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.

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SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2017

STUDENT NUMBER

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SECTION A – continued

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

1.

2.

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.