Unit 6: Global Risks and Resilience (HL)
Topic 6.1: Geopolitical and economic risks Questions
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A major risk created by new digital technologies is…
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A just-in-time supply chain is fragile because…
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A chokepoint such as the Suez Canal is a risk because…
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Financial contagion in a connected world means that…
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Explain two cyber-security risks that arise from the global movement of data.
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Explain why over-dependence on a single supplier is a risk for global supply chains.
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Explain why deeper global interconnection tends to increase systemic risk.
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The judgement examiners reward on which risk is greatest is that it…
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Explain how the interconnection of financial systems can transmit an economic shock from one country to others.
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Examine the economic problems that global interactions bring, such as global shift, deindustrialization, outsourcing, tax avoidance and widening inequality.
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Discuss the geopolitical and economic risks created by new communications technologies.
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Examine how the severity of two contrasting risks to global supply chains can differ by scale, timescale and viewpoint.
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Analyse the economic risks that the interconnection of financial systems and supply chains creates.
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Evaluate which risks created by global interactions pose the greatest threat to people and places.
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Analyse the economic risks that technologies such as automation and AI create, and how these risks vary between places.
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