FlashPoints Revision

What is a migrant?

• Someone fleeing persecution

• Someone voluntarily moving to a country, often for work purposes

• Someone who is considered a risk to public health and safety

• Someone who is facing danger in their own country so they move countries

What is a state as it relates to global politics?

• A region in a country like Victoria or Queensland

• A nation of people linked by history and ethnicity

• A political organisation with a centralised government that yields legitimate force over sovereign territory

• A regional grouping such as the United Nations or the European Union that presents multilateral influence

What is a 'superpower'?

• A very powerful and influential state that yields both hard and soft power globally

• A state that has access to nuclear weapons

• A state that has the world's largest economy at any given time

• A very powerful non government organisation that yields considerable influence across the globe

What is a refugee?

• A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

• A person who has been forced to leave their country due to the loss of work as a result of an economic disaster

• A person who wants to live in a new country but is unable to obtain a visa to do so

• A person who comes to another country by plane or by boat

What does NPT stand for?

• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

• Net Profit Total

• Nuclear Proliferation Treaty

• Nuclear Power Transnational Organisation

What is a third agenda issue?

• An issue that has significance for a national economy

• An issue that impacts various bodies around the globe

• An issue that can be solved by one state acting alone

• An issue that cannot be solved

Which IS NOT an example of a third agenda issue?

• Climate Change

• People Movement

• Nuclear Weapons

• Australia's national debt

What does multilateralism mean?

• Various states working together diplomatically to address issues

• Two states working together diplomatically to address issues

• One state working alone to address issues

• A complex and high level meeting between very important people

Which is NOT an aim of the United Nations?

• To maintain inter­national peace and security

• To ensure the stability of the international monetary system

• To encourage international cooperation in the spheres of social, economic and cultural development

• To develop friendly relations among nations on principles of equal rights and self- determination

What is terrorism?

• An act of mindless violence targeting civilians

• An act of violence committed by one state towards another state

• The unlawful use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.

• The deliberate and organised killing or eradication of a group of people based on ethnicity, sexuality or gender