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Cards (23)
Size
Russia =
17
million
km2
USA =
1.33
million troops (3rd largest military)
Resources
Middle
East
has
50
% of the world's
oil-rich
resources
Culture
Mcdonaldisation
Westernisation
Queen's Death
Hard power
Ukraine
,
Russia
+
Crimea
EU
27
members,
free trade
Suez
Canal
Crisis:
Israel,
France,
UK
placed
airstrikes
on
Egypt
1956
British
Empire
1700-1930
,
overspent
on World War
2
, Royal
Navy
dominated
China
1.4
billion population,
94
% live in the east,
Three Gorges Dam
to transfer
water north
to
south
USSR
1922-1991
,
15
countries, first
communist
country,
US
proxy
wars,
nuclear
weapons +
Space
wars,
290
million population,
outdated
navy,
communist
Neo-colonialism
India
into
Ethiopia
=
€70
pay a day
USA
342 million
population,
television
presence
Brazil
60
% rainforest,
football
, large
oil
reserves,
Corruption
India
4th
largest
Military
,
1.417
billion population,
ageing
IMF
190
countries, USA -
Bretton Woods
WTO
1995
set up,
Geneva
, Aim to Improve
trade
by
6
% in
50
years
World Bank
189
countries,
Washington
, makes
profit
ASEAN
10
countries,
660
million consumers, Accelerate
growth
WEF
Geneva
,
resolve
disputes
WWF
100
countries, protect
species
NATO
1949
, leads
peace
, attack on
one
member-attack
all
Arctic Circle
200
mile
radius
Offshore
zone,
Ice melts
= more to
exploit,
Russia
,
Canada,
Denmark,
Norway,
USA
Japan vs Russia
Japan lost
Kuril Islands
after
WWII
Palestine vs Israel
Gaza Strip
,
2
miles, Israel wants it,
Hamas
(a terrorist group) controls it, lack of
water
in Gaza