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Superpower Criteria

POPULATION | SIZE | MILITARY STRENGTH | RELIGIONECONOMIC STRENGTH

Connecting the Learning

What do you remember about this country’s position in the world order?

Use the criteria below to help!

Superpower Criteria

POPULATION | SIZE | MILITARY STRENGTH | RELIGIONECONOMIC STRENGTH

Connecting the Learning

What do you remember about this country’s position in the world order?

Use the criteria below to help!

Superpower Criteria

POPULATION | SIZE | MILITARY STRENGTH | RELIGIONECONOMIC STRENGTH

Connecting the Learning

What do you remember about this country’s position in the world order?

Use the criteria below to help!

Superpower Criteria

POPULATION | SIZE | MILITARY STRENGTH | RELIGIONECONOMIC STRENGTH

Connecting the Learning

What do you remember about this country’s position in the world order?

Use the criteria below to help!

Superpower Criteria

POPULATION | SIZE | MILITARY STRENGTH | RELIGIONECONOMIC STRENGTH

Connecting the Learning

What do you remember about this country’s position in the world order?

Use the criteria below to help!

Superpower Criteria

POPULATION | SIZE | MILITARY STRENGTH | RELIGIONECONOMIC STRENGTH

Connecting the Learning

What do you remember about this country’s position in the world order?

Use the criteria below to help!

Superpower Criteria

POPULATION | SIZE | MILITARY STRENGTH | RELIGIONECONOMIC STRENGTH

Connecting the Learning

What do you remember about this union’s position in the world order?

Use the criteria below to help!

Superpower Geographies

1. Superpower Geographies a) defining superpowers b) influencing power b) changing patterns of power c) theories explaining the growth of superpowers

Learning Objectives:

• To know the four main ways that superpowers exercise their power

• To be able to give specific examples of exercised power

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How do superpowers exercise their power?

Economic Power

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Wealth allows superpowers to export their power around the world, buy resources and influence trade patterns.

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Source:

Forbes, 2008

The world’s top ten richest companies.

Where do you think these companies originate?

Five of the the top 10 richest companies are from the USA.

776 of the top 2000 are from the USA.

The USA has the world’s most powerful military machine and this is geographically widespread.

45% of all world spending on military is by the U.S.A.

•Nuclear Weapons

•Army Personnel

•Satellite Technology

•Spies

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Military Power

Cultural Power

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/dec/11/british-culture-english-language-quidditch

What is cultural power?

What examples of cultural power are illustrated in the article?

What other examples of cultural power can you think of?

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Geographical Power

This is the sphere of influence a superpower has.

What geographical power is identified in these images?

Criteria for defining a superpower

Military PowerEconomic PowerCultural PowerGeographical Power

How do each of these powers affect each other?

Which of these is the most important? Why?Think!Japan holds the world’s second largest economy and almost half of the world’s top 100 companies are Japanese. What reason could you think of which might explain why Japan is not a “superpower”?

Exam Question

Giving examples, explain how superpowers can exert their influence.

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