Superpowers

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1922-1991, 15 countries, first communist country, US proxy wars, nuclear weapons + Space wars, 290 million population, outdated navy, communist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