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Reading Quiz
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True f…complex
True
True f…some have more than others
True
False, they are playing increasingly important roles throughout the past decades.
False, not all states are equally concerned with the effects of globalization.
True
False. Not everyone supports this idea.
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9. F -The most powerful branch of the UN is the General Assembly. (Security Council)
10. -False . They don’t all abide by them, but they are suppose to.
11. a. Britain
b. France
c. Iraq
d. U.S.
12. a. Since Canada is a coastal country, it retains the right to control a certain amount of the
surrounding waters
b. Canada was content to abide by the law because it gave it a lot of control over a large
amount of ocean
c. The government does not want control over the entire continental shelf of the Grand
Banks area
d. Many Newfoundlanders have become extremely rich from fishing in the waters
13. Countries want to increase the plant life and thus, the fish life in this area
b. Countries want to seek ways to stop the environmental pollution of the area
c. Countries want to prove that their continental shelves are geographically linked to the
Arctic seabed
d. Countries want to prove that other countries' shelves are not geographically linked to
the seabed
14. Which of the following would NOT be an example of tied aid?
a. Issuing credit on the understanding that the money will be used for a specific purpose
b. Shipping tractors to third world countries to aid in farming
c. Sending in Red Cross workers with vaccines for sick children
d. Giving the leader of a developing nation a cheque for $1 million
15. a. while the mines are cheap to make, they are costly to remove
b. some countries still refuse to comply with the International Campaign to Ban
Landmines
c. many armies and terrorists continue to plant them
d. the technology does not exist to effectively find and remove them
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PAPER PLANNING
1. What is the main issue? Re-write the issue in your own words
- How can we improve peace-keeping in the world?
2. What is your main position on this issue?
-Because of many failures, there are a lot of things we can do to improve peace-keeping in
the world.
3. Give three main arguments you will use to prove your position. After each argument,
give at least one concrete example that will support the argument.
First argument - Rwanda
Example – the biggest failure and the communication of the UN, and field men.
Second argument – Somalia
Example – Peace has not been possible. Too passive.
Third argument- Korea
Example – The fight of each other was a failure because it is still communist country.
4. Give one counter argument (an argument that the other side might present), then
refute or disprove it.)
East Timor- Although the UN ended the violence 1400 people where still killed and 300
000 still became refugees. Took too long to react.
5. Wrap up your thoughts in a conclusion of two to three good sentences. ?
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/
Peace-keeping
The question is often asked how can we improve peace-keeping in the world today, when
the past hasn’t been up to par. The U.N plays a big part in keeping the peace above maximum
levels, in the past the UN has had many failures, and we need to put our ideas out there of what
we can do to improve so its possible for maximum peace. When we look at the failures we can see
what could have changed and wish to work upon that to make it possible in the world today.
I believe that Rwanda, was the biggest failure of the U.N, I believe that this happened
because the lack of communication between the U.N and the field men, in Rwanda. It was the
longest peace-problem, and biggest genocide recorded of all time. After Rwanda, they tried so
had (hard) for peace-making and peace-keeping to never get as bad as Rwanda did. The fact so
many people died made it that much worst. If their (there) had been better communication
between the two, their wouldn’t have been as many deaths or a swipe (?) of the genocide in
Rwanda.
Somalia has been and seems to always be a very passive Country. (Events, especially in
recent history, prove this very wrong...there is a lot of violent reaction and unrest there!)This
means, they have no reaction or feeling to something that is happening in their “world.” Peace has
not been possible here, and this was a big failure of the U.N. Over 1 million died, due to being
hungry and/or injured. The U.N tried by going in and feeding hungry civilians, this didn’t last as
long. This can be improved by trying to get the country together and explain what could happen,
if something is not done.
The third country that was also a big failure was in Korea. North Korea invaded South
Korea, called a seesaw battle for the 3 years after this invasion. The U.N was not really involved in
this war, and didn’t do anything when it was first happening. The U.N. started to move their
peace-keeping to the military side of Korea. Today North Korea is a communist country, and
South Korea is a democratic Country. The Act of the U.N., didn’t help. They could have done more,
by going to Korea right away and try to stop the war from happening. (Again, this isn’t really
correct...the UN assisted US troops in trying to stop North Korea, then take over North Korea
completely. They were unsuccessful, though, as both sides ended up as they were before)
These are a few of the dramatic failures, but also in East Timor, the UN made it possible to
keep a peaceful place, but this wasn’t done until the violence killed 1400 people and 300 000
became refugees, this was because the U.N took way too long to react. Above all there are more
failures known about the UN then anyone really encounters.. If the UN had more preparation a lot
of this could have been stopped from happening.
SS20-2 & 30-1 Essay (Position Paper) Marking Rubric
Planning
Exploration of Issue
Defence of Position
Evidence
Grammar/Correctness
4/5
4/5
7/10
4/10 this was your weak point
4/5
Total:
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Comments: your planning was good, and the countries you used as evidence were fine, but your
reasons were often incorrect or off base.