International Issues

An SQA Higher Modern Studies answer on a significant world issue, covering how to define the issue, its causes, its effects on individuals and countries, and the wider impact it has on the world, using conflict, terrorism, poverty or disease as examples.

An SQA Higher Modern Studies answer on the USA as a world power, covering its economic, military, political and cultural influence, its role in international organisations such as the UN and NATO, and its relationships with allies and rivals around the world.

An SQA Higher Modern Studies answer on international responses to a world issue, covering the responses of individual countries and international organisations such as the UN, NATO, the EU and NGOs, and an evaluation of how effective these responses are.

An SQA Higher Modern Studies answer on the political system of the USA, covering the separation of powers between the President, Congress and the Supreme Court, the system of checks and balances, federalism, and how citizens participate in US politics.

An SQA Higher Modern Studies answer on social and economic issues in the USA, covering income and wealth inequality, poverty, differences between ethnic groups in health, education and employment, and the government responses that try to tackle them.