Exam code: 9GE0
Study Figure 1 below.
Spending (US$ billion) | ||
|---|---|---|
Country | 2000 | 2017 |
Brazil | 11 | 29 |
China | 23 | 205 |
India | 14 | 64 |
Japan | 46 | 45 |
Russia | 9 | 66 |
UK | 35 | 47 |
USA | 301 | 615 |
Total military spending | 439 | 1071 |
Figure 1
Military spending by selected countries
Calculate the percentage (%) increase in military spending for the USA between 2000 and 2017.
Give your answer to one decimal place. You must show your working.
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Explain one reason for the emergence of a multipolar world.
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Study Figure 1.
Brazil | China | India | Russia | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population (million) | 208 | 1,371 | 1,311 | 144 | 55 |
Rank | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Weighted rank (Rank x1) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
GDP per capita ($) | 8,500 | 8,027 | 1,598 | 9,092 | 5,724 |
Rank | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Weighted rank (Rank x2) | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Military spending ($ billion) | 25 | 215 | 51 | 66 | 3 |
Rank | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Weighted rank (Rank x1) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
% of population with access to improved sanitation | 83 | 77 | 40 | 76 | 66 |
Rank | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Weighted rank (Rank x1) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Number of films produced in country | 35 | 610 | 1900 | 14 | 19 |
Rank | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Weighted rank (Rank x0.5) | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | ||
Overall score | 13.5 | 20.5 | 13.5 |
Ranks are from 1 – 5, where 1 is the highest and 5 is the lowest.
Figure 1
A table comparing emerging powers using selected data, with weighted ranks, for 2015
Complete the table by filling in the four blank boxes in the final two rows.
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Study Figure 1 below.
Spending (US$ billion) | ||
|---|---|---|
Country | 2000 | 2017 |
Brazil | 11 | 29 |
China | 23 | 205 |
India | 14 | 64 |
Japan | 46 | 45 |
Russia | 9 | 66 |
UK | 35 | 47 |
USA | 301 | 615 |
Total military spending | 439 | 1071 |
Figure 1
Military spending by selected countries
Calculate the ratio of USA to China's military spending in 2017.
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Explain why defence spending is seen as crucial to the development of superpower status.
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Study Figure 1 below.
Spending (US$ billion) | ||
|---|---|---|
Country | 2000 | 2017 |
Brazil | 11 | 29 |
China | 23 | 205 |
India | 14 | 64 |
Japan | 46 | 45 |
Russia | 9 | 66 |
UK | 35 | 47 |
USA | 301 | 615 |
Total military spending | 439 | 1071 |
Figure 1
Military spending by selected countries
Identify the country that had the fastest rate of growth in military spending between 2000 and 2017.
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Explain one reason why the USA is considered a superpower.
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Explain one way in which superpowers use soft power to maintain their influence.
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Explain one reason for the emergence of a more multi-polar world.
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Study Figure 1 below.
Spending (US$ billion) | ||
|---|---|---|
Country | 2000 | 2017 |
Brazil | 11 | 29 |
China | 23 | 205 |
India | 14 | 64 |
Japan | 46 | 45 |
Russia | 9 | 66 |
UK | 35 | 47 |
USA | 301 | 615 |
Total military spending | 439 | 1071 |
Figure 1
Military spending by selected countries
Assess the view that hard power is essential in achieving superpower status.
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Study Figure 1.
Brazil | China | India | Russia | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population (million) | 208 | 1,371 | 1,311 | 144 | 55 |
Rank | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Weighted rank (Rank x1) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
GDP per capita ($) | 8,500 | 8,027 | 1,598 | 9,092 | 5,724 |
Rank | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Weighted rank (Rank x2) | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Military spending ($ billion) | 25 | 215 | 51 | 66 | 3 |
Rank | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Weighted rank (Rank x1) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
% of population with access to improved sanitation | 83 | 77 | 40 | 76 | 66 |
Rank | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Weighted rank (Rank x1) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Number of films produced in country | 35 | 610 | 1900 | 14 | 19 |
Rank | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Weighted rank (Rank x0.5) | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
Overall score | 13.5 | 11 | 20.5 | 13.5 | 24 |
Ranks are from 1 – 5, where 1 is the highest and 5 is the lowest.
Figure 1
A table comparing emerging powers using selected data, with weighted ranks, for 2015
Assess the view that Figure 1 gives an accurate summary of the relative strength of these emerging powers.
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Assess the strengths and weaknesses of emerging powers in challenging for superpower status.
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Assess the importance of hard power in maintaining the status of superpowers.
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Assess the relative importance of hard power and soft power in maintaining superpower status.
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Assess the view that economic strength is the most important factor in determining a country's superpower status.
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Assess the usefulness of development theories in explaining changing patterns of global power.
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