Human Geography Superpowers

Question 1

Name a political quality of a superpower

Answer 1

Having a permanent seat on the UN security 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 county’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/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

Question 10

What was the USAs 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

$33billion

Question 15

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

Answer 15

$19billion

Question 16

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

Answer 16

4-5times

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

45million

Question 20

How many barrels of oil are there in the USA?

Answer 20

264billion

Question 21

How many barrels of oil are there in China?

Answer 21

20.3billion

Question 22

How many barrels of oil are there in Russia?

Answer 22

250billion

Question 23

What is hard power?

Answer 23

The ability of a country to use military force or economic influence to make another accept and 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 geo-strategic theory?

Answer 25

Halford Mackinder

Question 26

What are the three parts the world is divided into?

Answer 26

The world Island; Offshore Islands; Outlying islands

Question 27

What civilisations have used geostrategic theory?

Answer 27

Romans; Napoleon; Nazis

Question 28

What are the 4 multifaceted ways of exercising power?

Answer 28

Militarily; Politically; Economically; 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; Democracy

Question 31

What four things does the USSR represent?

Answer 31

Communism; Marxism; Cold war; 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

Oct-62

Question 35

What is a bipolar example of superpowers?

Answer 35

Cold war; 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

1.7million

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 v G20

Question 41

Which countries are in BRICS?

Answer 41

Brazil; Russia; India; China

Question 42

What is G20?

Answer 42

Westernised countries- top 20 economies

Question 43

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

Answer 43

BRICS

Question 44

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

Answer 44

G20

Question 45

Give three examples of China’s growing dominance

Answer 45

Exports increase; Infrastructure development; 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; No competition

Question 49

What four factors of environmental degradation is caused by superpowers?

Answer 49

Landscape Scarring; The built environment; Oil spills; 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; 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

$13.3billion

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; 2030

Question 60

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

Answer 60

339,000million

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

$5trillion

Question 64

Give an example of a rare earth

Answer 64

Neodymium (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

Farming is important to California because it produces what fraction of the country’s fruit and nuts?

Answer 66

02-Mar

Question 67

How much of the world’s gas is undiscovered?

Answer 67

30%

Question 68

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

Answer 68

13%

Question 69

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

Answer 69

200miles

Question 70

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

Answer 70

2007

Question 71

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

Answer 71

Xuelong

Question 72

Why is there tension over oil?

Answer 72

Demand is high; Ambiguity over possession

Question 73

Why is there conflict over production of goods?

Answer 73

Counterfeiting

Question 74

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

Answer 74

32

Question 75

How much does counterfeiting cost G20 countries a year?

Answer 75

$85billion

Question 76

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

Answer 76

Japan and China

Question 77

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

Answer 77

2006/2009

Question 78

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

Answer 78

30%

Question 79

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

Answer 79

20

Question 80

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

Answer 80

200,000

Question 81

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

Answer 81

6780

Question 82

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

Answer 82

$3billion

Question 83

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

Answer 83

$2billion-$3billion

Question 84

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

Answer 84

2250km

Question 85

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

Answer 85

3350km

Question 86

Give three factors that are challenges to superpowers?

Answer 86

Radicalisation; Cultural differences; Nationalism

Question 87

What six factors cause instability in the middle east?

Answer 87

Religion; Resources; Oil/Gas; Governance; Youth; History

Question 88

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

Answer 88

65%