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WorksheetsGlobal Politics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Power is...
The ability to effect change
Diplomacy
The growth of states to hegemony
The way in which states interact
What is a state?
Refers to groups of people claiming common bonds based on culture, language and history.
An entity that possesses a permanent population, defined territory and recognised sovereignty.
A region within a country, like Victoria or New South Wales in Australia
Legitimate or widely recognised ability to exercise effective control of a territory within recognised borders.
What is a nation?
Refers to groups of people claiming common bonds based on culture, language and history.
An entity that possesses a permanent population, defined territory and recognised sovereignty.
A country like Australia.
A group of states with recognised history, like Europe.
Which of the following is an example of a nation, but not a state?
France
North Korea
The Kurds
Hong Kong
This characterises a state's independence, its ability to govern itself and control over its own territory.
Interdependence
Human Rights
Development
Sovereignty
What are the main two aims of a state?
Pursue profit and please shareholders
Protect sovereignty and pursue its national interests
Uphold human rights and justice
Maintain peace and encourage international cooperation
TRUE OR FALSE: While states draw power from their sovereignty, a state's power is often relative to its size, its economy, its military and its international relationships.
True
False
Soft Power refers to
the use of force to coerce others
coercion through spying and propaganda
shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction.
asking nicely
Soft Power refers to
the use of force to coerce others
shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction.
coercion through spying and propaganda
asking nicely
Which is NOT an example of hard power?
An alliance
APCs (armoured personnel carriers)
UCAVs (unmanned combat aerial vehicles)
Tactical nukes
...is a coercive approach to international political relations, especially one that involves the use of military power.
Hard Power
Soft Power
Smart Power
All the above
is its ability to make friends and influence people not through military might, but through its most attractive assets, notably culture, education, language and values. In short, it’s the things that make people love a country rather than fear it, things that are often the products of people, institutions and culture rather than governments.
Hard Power
Soft Power
Smart Power
All of the above
involves the strategic use of diplomacy, persuasion, capacity building, and the projection of power and influence in ways that are cost-effective and have political and social legitimacy – essentially the engagement of both military force and all forms of diplomacy.
Hard Power
Soft Power
Smart Power
All of the above
is multiple countries working together on a given issue.
Multilateralism
Unilateralism
The principle that within its territorial boundaries the state is the supreme political authority, and that outside those boundaries the state recognizes no higher political authority.
Legitimacy
Rule of Law
Sovereignty
Supranational Organization
is about states governing themselves independently. States have full responsibility for, and power over, what happens within their borders.
Internal Sovereignty
External Sovereignty
is about how states interact externally with other states and international organizations.
Internal Sovereignty
External Sovereignty
refers to an actor or an action being commonly considered acceptable and provides the fundamental basis or rationale for all forms of governance and other ways of exercising power over others.
Sovereignty
Legitimacy
Rule of Law
All of the above
______Which of the following best describe sovereignty?
Consolidation of power at the national level.
The process of uniting a nation that is split between different states.
State shifting power from the national gov’t to the regional gov’t
The authority of a state to govern itself.
Identify two ways in which advancements in technology have challenged the sovereignty of a state.
