VCE PoliticsPractice Examination 13

This paper covers

• Climate change as the committed Unit 3 AoS1 global issue — short-term causes within the last 10 years, interconnectedness in amplifying impacts, responses from states/IGOs/NGOs/TNCs, evaluated effectiveness
• Armed conflict as the committed Unit 3 AoS2 contemporary crisis — causes, key actors and competing interests, consequences, and effectiveness of responses (using the Russia-Ukraine war as the primary case study with a secondary comparator)
• India as the committed Unit 4 AoS1 Indo-Pacific state — national interests, hard/soft/sharp/smart power, internal and external challenges, effectiveness in achieving national interests
• Australia in the Indo-Pacific (Unit 4 AoS2, compulsory) — national interests, use of power, key regional relationships (Quad, AUKUS, ASEAN, India), tested via an original embedded source in Section B
• Integration of Unit 3 (climate change + armed conflict) and Unit 4 (India + Australia) in two single-prompt 10-mark Section C extended responses requiring evaluation, balanced AoS coverage, and contemporary dated evidence

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.