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Oil Spill

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In 2010, BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico and around 450million lites of oil escaped

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How many birds died in the 2010 oil spill?

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82,000 birds of 102 species

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How much did Brazil’s food production increase by between 2002 and 2012

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26%

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How many sq miles of the Amazon rainforest were destroyed between August 2019 and July 2020?

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11,088

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What percentage of total 2016 carbon emission in the US are made up by industry?

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22%

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What is the value of businesses selling rare earth metals?

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US$4billion

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What percentage of the Chinese population, who responded to the survey believe climate change isn’t an issue compared to the US?

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4% in China and 32% in US

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How much of the cumulative historical emission do USA make up for compared to China?

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USA- 28.8% compared to 9% for China

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When was the Paris climate change agreement made?

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December 2015

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What percentage of the world’s undiscovered gas and oil is in the Arctic?

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30% of gas and 13% of oil resources

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What percentage of the world’s crude oil exports originate in the Middle East?

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65%

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What is China’s population?

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1.44 billion

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How much of global exports does China make up?

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13.45%

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In 2915, what region did China develop into an airbase?

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Subi Reef in the South East China Sea

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What percentage of Arctic coast belongs to Russia?

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53%

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How much land can Arctic countries claim?

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200 nautical miles off the coast

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What is the size of the US’ economy?

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$19.475trillion

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How many fighters does ISIS?

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31,000

19
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How many Arabs are living in Britain in 2011 census?

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230,000

20
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What percentage of women are literate in Afghanistan?

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Only 19%

21
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When the Manchester Bombing?

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2017 at Ariana Grandes concert

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What is another issue for immigration from Middle East to threaten superpowers?

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Value disagreements such as LGBTQ+

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South China Sea:

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  • China has established a small military preserve on the Spratly islands
  • Lie between Malaysia and Philippines but are disputed territory
  • One of the world’s busiest shipping routes and has lots of fossil fuel reserves
  • China wants control over this area
  • Chinese military aggressively patrol the seas, overpowering the small Philippine’s military presence
  • US operates in the area, committed to defending the Philippines in Japan
  • US is flaunting its capability to operate in an unrestricted way in waters of its choice, threatening China’s hegemony in the area

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