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© HarperCollins Publishers 2010
Chronology – sense of period
What makes a great power?
© HarperCollins Publishers 2010
Chronology – sense of period
Objectives
In this activity you will:
Give examples of the features of a great power.
© HarperCollins Publishers 2010
Chronology – sense of period
What makes a great power?
Name all of the countries today you think we can call
‘great powers’.
Why did you give the list you did?
How do we measure ‘great powers’?
What great powers have there been throughout history?
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Chronology – sense of period
Britain 1919
In 1919, Britain was a great power – it had a huge Empire, which
included Australia and South Africa.
The navy was the most powerful in the world.
The first secretary of the League of Nations was British.
Britain had been the first country to industrialise.
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Chronology – sense of period
China 1919
In 1919, China was not a great power.
It no longer had an empire.
It was largely a rural, subsistence economy.
Some people looked to communism as a way to organise
their country.
Foreign countries controlled parts of China, eg Britain in
Hong Kong and Portugal in Macau.
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Chronology – sense of period
Britain today
The British Empire was dismantled in the 20th century.
Countries such as India and South Africa gained their
independence.
The Empire was replaced with an organisation, headed by the
Queen, called the Commonwealth.
Britain is a nuclear power.
The British armed services serve in conflicts across the world and
Britain is part of NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), a
military alliance based on Western Europe and North America.
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Chronology – sense of period
China today
China expanded in the second half of the 20th century. This was
as a result of military intervention in Tibet, and by the return of
territories such as Hong Kong and Macau from Western powers.
China is ruled by a Communist government.
It is a nuclear power, a member of the United Nations and is
also one of the five powers with permanent seats on the
Security Council.
The Chinese economy rapidly industrialised in the second half
of the 20th century and is now one of the three wealthiest
countries in the world.
China is home to more than one billion of the world’s population.
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Chronology – sense of period
What makes a great power?
By the 21st century, Britain and China had seemingly swapped
places. China is now of the three wealthiest countries in the world
and is home to more than one billion of the world’s population.
Britain no longer has an empire and has lost much of its
manufacturing basis, being more reliant on other industries
such as banking.
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Chronology – sense of period
What makes a great power?
Why do the ‘great powers’ of the world change?
Do you still consider Britain a ‘great power’?
Explain your view.