Edexcel A-Level Geography Human Systems and Geopolitics overview quiz quiz

A state or bloc able to project influence globally across economic, military, political and cultural dimensions

A country that simply has the largest land area, regardless of its economic or military strength on the world stage

A country that only exports food and raw commodities to the rest of the world

A state that maintains no armed forces of any kind at all

Hard power attracts others through culture and shared values, whereas soft power coerces them through military force and economic pressure

Hard power coerces through force or economic pressure; soft power attracts through culture, values and diplomacy

They are exactly the same thing under two different names

Soft power simply means possessing a large and well-equipped army

A move from many competing powers towards a single, globally dominant power, the reverse of what the terms describe

The complete collapse and end of all international institutions worldwide

A move from dominance by one superpower to several competing centres of power

A world that has no superpowers remaining in it at all

Gross national debt as a share of GDP

The Coriolis index of atmospheric flow

The KOF index of economic globalisation

The Human Development Index (HDI)

It ignores distribution, health, education and rights, so it can hide inequality

It is impossible to calculate reliably for any country, so it cannot be used at all

It only applies to the richest countries and cannot be worked out elsewhere

It actually measures average rainfall rather than national income

A sovereign state's absolute right to ignore the United Nations and act however it wishes within and beyond its borders

International intervention, including military force, to protect populations from mass atrocities

The closing of all of a country's borders

A state's right to refuse all incoming foreign aid

There is no difference between the two; the terms are interchangeable and both groups hold exactly the same legal status under international law

A refugee always moves abroad in search of higher wages and a better standard of living

A refugee flees persecution or conflict and has protected status; an economic migrant moves mainly for work or a better living standard

An economic migrant is someone fleeing war and persecution

The total resident population of a country, counted carefully across the whole of its national territory

The total value of all the trade a country does with the rest of the world each year

A country's formal membership of an international sports league or federation

The supreme authority of a state to govern itself within its territory without outside interference

Members accept common rules and rulings that can override some national policy choices

It has no effect on sovereignty at all, since membership is always entirely voluntary and non-binding

It gives the joining state complete control over the policies of its neighbouring states

It removes the need for the state to have any national government of its own

Because it always succeeds quickly and cleanly, restoring order and protecting civilians with very little cost or controversy

Because it can breach sovereignty, cause civilian casualties and leave instability despite good intentions

Because it is never actually used in practice

Because it carries no financial or human cost

By isolating countries from one another so that each develops its own culture entirely in isolation

By banning all forms of international travel between different countries

By spreading global media, consumer culture and migration that dilute distinct national cultures

By making every single country fully economically self-sufficient