Superpowers Leson 4: Changing Paternes of Polarity

Question 1

What is a unipolar world?

Answer 1

A world dominated by one superpower

Question 2

What is the best example of a unipolar world?

Answer 2

British Empire

Question 3

What % of the world’s population and landmass was held by the British Empire in 1920?

Answer 3

20% of the world’s empire
25% of the world’s landmass

Question 4

How large was Britain’s navy in 1914?

Answer 4

2x the size of the next largest (Germany)

Question 5

What were the 2 phases of the British Empire?

Answer 5

Mercantile phase
Imperial phase

Question 6

When and what was the ‘Mercantile Phase’?

Answer 6

1600-1850
-Small colonies conquered on coastal fringes and islands e.g. New England, Jamaica, India and Ghana etc

Question 7

When and what was the ‘Imperial Phase’ ?

Answer 7

1850-1945
-Coastal colonies extend inland
-Culture introduced into colonies
-Government institutions, technology, settlers and complex trade introduced and developed
-Known as acculturation

Question 8

What is a bipolar world?

Answer 8

A world dominated by two superpowers

Question 9

What is the best example of a bipolar world?

Answer 9

Cold war period between 1945-1990 dominated by the USA and USSR

Question 10

What led to a bipolar world?

Answer 10

-Most powers lost all colonies by 1970. Majority by 1945.
-Down to post-war bankruptcy, with focus moving to post-war reconstruction
-Anti-colonial movements saw demands for independence

Question 11

Why did a Cold War emerge between the USA and USSR?
Give examples of where conflict was seen?

Answer 11

The USA became a global superpower and aimed to contain the USSR and communism
Seen in Korea, Vietnam and Cuban Missile Crisis - no direct conflict between the two nations

Question 12

What is s multipolar world?

Answer 12

A world dominated by multiple superpowers

Question 13

What is the best example of a multipolar world?

Answer 13

The world today dominated by multiple superpowers including the USA, BRICS and G20

Question 14

How much did the US economy grow by between 1992-99?

Answer 14

4%

Question 15

How many jobs were added to the American workforce per year in the 1990s?

Answer 15

1.7 million

Question 16

How much did unemployment drop by bewteen 1992 and 1999 in the US?

Answer 16

From 8% in 1992 to 4% in 1999

Question 17

How much did income grow by in the US between 1990-99?

Answer 17

10%

Question 18

By how much did stocks increase in the US in the 90s? How much did Dow Jones increase by alone?

Answer 18

Stocks quadrupled
Dow Jones increased 309%

Question 19

How much could you buy a townhouse for in Brooklyn in the 90s?

Answer 19

> $500 000

Question 20

How many Starbucks outlets were there from the start to the end of the 90s?

Answer 20

From 100 to 2000

Question 21

When was the Korean War?

Answer 21

1950-53

Question 22

When did the Space Race start?

Answer 22

4th October 1957 - Sputnik 1 joins International Space Station

Question 23

When was the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks?

Answer 23

November 1969

Question 24

When was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

Answer 24

17th April 1961

Question 25

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 25

October 1962

Question 26

When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?

Answer 26

December 1979

Question 27

What was the issue with a bipolar world?

Answer 27

2 superpowers vying for power
Increased geopolitical risk as countries start to side with one of the global powers

Question 28

How many Chinese are living in Africa?

Answer 28

1 million

Question 29

What % of Chinese imports were mineral products from Africa in 2010?

Answer 29

80%

Question 30

How much worth of technology and intellectual property rights are stolen every year by China?

Answer 30

$300 billion

Question 31

How many Muslims did China lock up in concentration camps for re-education?

Answer 31

1 million

Question 32

What package, worth how much did G20 countries agree on>

Answer 32

‘Green stimulus package’
Worth $1.1 trillion

Question 33

BRICS are the only what, outside of the OECD countries?

Answer 33

$1 trillion economies

Question 34

What is the issue with the BRICS?

Answer 34

Cultural differences means a lack of common understanding, which limits the sharing of experinces

Question 35

Define neo-colonialism?

Answer 35

The use of investment, trade, and culture to influence independent countires instead of direct governance (soft power tactics)