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GLOBAL POLITICSWritten examination
Monday 20 November 2017 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookSection Number of
questionsNumber of questions
to be answeredNumber of
marks
A 12 12 60B 4 1 20
Total 80
• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpenersandrulers.
• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.
• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.
Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof20pages• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.
Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• Studentsareremindedthatthefocusoftheirresponsesneedstobeon21st-centuryexamplesand
casestudies.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2017
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2017
STUDENT NUMBER
Letter
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Global actors
Question 1 (5marks)
a. Identifytheintergovernmentalorganisationbestdescribedbythewordsabove. 1mark
b. Identifyoneroleofthisintergovernmentalorganisation. 1mark
c. Explainonelimitationofthepowerofthisintergovernmentalorganisation. 3marks
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
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Question 2 (5marks)a. Define‘sovereignty’asitrelatestothestudyofglobalpolitics. 2marks
b. Identifyanissueoracrisisthatrequiresmultilateralresolutionandexplainhowattemptsatresolutionhavechallengedstatesovereignty. 3marks
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Question 3 (5marks)Identifyonespecificnon-stateactorthatisalegalorganisationandexplaintheextenttowhichthisorganisationusespublicopiniontoachieveitsaims.
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Power in the Asia-Pacific region
Inthissectionoftheexamination:• oneofthefollowingfiveAsia-Pacificstatesmustbeusedasthefocusforallresponses:
Australia,China,Indonesia,JapanortheUnitedStatesofAmerica• thetypesofpowerusedbyaspecificAsia-PacificstatemustbewithintheAsia-Pacificregion.
SelectedAsia-Pacificstate
Question 4 (6marks)a. Provideoneexampleoftheuseofdiplomaticpowerbyyourselectedstate. 1mark
b. Explainhowtheuseofmilitarypowerbyyourselectedstateshapesregionalrelationships. 5marks
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Question 5 (4marks)Explainhowyourselectedstateuseseithertradeoraidasaforeignpolicyinstrumenttoachieveaspecificelementofitsnationalinterest.
Question 6 (5marks)Identifyonefactorthatshapesaspecificnationalinterestwithinyourselectedstateandexplainhowthatfactorshapesdifferentinterpretationsofthatnationalinterest.
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Ethical issues and debates
Theethicalissuesforthissectionoftheexaminationare:• humanrights• peoplemovement• development• armscontrolanddisarmament.
Question 7 (2marks)Definetheterm‘justice’asitrelatestothestudyofglobalpolitics.
Question 8 (5marks)a. Identifyaspecificinternationaltreatyrelatedtooneoftheethicalissuesabove. 1mark
b. Describeonereasonfortheadoptionofthetreatyidentifiedinpart a. 2marks
c. Outlineonedifficultyinenforcingtheprovisionsofthetreatyidentifiedinpart a. 2marks
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Question 9 (4marks)Selectoneethicalissuethatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
Ethicalissue
Explainhowaspecificresponsebyaglobalactortothisethicalissueisarealistresponse.
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Question 10 (4marks)Fromthetablebelow,selectadebaterelatedtoanethicalissuethatyouhavestudiedthisyear.TheethicalissuemustbedifferentfromtheoneselectedinQuestion9.
Ethical issue Debate
humanrights justificationsforintervention
peoplemovement disputesoverrefugeeresettlement
development economicself-determinationversusglobalisation
armscontrolanddisarmament internationalsecurityversusstatesecurity
Ethicalissueanddebate
Explaintwoperspectivesofthedebaterelatedtothisethicalissue.
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Global crises
Theglobalcrisesforthissectionoftheexaminationare:• climatechange• armedconflict• terrorism• economicinstability.
Question 11 (9marks)Selectoneglobalcrisisthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
Globalcrisis
a. Explaintwocausesofthisglobalcrisis. 4marks
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b. Analysetheeffectivenessofoneproposedsolutiontothisglobalcrisis. 5marks
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Question 12 (6marks)Selectanotherglobalcrisisthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.ThecrisismustbedifferentfromtheoneselectedinQuestion11.
Globalcrisis
Comparetheresponsesoftwoglobalactorstoone exampleofthisglobalcrisis.
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Question 1 (20marks)‘Transnationalcorporationsarethemostpowerfulglobalactorsinthe21stcentury.’
Discuss.
OR
Question 2 (20marks)EvaluatethesuccessofaspecificAsia-Pacificstateinachievingat least threeofitsnationalinterests.OneofthefollowingfiveAsia-Pacificstatesmustbeused:Australia,China,Indonesia,JapanortheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
OR
Question 3 (20marks)‘Cosmopolitanismprovidestheonlyeffectiveframeworkforrespondingtoethicalissues.’
Discusswithreferencetoat least oneethicalissuethatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
OR
Question 4 (20marks)‘Unilateralismismoreeffectivethaninternationalcooperationinresolvingglobalcrises.’
Discusswithreferencetotwoglobalcrisesthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
SECTION B
Instructions for Section BWriteanessayononeofthefollowingquestionsinthespaceprovided.
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Question no.
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Extra space for responses
Clearly number all responses in this space.
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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.