Human Rights & Intervention (Edexcel A Level Geography): Exam Questions

Exam code: 9GE0

3 hours16 questions
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4 marks

Explain one way in which development aid can be used to improve human rights.

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4 marks

Explain one reason why a trade embargo may be used as a geopolitical intervention.

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4 marks

Explain one reason why supplying military aid to countries with poor human rights records is controversial.

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4 marks

Explain one way in which large-scale economic development can harm the human rights of minority groups.

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4 marks

Explain one reason why non-governmental organisations (NGOs) tend to favour peaceful forms of intervention.

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Explain why economic development may have negative impacts on minority groups and the environments where they live.

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Explain how development aid can be used to improve human rights.

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6 marks

Study Figure 1, which shows development aid given by selected donor countries.

Bar chart of aid as share of GDP: Germany 0.6%, USA 0.2%, UK 0.7%, Sweden 1.0%, with UN target at 0.7% marked by a dashed line.
Figure 1 - The amount of aid given as % of GDP

Suggest why some countries provide more development aid than others.

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6 marks

Study Figure 1, which shows the reduction in deaths from malaria.

Line graph for the world showing a steady fall from about 80 in 2000 to around 58 in 2014, then a slight rise to roughly 60 by 2020.
Figure 1 - Global malaria cases 2000 to 2020

Suggest why development aid has been effective in reducing deaths from diseases such as malaria.

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8 marks

Explain how a government's stance on human rights can be undermined by its own actions.

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8 marks

Explain why some forms of geopolitical intervention are favoured more than others.

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Evaluate the view that development aid has been largely ineffective in reducing inequalities in developing countries.

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Evaluate the view that economic development always has negative consequences for minority groups.

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Evaluate the view that global differences in human rights inevitably result in geopolitical interventions.

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20 marks

Evaluate the view that geopolitical interventions are always controversial.

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20 marks

Evaluate the view that direct military intervention is the most effective way of improving levels of human development.