VCE PoliticsPractice Examination 6

This paper covers

• Global economic instability as the committed Unit 3 AoS1 global issue — causes (US-China tariff war 2018–2025, COVID-19 supply shock 2020–22, Russia's Ukraine invasion 2022, US 'Liberation Day' tariffs April 2025), globalisation/interconnectedness amplifying contagion, responses of the G20, IMF, WTO, US Federal Reserve/RBA, and an evaluated judgement on their effectiveness.
• Abuse of human rights as the committed Unit 3 AoS2 contemporary crisis — the Uyghur situation in Xinjiang and Myanmar's Rohingya/post-coup crisis as core case material, actor interests (China/Myanmar state vs UN Human Rights Council, ICJ, ASEAN, NGOs), consequences, and evaluated effectiveness of responses (sanctions, ICJ Gambia v Myanmar, UN mechanisms).
• China as the committed Unit 4 AoS1 Indo-Pacific state — national interests, hard/soft/sharp/smart power (PLA modernisation, Belt and Road Initiative, wolf-warrior diplomacy, Confucius Institutes, South China Sea militarisation), internal challenges (property/Evergrande crisis, demographic decline, Xi's centralisation) and external challenges (US-China rivalry, Taiwan, AUKUS, de-risking), and an evaluated verdict on effectiveness.
• Australia in the Indo-Pacific (Unit 4 AoS2, compulsory) — Australia's national interests (security, economic prosperity, regional relationships, international standing), use of power (AUKUS, Pacific Step-up, PALM scheme, QUAD), and key relationships (US alliance, China trade relationship, ASEAN/Pacific Islands Forum, Japan/India), examined through an original embedded source in Section B and integrated with China in Section C2.
• Full VCAA-format Practice Exam 6 of 20: 15 min reading + 2 hr writing, 80 marks, no multiple choice, Section A (45 marks/11 Qs across three blocks), Section B (15 marks/3 Qs with original embedded stimulus), Section C (20 marks/2 single-part 10-mark extended responses) — every question includes a study-score-A sample answer with dated post-2016 evidence and marking-criteria bullets, Section C bullets mapped to the five published VCAA criteria.

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