 2011?

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32

49
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How much does counterfeiting cost G20 countries a year?

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$85billion

50
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Which countries are disputing over 8 islands in the East China sea?

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Japan and China

51
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In which years did Gazprom raise the price of gas and cut the supply of Ukraine in winter?

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2006/2009

52
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What % of all new projects in Africa are the result of Chinese investment?

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30%

53
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More than how many Chinese schools in Africa were formed due to the brain drain?

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20

54
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How much has annual FDI from China increased to by 2015?

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$3billion

55
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How much does China provide in economic and development aid to Africa each year?

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$2billion-$3billion

56
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How many km of railways were built in Africa by China by 2015?

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2250km

57
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Give three factors that are challenges to superpowers?

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Radicalisation; Cultural differences; Nationalism

58
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What six factors cause instability in the middle east?

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Religion; Resources; Oil/Gas; Governance; Youth; History

59
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What % of crude oil exports originate in the middle east?

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65%

60
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when was the gulf of mexico oil spil

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BP 2010

450 million litres

61
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how much of alaskas budget relies on Oil revenues

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88%

62
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what is a sphere of influence

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physical region over which a country believes it has military, economic, cultural and political rights over and this can extend beyond borders

63
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how much of worlds undiscovered oil is in arctic

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1/4

receding polar ice is increasing its accessibility

64
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how many countries are in the commonwealth

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53

65
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why is the arctic a potential area of conflict

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> there are already territorial boundary disputes between countries involved
and there are debates over how to exploit these resources sustainably and who has sovereignty over parts of the seabed

66
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when did drakelands pit in devon reopen

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2015

tungsten- as price had doubled as global supplies are low
more noise pollution and air pollution and chemicals contaminate groundwater

67
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what do the UN aim to do

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prevent reoccurance of global conflict by focussing on establishing fundamental human rights equally for all genders

68
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superpowers and emerging countries can also influence the geopolitical stabiity through various UN institutions such as the UN security council
What do they do

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> authoritise and direct action/ peace opperations to resolve conflict through either economic sanctions or the use of the international court of justice or by military action/ intervention

69
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what is the international court of justice

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resolve legal disputes brought to it by UN member states

9 judges are elected by UN general security council but 5 permanent members always have a judgement

70
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which IGOs are most notable to prevent future war by creating greater cooperation between countries

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IMF
OECD
WB
WTO

71
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what is OECDs mission

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(organisation for economic cooperation and development)

improve economic and social wellbeing
of poeple worldwide through promoting improvement policies

72
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what are IGOs aims

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promote privatisation, deregulation and free trade
and capitalism around world
POLICIES THEY ENCOURAGE HELP COUNTRIES GO THROUGH ROSTOWS STAGES OF MODERISATION

73
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how much aid given by EU was:

  • government and civil society aid
  • humanitarian aid
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  • 2014 17% of EU aid was for government and civil society

- 17% for humanitarian aid

74
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what is the UKs bilateral aid target

and how much in aid in 2013

A

0.7% of GNI on international trade

equated to £11.2 billion in 2013

75
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how much did Uk gov give to somalia in 2012

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£86.8 million (somalia most corrupt country)

76
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how much aid did UK give to afghanistan

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£200 million

77
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who is the biggest receiver of Overseas Development Aid ODA

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afghanistan with $5,050 million in 2013 followed by Myanmar with $3,417 million

78
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what % of Zimbabwe agricultural workers are women and how many of this own land

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70%

only 5% own land

79
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what % of people in zimbabwe live on $1 a day

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33%

80
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how many families in North Kenya helped by $143 million program from UK

A

71,000 families in northern Kenya with severely malnourished children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women

81
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when was democracy instilled in afghanistan

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democracy instilled in 2004

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