superpowers

Question 1

America has the world’s largest economy with a GDP of

Answer 1

$20 trillion

Question 2

China is second with a GDP of

Answer 2

$14 trillion

Question 3

Japan has the 3rd largest…

Answer 3

economy in the world

Question 4

The Russian state-controlled oil company [BLANK] has spent [BLANK] billion in Arctic exploration since 2012 and will invest another [BLANK] billion between 2017-2021.

Answer 4

1. Rosneft
2. $1.74
3. $4.35

Question 5

Russia contains 11% of the world’s landmass, and has…

Answer 5

145 million inhabitants.

Question 6

5 largest consumer markets in the world:

Answer 6

1
The USA
2
China
3
Japan
4
Germany
5
The UK

Question 7

In 2018, Turkey had lots of debts in dollars and their currency kept depreciating against the US Dollar, so they could not…

Answer 7

… pay back their debts.

Question 8

The 20 largest economies in the world are part of what club?

Answer 8

G20

Question 9

When was the G20 founded

Answer 9

1999

Question 10

Which measure is the best indicator of military strength in the modern day?

Answer 10

Defence Spending

Question 11

Mutually Assured Destruction refers to…

Answer 11

the fact that a nuclear war between two nuclear powers would probably destroy both of them. The USA, Britain, Russia, France, China, India, Israel, Pakistan and potentially North Korea have nukes.

Question 12

When was China’s population 1.4 billion

Answer 12

2016

Question 13

What is significant about Singapore’s population.

Answer 13

It is small. It has a population of only 5.6 million.

Question 14

Global media TNCs influence global culture by deciding

Answer 14

which films people watch.

eg Netflix, Paramount ect

Question 15

John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil was so powerful from [DATE] that it had to be broken up.

Answer 15

1870-1911

Question 15

The UK’s supply of [FUEL TYPE] was key to kick-starting the industrial revolution in the 19th century.

Answer 15

coal

Question 16

Britain generally exerted hard power over its colonies. In [DATE], at the [PLACE] massacre, around [NUMBER] Indian protesters were killed by British forces

Answer 16

1. 1919
2. Jallianwala Bagh
3. 380

Question 17

After World War Two ended there was a [TERM] world of competition between the two superpowers of USA and USSR

Answer 17

bi-polar

Question 18

China has increasingly funded infrastructure developments in.

Answer 18

Nigeria

Question 19

How much aid was given by the US Marshall Plan after WW2?

Answer 19

$12 Billion

Question 20

Russia is re-emerging as a major economic power after the collapse…

Answer 20

… of the USSR in 1991.

Question 21

For example, in 2014 the combined GDP of the BRIC was [NUMBER] This combined total is still about [NUMBER] less than that of the USA.

Answer 21

1. $16.4 trillion.
2. 8%

Question 22

In 2016, roughly how many more people lived in BRIC nations relative to the USA?

Answer 22

3 Billion

Question 23

How many people were lifted out of poverty in China between 2012 and 2017?

Answer 23

68.53 Million

Question 24

what happened when the A8 countries joined the EU

Answer 24

Polish immigration increased