Superpowers facts

Question 1

how many Chinese are living in Africa

Answer 1

1 million

Question 2

what percent of global resources does Africa have

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

who are the only countries whose economies total over $1 trillion which are outside the OECD

Answer 3

BRICS

Question 4

how much did China spend on their military in 2011

Answer 4

$143 billion

Question 4

what is the population of China and how many unis does it have in 2017

Answer 4

1.4 billion and 34 unis

Question 5

what were China’s CO2 emissions in 2016

Answer 5

10,600,000

Question 5

how much aid did Britain contribute to Syria in 2015 to the humanitarian crisis

Answer 5

$1.5 billion, second largest contributor after the USA

Question 6

what has Britain done for conflict prevention

Answer 6

programmes like ‘Official Development Assistance’ and the Arab Partnership Programme to help countries in the Middle East and North Africa

Question 7

when was the UN established and how many countries has it gained

Answer 7

1945 grown from 26 countries to 193

Question 7

how many peacekeeping mission were deployed by the UN security council

Answer 7

16

Question 8

what has happened to the price of tungsten and why

Answer 8

doubled because supply from China and the USA were running low

Question 9

what was the first mine to reopen in the UK since 1969

Answer 9

Drakelands Pit in Devon, extracting Tungsten

Question 10

Oil spill example

Answer 10

in 2010 BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, about 450 million litres of oil escaped

Question 11

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

Answer 11

26%

Question 12

how much have beef exports increased in Brazil

Answer 12

x10 and cattle ranching is now the second largest in the world

Question 13

how much toxic waste is produced when processing 1 tonne of rare earths

Answer 13

2,000 tonnes

Question 14

how much of the world’s rare earths does China make

Answer 14

85%

Question 15

how much has rice consumption increased in Sub-Saharan Africa

Answer 15

50%

Question 16

what is happening to the water in India

Answer 16

groundwater in some states is being used 3 times faster than it can be replenished

Question 17

how much of the world’s undiscovered oil is in the Arctic
Ocean

Answer 17

a quarter

Question 18

how many free state schools have been built in Africa

Answer 18

20 free state schools

Question 19

what percent of African development is due to China

Answer 19

30%

Question 20

what percent of the world’s crude oil exports are in the Middle East

Answer 20

65%

Question 21

what caused higher public debt in rich countries

Answer 21

global recession in 2008

Question 22

what are the veto countries in the UN security councils

Answer 22

China, France, Russia, UK, US

Question 23

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

Answer 23

$33 billion

Question 24

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

Answer 24

$19 billion

Question 25

in what years was America unipolar

Answer 25

1990s

Question 26

in 2003 in China how many cities were affected by acid rain

Answer 26

250

Question 27

what is the collective worth of rare earths

Answer 27

$5 trillion

Question 28

how many countries signed the counterfeiting agreement in 2011

Answer 28

32

Question 29

how much does counterfeiting cost G20 countries a year

Answer 29

$85 billion

Question 30

how many km of roads were built in Africa by China in 2015

Answer 30

3350km

Question 31

how has the USA exerted its military power

Answer 31

confronting the Taliban and bringing about the death of Osama Bin Laden

Question 32

what was the difference in income per capita in China and the USA in 2015

Answer 32

the USA’s was 4 times higher

Question 33

what are the UK’s soft power culture features?

Answer 33

the BBC broadcasting around the world, English is the most widely spoken language around the world after Mandarin, 2012 Olympics in London