All IB Global Politics DEFINITIONS Final Questions and Answers

All IB Global Politics DEFINITIONS Final Questions and Answers Power - CORRECT ANSWER-The ability of one global actor to influence the actions of another global actor Non Government Organisations - CORRECT ANSWER-Specialised organisations, agencies and groups commited to promoting a range of issues, such as protection of the environment, ending human rights abuses or promoting the status of women Globalisation - CORRECT ANSWER-The acceleration and intensification of exchanges of goods, services, labour and capital which promote global interdependence State - CORRECT ANSWER-Traditionally the central actors in international relations, states posses a permanent population, defined territory and recognised sovereignty Nation - CORRECT ANSWER-Groups of people claiming common bonds based on culture, language and history Nation-state - CORRECT ANSWER-Political social grouping in which people within territorial boundaries, with recognised sovereignty, have common bonds based on culture, language and history Soveriegnty - CORRECT ANSWER-A legitimate or widely- recognised ability to apply effective control of a territory within recognised borders Economic sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER-The power of national governments to make decisions independently of those made by other governments with regards to their economy Transnational corporation - CORRECT ANSWER-A company whose operations and investments extend beyond the boundaries of the state in which it is registered. Also referred to as a multi-national corporation Cultural sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER-The power of national governments to make decisions independently to protect and develpo the state's national cultural expression Third-Agenda issues - CORRECT ANSWER-Issues which affect a number of states at any one time and so require a joint action action to be resolved. Examples include, global warming, migration and terrorism Terrorism - CORRECT ANSWER-The threatened or actual use of violence to achieve politcal objectives Convention - CORRECT ANSWER-A set of agreed or generally accepted standards or norms governing behaviour and interaction betweeen global actors Crimes against humanity - CORRECT ANSWER-Defined by the Nuremburg trials to include murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhuman acts against the civilian population during war time National interest - CORRECT ANSWER-Outlines the goals and objectives of foreign policy and is used as an all-embracing concept to justify policy preferences and actions Internationalism - CORRECT ANSWER-Emphasises the similarities and links between people. Stresses a common humanity beyond national boundaries and promotes the need for cooperative solutions to common challenges GDP - CORRECT ANSWER-Gross Domestic Product Calculated by measuring the total value of all goods and services produced annually by a society domestically Global Governance - CORRECT ANSWER-Institutions, rules, norms and legal arrangementsthat seek to facilitate cooperat