IB GLOBAL POLITICS UNIT 1 POWER, SOVEREIGNTY Final Exam Q&A

IB GLOBAL POLITICS UNIT 1 POWER, SOVEREIGNTY Final Exam Q&A POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-the ability of one person/country to get another person/country to act in accordance with the first person's intentions HARD POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-The reliance on coercive economic and military strength to solve international problems. SOFT POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-The reliance on diplomacy and negotiation to solve international problems. SMART POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-Combination of hard power of coercion and payment with soft power of persuasion and attraction ECONOMIC POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-Gaining power and influence by creating a strong economy to create economic force and impose dependencies on other nations STRUCTURAL POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-Where one state influences the political ideas, structures and frameworks of another nation, region (e.g. old USSR and its satellite states) RELATIONAL POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-Where nations build relations with other nations in order to influence them SOCIAL AND CULTURAL POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-Influencing other nations be exporting their cultural and social mores (e.g. coco-colonization by US) CYBER POWER - CORRECT ANSWER-Empowering people (and states) via the internet (e.g. twitter campaigns) POLARITY - CORRECT ANSWER-How power is divided between the world's nations UNIPOLARITY - CORRECT ANSWER-Where one nation controls most global power (e.g. Britain in the time of its empire) MULTIPOLARITY - CORRECT ANSWER-Where many nations control the global power BIPOLARITY - CORRECT ANSWER-Where two nations control global power (e.g. US and British Empire in first part of 20th century