Edexcel A-Level Geography - PAPER 2 - Superpowers EQ1 Revision Work Booklet

Edexcel A-Level Geography Superpowers EQ1 Revision Work Booklet

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7.1 Geopolitical power stems from a range of human and physical characteristics of superpowers.

• What is a superpower?
• Where did superpowers originate from?
• Who are the world’s biggest superpowers?
• Hyperpower/ Emerging power/ regional power
• Pillars of power (Economic, Military, political, cultural and resources)
• Comparing superpower status
• Weaknesses in Superpowers
• Hard and Soft Power (Strengths and weaknesses of each)
• Mackinder’s Heartland Theory

7.2 Changing patterns and polarity

• Unipolar/ Bipolar and Multipolar world
• Colonialism and the British Empire.
• How was the British Empire justified? (Modernism, Evangelism and social Darwinism)
• What led to the collapse of the British Empire
• Post colonial era and neo-colonialism
• Cold War
• Spheres of Influence
• Hegemony and cultural hegemony

7.3 Emerging powers

• Rostow Take off model
• Dependency Theory
• World Systems Theory
• BRICs and will China become the next superpower?
• Who are the MINT nations?
• What is the G20?
• What is the United Nations Climate Change Conference?