Superpowers Fact Attack

Question 1

Name a political quality of a superpower.

Answer 1

Having a permanent seat on the UN council.

Question 2

Name an economic quality of a superpower.

Answer 2

High GDP/High levels of trade.

Question 3

Name a military quality of a superpower?

Answer 3

Large amounts of hardware and military personnel.

Question 4

Name a cultural quality of a superpower?

Answer 4

Rich cultural history/way of life.

Question 5

Name a demographic quality of a superpower?

Answer 5

Significant percentage of global population.

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What are the veto countries in the UN security council?

Answer 7

China, France, Russia, UK and US

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Can be decisive; Overriding factor-not a lone country.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Countries may act out of their own interest.
Not a majority vote.

Question 10

What was the USA’s per capita GDP?

Answer 10

$53,000

Question 11

What is China’s per capita GDP?

Answer 11

$6,000

Question 12

What % of all financial transactions are in US dollars?

Answer 12

80%

Question 13

What % of foreign currency market transactions are in US dollars?

Answer 13

87%

Question 14

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

Answer 14

$33 billion

Question 15

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

Answer 15

$19 billion

Question 16

How much more is the USA’s military spending compared to China? What percentage is this of global military spending?

Answer 16

4-5 times, 37%

Question 17

How many of the top 20 universities globally are in the US?

Answer 17

16/20

Question 18

In 2010, how many people visited Buckingham Palace?

Answer 18

413,000

Question 19

In the USA, how many people living there were born in a foreign country?

Answer 19

45 million

Question 20

How many barrels of oil are there in the USA?

Answer 20

264 billion

Question 21

How many barrels of oil are there in China?

Answer 21

20.3 billion

Question 22

How many barrels of oil are there in Russia?

Answer 22

250 billion

Question 23

What is hard power?

Answer 23

The ability of a country to use military force or economic influence to make another accept an idea or situation.

Question 24

What is soft power?

Answer 24

The ability of a country to persuade its other countries to agree to a situation or idea by making it attractive.

Question 25

Who created the geo-strategic theory?

Answer 25

Halford Mackinder.

Question 26

What are the three parts the world is divided into (geo-stategic theory)?

Answer 26

The World Island, Offshore Islands and Outlying Islands.

Question 27

What civilisation have used geostrategic theory?

Answer 27

Romans, Napoleon and Nazis.

Question 28

What are the 4 multifaceted ways of exercising power?

Answer 28

Military, Politically, Economically and Culturally.

Question 29

What is neo-colonialism?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

What four things does the USA represent?

Answer 30

Capitalism, Free market, Manifest destiny and Democracy.

Question 31

What four things does the USSR represent?

Answer 31

Communism, Marxism, Cold war and Controls all means of production.

Question 32

When was the Korean war?

Answer 32

June 1950 (until 1953)

Question 33

When was the space race?

Answer 33

October 4th 1957

Question 34

When was the Cuban missile crisis?

Answer 34

October 1962

Question 35

What is a bipolar example of superpowers?

Answer 35

Cold war or USA vs USSR.

Question 36

In what years was America Unipolar?

Answer 36

1990s

Question 37

How much did America's economy grow by between 1992 and 1999?

Answer 37

4%

Question 38

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

Answer 38

1.7 million

Question 39

How much did the median American household income grow by between 1990 and 1999?

Answer 39

10%

Question 40

What is the multipolar example of a superpower?

Answer 40

BRICS vs G20.

Question 41

Which countries are in BRICS?

Answer 41

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Question 42

What is G20?

Answer 42

Westernised countries - top 20 economies.

Question 43

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

Answer 43

BRICS.

Question 44

Which multipolar example agreed a post-recession 'green stimulus package' worth $1.1 trillion?

Answer 44

G20.

Question 45

Give three examples of China's growing dominance.

Answer 45

Export increase, Infrastructure development and TNCs moved there through special economic zones

Question 46

How many Chinese people are estimated to be in Africa?

Answer 46

1 million

Question 47

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

Answer 47

80%

Question 48

Why has China dominated Africa?

Answer 48

Easy to dominate, Cheaper and No competition.

Question 49

What four factors of environmental degradation is caused by superpower?

Answer 49

Lanscape Scarring, The build environment, Oil spills and Removal of forests.

Question 50

In what century did most mines close?

Answer 50

20th

Question 51

In what year did Drakelands pit in Devon open? When did the last mine open before this?

Answer 51

2015 and 1969.

Question 52

The price of what doubled as the supply was reduced?

Answer 52

Tungsten.

Question 53

In 2003, how many Chinese cities were affected by acid rain?

Answer 53

250

Question 54

How much did acid rain in China cause the economy to lose in 2013?

Answer 54

$13.3 billion

Question 55

What was the % increase in food production in Brazil between 2002 and 2012?

Answer 55

26%

Question 56

How many times did beef exports increase by in Brazil?

Answer 56

10x

Question 57

What did America agree to do in 2014 and by when?

Answer 57

Reduce CO2 emissions by 2025.

Question 58

Who pulled out of the Paris agreements in June 2017?

Answer 58

Donald Trump.

Question 59

When did China agree to reduce carbon emissions and by when?

Answer 59

2014 and by 2030

Question 60

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

Answer 60

339,000 million

Question 61

How do you define the global middle class?

Answer 61

Those with an annual income of over £10,000

Question 62

What are rare earths?

Answer 62

A group of 17 elements that occur together in geological deposits and are very difficult to separate from each other.

Question 63

What is the collective worth of rare earths?

Answer 63

$5 trillion

Question 64

Give an example of rare earths.

Answer 64

Neodymiym (used for wind turbines and hybrid cars).

Question 65

How many tonnes of toxic waste is produced for every 1 tonne of rare earths?

Answer 65

2000

Question 66

How much of the world's gas is undiscovered?

Answer 66

30%

Question 67

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

Answer 67

13%

Question 68

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

Answer 68

200 miles

Question 69

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

Answer 69

2007

Question 70

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

Answer 70

Xuelong.

Question 71

Why is there tension over oil?

Answer 71

Demand is high, Ambiguity over possession.

Question 72

Why is there conflict over production of goods?

Answer 72

Counterfeiting.

Question 73

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

Answer 73

32

Question 74

How much does counterfeiting cost G20 countries a year?

Answer 74

$85 billion

Question 75

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

Answer 75

Japan and China.

Question 76

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

Answer 76

2006 and 2009.

Question 77

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

Answer 77

30%

Question 78

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

Answer 78

20

Question 79

How many skilled and technical jobs were filled by Chinese migrants in 2014?

Answer 79

200,000

Question 80

How many MW of elecriticy has been created by major HEP projects (financed by China) by 2013?

Answer 80

6,780

Question 81

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

Answer 81

$3 billion

Question 82

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

Answer 82

$2 - 3 billion

Question 83

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

Answer 83

2250 km

Question 84

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

Answer 84

3350 km

Question 85

Give three factors that are challenges to superpowers?

Answer 85

Radicalisation, Cultural differences and Nationalism.

Question 86

What six factors cause instability in the middle east?

Answer 86

Religion, Resources, Oil/Gas, Governance, Youth and History.

Question 87

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

Answer 87

65%