SQA Higher Modern Studies International Issues overview quiz quiz

A very small economy that carries little weight at all in global trade or world finance

No standing military forces of any kind to project power overseas

No international alliances or partnerships with other countries at all

One of the largest economies and the dollar as the leading world currency

It is a permanent member of the Security Council with a veto

It has no role whatsoever in the work of the United Nations

It can only observe debates and is not allowed to vote on anything

It leads the World Food Programme and takes no part in other UN work

Its nuclear weapons and the strength of its armed forces overseas

Cultural influence through films, music, technology and brands

Its very large defence budget and spending on military hardware

Its huge land area and the natural resources found within it

The Crown, the House of Lords and the House of Commons

The First Minister, the Scottish Parliament and its committees

The President, Congress and the Supreme Court

The federal level, the state level and local councils only

By appointing the Supreme Court justices entirely on its own

By dissolving the fifty states and removing their governments

It cannot check the President in any way under the constitution

By overriding a veto and by impeaching the President

Power is divided between the federal government and the fifty states

All power is held by the President alone, with no checks on it at all

It means that Scotland is given its own devolved parliament

There are no state governments and everything is run centrally

Everyone earns exactly the same income with no gap between rich and poor

Wide income and wealth inequality, with millions living in poverty

No private companies are allowed to exist anywhere in the country

There is no health care of any kind available to ordinary people

It has a fully universal free system, paid from taxation, just like the UK NHS

Health care is illegal and cannot be provided to anyone in the country

It has no fully universal system, so many rely on private insurance

Only the federal government is permitted to provide any health care at all

A single, simple cause that on its own fully explains the conflict

A strong, stable and well funded government that is widely trusted by all of its people

No causes at all, with the conflict simply arising out of nowhere

Competition for resources or power, ethnic or religious tension and weak government

By authorising peacekeeping and delivering humanitarian aid through its agencies

It cannot respond in any way and has no powers to act on world issues

By invading every country involved and taking direct control of them

By permanently replacing national governments with officials chosen by the UN itself

It has unlimited funding available and can pay in full for any response that it chooses to make

Action can be blocked by a Security Council veto and limited by funding and cooperation

Every country always cooperates fully with whatever the UN asks of it

There are no limits at all on what the United Nations is able to do

They command national armies and direct military operations themselves

They sit on the UN Security Council and hold a veto over its decisions

They deliver food, shelter and medical relief directly to people on the ground

They impose economic sanctions and trade bans on countries that breach international law