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When was the partition of India?
1947
What country became majority Muslim in the partition of India?
Pakistan
What country became majority Hindu/Sikh in the partition of India?
India
What is a disputed neutral area between India & Pakistan due to a Muslim majority but Hindu leader?
Kashmir
What year did Bangladesh become an independent country following Pakistan’s defeat in the 3rd Indo-Pakistani war?
1971
What is the estimated value for the amount of trade passing through the South China Sea each year?
US $5 trillion
How many species of marine fish are there in the South China Sea?
3365
The area of the South China Sea is over…
3 million km2
How many individual islands make up the disputed Spratly Islands (claims from China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei & Vietnam)?
120
What do China call their historical claim to the South China Sea?
9 dash line
The Charter of the United Nations says maintaining territorial integrity is about maintaining…
peace, security and stability
Economic sanctions, military actions sanctioned by the UN, peace keeping missions by the UN and NATO and humanitarian assistance by Civil Society Organisations are an example of what?
intervention
Is Wales a state, nation or nation-state?
nation
Is the USA a state, nation or nation-state?
State
Is Japan a state, nation or nation-state?
Nation-state
What is the largest stateless nation?
The Kurds
What is the estimated Kurdish population?
30 million
What is the strongest state in the Fragile States Index (2023)?
Norway
What is the weakest state in the Fragile States Index (2023)?
Somalia
What is the UK’s rating in the 2023 Fragile States Index?
Stable
What is the 3rd most fragile state?
South Sudan
When did South Sudan become independent from Sudan due to civil war and religious differences?
2011
How many votes were cast in the South Sudan independence referendum?
3.85 million
What fraction of people in Sudan face acute hunger?
2/3
How many refugees in other countries does South Sudan have?
2 million
When did Somalia become independent?
1960
When did the Somali National Movement declare Somaliland’s independence despite not being internationally recognised?
1991
How much did it cost to build Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port?
$1.3 billion
How long is China’s lease over Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port?
99 years
What fraction of Nigeria’s petroleum is produced by Shell?
1/5
How many oil fields in the Niger Delta do Shell use?
80
What is working hours cap in China?
49 hours
How many hours a week did the majority of Apple workers in China work?
66-69 hours
How many members of the UN General Assembly are there?
193
How much does the UN spend annually on peacekeeping?
$6.69 billion
How many UN peacekeeping missions have been in Africa?
9
How many UN peacekeepers were sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo
22,500
When was the IMF founded?
1944
How many countries are in the IMF?
190
How much did the IMF loan the Ecuadorian government in 2019?
$4.2 billion
What fraction of Spain’s economic output does Catalonia account for?
1/5
What percentage of Spain’s taxes does Catalonia pay?
21%
What percentage voted for Catalonian independence?
90%
What was the voter turnout for the Catalonia independence vote?
42.3%
What year was Catalonia granted some regional powers and had its language recognised as a co-official language?
1975
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