Unit 3

Question 1

National Interest

Answer 1

Countries make choices to help themselves. These choices change depending on what’s happening. They focus on money and jobs, safety, and beliefs and culture

Question 2

Economic Prosperity

Answer 2

Making sure people have jobs and can buy what they need.

Question 3

Security & Safety

Answer 3

Keeping people safe from danger.

Question 4

Peacekeeping

Answer 4

Soldiers stand in the middle to stop fights.

Question 5

Peacemaking

Answer 5

Soldiers fight when needed, not just to defend themselves.

Question 6

Beliefs & Values

Answer 6

Protecting what people believe in and their way of life.

Question 7

Arctic Sovereignty

Answer 7

Some countries (like Canada, the U.S., and Russia) want to own parts of the Arctic because there are treasures like oil, gold, and a new path for boats.

Question 8

Russia’s Claim (2007)

Answer 8

Russia put a flag under the Arctic Ocean to say, “This is ours!” but other countries disagreed.

Question 9

Ocean Rules (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea)

Answer 9

There are rules about who owns parts of the ocean.

Question 10

International Waters

Answer 10

After a certain distance from land, no one owns the water.

Question 11

Seabed Authority

Answer 11

A group that checks if a country can have more ocean land.

Question 12

Government Policy

Answer 12

A country’s plan to make good choices for the future.