GCSECitizenship StudiesAQAExam Questions2. Life in Modern Britain2.4 The UK's Role in International Organisations

The UK's Role in International Organisations (AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies): Exam Questions

Exam code: 8100

1 hour26 questions
1
1 mark

Which of the following is part of the United Nations?

  • G8

  • NATO

  • The Commonwealth

  • The General Assembly

Choose your answer

2
8 marks

‘The United Kingdom should no longer be a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.’

Considering a range of views, to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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3
1 mark

Which international organisation is the General Assembly part of?

  • Council of Europe

  • European Union (EU)

  • NATO

  • United Nations (UN)

Choose your answer

4
1 mark

Name an agency of the United Nations (UN).

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5
2 marks

Explain the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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6
4 marks

Source C

The UK and the European Union (EU)

In 2022, leading Brexit supporter Lord Wolfson claimed that the UK economy was suffering from a labour shortage.

The Conservative Party peer said this labour shortage was caused by a lack of foreign workers following Brexit. He said:

“We have got people queuing up to come to this country – to pick crops that are rotting in fields and to work in warehouses that otherwise wouldn’t be open. But we’re not letting people in.”

Discuss the ongoing implications of the UK’s former membership of the EU.

Refer to Source C in your answer.

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7
1 mark

Which of the following is a non-governmental organisation (NGO)?

  • Foreign Office

  • Manchester City Council

  • Plaid Cymru

  • Red Cross/Red Crescent

Choose your answer

8
8 marks

‘NGOs are more effective at responding to humanitarian crises than governments.’

Considering a range of views, to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

How did you do?

9
1 mark

Which of the following states the aims of the United Nations (UN)?

  • UN Charter

  • UN Commission

  • UN Constitution

  • UN Convention

Choose your answer

10
1 mark

Define the term ‘hard power’.

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11
2 marks

Explain how mediation can be used as a way to resolve international disputes and conflicts.

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12
4 marks

Source C

Making sanctions effective

Sanctions are a method to resolving international disputes and conflicts. However, some criticise them for not being effective because:

• those in power, in countries against which sanctions are operated, may respond by becoming more oppressive; those who oppose their rule are often targeted
• sanctions often hurt the poor and not those in power
• sanctions are not enforced consistently.

With reference to Source C, discuss how sanctions could be made more effective

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13
1 mark

Which international organisation did the UK leave in 2020?

  • The Commonwealth

  • The Council of Europe

  • The European Union

  • The World Trade Organization

Choose your answer

14
1 mark

Which international organisation is the World Health Organization an agency of?

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15
2 marks

Explain the purpose of NATO.

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16
4 marks

Source C

Syrian civil war

According to the UN, the Syrian civil war has left 13 million people in need of humanitarian help.

The war has left thousands dead and destroyed hospitals, houses, roads, power supplies and clean water supplies.

Around 6.5 million people have had to leave their homes. Many have had to find shelter in hard-to-reach areas.

With reference to Source C, describe how a non-governmental organisation (NGO) might respond to this humanitarian crisis.

How did you do?

17
1 mark

Which organisation is the European Council part of?

  • The European Commission

  • The European Court of Justice

  • The European Parliament

  • The European Union

Choose your answer

18
8 marks

‘The most effective way for the UK to play a major international role would be to increase international aid.’

Considering a range of views, to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

In your answer you should consider:

  • the UK government’s decision-making about the allocation of public funding

  • the range of methods used to resolve international disputes and conflicts

  • the UK’s role in international organisations.

How did you do?

19
1 mark

Which of the following has its own currency?

  • The Council of Europe

  • The European Union

  • The United Nations

  • The World Trade Organisation

Choose your answer

20
1 mark

Identify one role the UK has in the Commonwealth.

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21
2 marks

Explain the term ‘veto’.

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22
4 marks

Source C

The United Nations

The main aims of the United Nations (UN) are to:

  • maintain international peace

  • solve international problems.

One way the UN achieves its aims is by using military force.

Because the UN does not have its own army, countries including the UK provide soldiers for its peacekeeping missions.

These soldiers wear UN blue berets. This is to show that they are under UN control.

Discuss ways, not mentioned in Source C, that the United Nations uses to achieve its aims.

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23
1 mark

Which of the following has an elected parliament?

  • The Commonwealth

  • The European Union

  • The United Nations

  • The World Trade Organisation

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24
1 mark

Name the organisation which created the European Convention on Human Rights.

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25
2 marks

Identify two methods used by the UK to resolve international conflicts.

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4 marks

Source C

Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

In March 2019 Cyclone Idai caused massive flooding in Mozambique. Large areas were left without communications, without power and without clean water.

Houses and crops disappeared beneath six metres of flood water. Roads and bridges were also destroyed by the flooding. The survivors had to find shelter from the flood on rooftops and in trees. An eyewitness said the effects of the flood were “like living through a full-scale war”.

The economic cost of the flood also halted progress in reducing poverty in Mozambique.

With reference to Source C, describe how an NGO might respond to this humanitarian crisis.

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