VCE PoliticsPractice Examination 9

This paper covers

• Unit 3 AoS1 global issue: climate change (short-term causes within the last 10 years, interconnectedness amplifying impacts, responses of states/IGOs/NGOs/TNCs, evaluated effectiveness)
• Unit 3 AoS2 contemporary crisis: abuse of human rights via the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar (2017 clearance operations through the January 2026 ICJ genocide-case merits hearings), competing actor perspectives, consequences, response effectiveness
• Unit 4 AoS1 Indo-Pacific state: Japan under the Takaichi government (national interests, hard/soft/sharp/smart power, internal and external challenges, effectiveness in achieving national interests)
• Unit 4 AoS2 Australia in the Indo-Pacific (national interests, AUKUS, the Australia-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement and Special Strategic Partnership, source-based stimulus analysis)
• Section C integration essays synthesising Unit 3 (climate change plus abuse of human rights) and Unit 4 (Japan plus Australia) with explicit use of core political concepts 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.