--- title: Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes — how Mova does on the tests · Politics description: Lesson 30 of the politics course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/) / 30 # Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes **Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 13 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 30 of the politics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/). ### Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t1} Liam in Dublin asks: «yer man on the radio says refugee, the other fella says migrant, same family — what's the craic?» What is the best answer? - **1.** Refugee means rich and migrant means poor — no support - **2.** Both words mean exactly the same in law, so the radio men are just using the one they like best — no support - **3.** Neither word has any meaning — no support - **4.** The right word depends on why they left; fleeing danger makes someone a refugee — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 1: «A refugee had to flee war or danger to their life; a migrant moves to another country, often for work or a better life. A 1951 agreement says countries must no…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «flee» (+3); the same thing acted on «war» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t2} A family flees bombing and reaches a new country. What would the 1951 Refugee Convention forbid that country to do? - **1.** Let their children go to school — no support - **2.** Send them back to the danger — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Give them a place to sleep at night — no support - **4.** Let them find work and pay taxes — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 7: «The 1951 Refugee Convention, an international agreement, says countries must not send refugees back to danger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «danger» (+2); the same action «send back» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Jake's grandad in Kent barks: «stop the bloody boats, end of.» His teacher says: «they're desperate people.» Which sentence keeps both sides' best case? - **1.** The boats are perfectly safe — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **2.** Nobody on the boats was ever in danger, so they should all be sent straight back across the Channel — no support - **3.** Everyone agrees on what to do — no support - **4.** The crossings are dangerous and help gangs, and many on board fled danger and need safe routes — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 2: «Imagine your street suddenly unsafe: some neighbours reach a camp just over the border, some pay smugglers to cross the sea in small boats, some are welcomed i…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «small boats» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Oisin in Belfast asks: «is that a wee hospital truck, the one with the red crescent?» What is the best answer? - **1.** It is an army truck carrying weapons, painted to look like a hospital so that nobody shoots at it — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** It is a pizza delivery van — no support - **3.** It is the Red Crescent, a neutral helper like the Red Cross, used in many Muslim countries — **✓ the right answer** · score -6 - **4.** It belongs to one side of the war only — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 7: «A studio audience is made of ordinary voters; their cheers and boos are heard at home and can make an answer seem better or worse than it was.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «answer» (+3); the same action «seem» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t5} Mateo in Los Angeles says: «planes dropping food on Gaza, hella cool, problem solved.» Which reasoning is best? - **1.** Food from planes is always safer than food from trucks, because planes can't be stopped on the road — no support - **2.** Trucks are never used for aid — no support - **3.** Airdrops help a little but carry far less than trucks, so opening roads matters most — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 - **4.** Airdrops carry more than any number of trucks — score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 12: «Several countries dropped food from planes over Gaza when trucks could not bring in enough; aid groups said airdrops carry far less than trucks, cost more and…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «carry» (+3); the same doer «airdrops» (+3); the same thing acted on «less» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Ruby's friend compares sanctions to the class refusing to swap cards with a cheat. Where does the comparison break down? - **1.** Countries cannot trade anything at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Sanctions only affect trading cards — no support - **3.** It is exactly the same in every way, because a country is just a very big class with a leader — no support - **4.** In a country, ordinary people who did nothing wrong may also pay the cost — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 13: «Sanctions are when countries refuse to trade with, sell to or lend money to a country, company or person to push them to change; many countries put sanctions o…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «trade» (+2); the same doer «countries» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t7} One expert says sanctions on Russia are «working» and another says they «failed». What is the clever question to ask? - **1.** «Working at what — weakening the economy, or ending the war?» — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** «Who has the louder voice?» — no support - **3.** «Which expert is older?» — no support - **4.** «Were they both wearing suits?» — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 14: «News reports said sanctions made life harder for Russia's economy, but Russia found other buyers for its oil, so they hurt but did not stop the war.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+2); the same thing acted on «war» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Mia's school in Nelson ships 400 tins; a charity could buy the same food near the crisis. What is likely, as charities say? - **1.** Buying near the crisis is faster and cheaper, which is why money helps more — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Tins cost less to fly than to buy nearby — no support - **3.** Charities cannot buy food anywhere — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Shipped tins always arrive first, because ships are the fastest way to move food around the world — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 8: «Charities and UN agencies use donations to buy food, medicine, blankets and generators for people in and around Ukraine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «buy» (+2); the same doer «charities» (+1); the same thing acted on «food» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t9} Dylan's dad says «about time» and his mum says «people will die» about the aid cuts. Which statement fairly gives both views? - **1.** Both want all aid ended — no support - **2.** Neither of them cares about money — no support - **3.** Both agree all aid is wasted, and only disagree about whether to spend it on roads or on schools — no support - **4.** Some say spend on your own people first; others say aid saves lives for little money — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 9: «Central banks, like the Bank of England or the Federal Reserve, can raise interest rates, the extra you pay for borrowing money, to slow inflation: borrowing g…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spend» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Priya sees a TikTok of a crying child with «send money now» and a link. What is the smartest first step? - **1.** Reply with her parents' bank details — no support - **2.** Ask a grown-up to check the charity on an official register — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Send the birthday money at once — score -6 - **4.** Send money to every link she sees, just in case one of them is real and the child needs it — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 6: «Politics feels personal to grown-ups because it touches their jobs, money and family.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «child» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} A boy in Rotorua jokes: «kids grew up in a camp? bet they love it, free jandals and all.» What is the truer picture? - **1.** Every camp closes after a week — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Camps are holiday parks that children choose, with pools, games and free jandals for everyone who stays — no support - **3.** Camps are only for grown-ups — no support - **4.** A camp is meant as a short safe stop; growing up there means years without a real home — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} If the Red Cross openly took one side in a war, what would most likely happen? - **1.** The other side might stop letting it in to help people — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **2.** Both sides would let it in more often — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** Nothing at all would change — no support - **4.** It would win the war — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 9: «Peace talks can take months or years, and each side often says the other broke a ceasefire first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «side» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the distinction between a refugee and a migrant. - **1.** The two terms are legally identical in all respects — no support - **2.** A refugee has fled war or danger to life, whereas a migrant relocates, frequently for employment — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **3.** A refugee relocates for employment, whereas a migrant has fled war or persecution and may not be returned — score 6 - **4.** A refugee is a citizen of the United Nations — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 6: «A refugee is someone who fled war or danger to their life; a migrant moves to another country, often for work or a better life.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «flee» (+3); the same thing acted on «war» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} State the principal obligation imposed by the Refugee Convention of 1951. - **1.** States shall convey refugees by air only, at their own expense, to a third state — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** States shall accept no refugees whatsoever, irrespective of the danger faced — no support - **3.** States shall not return refugees to territories in which they face danger — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** States shall return all refugees to their country of origin within seven days — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reported effect of sanctions upon Russia? - **1.** They terminated the war within a single week — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** They impaired the Russian economy, whereas they did not bring the war to an end — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** They exerted no effect whatsoever upon the Russian economy, which grew more swiftly than in any previous year — no support - **4.** They augmented Russian revenues from all sources — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 14: «News reports said sanctions made life harder for Russia's economy, but Russia found other buyers for its oil, so they hurt but did not stop the war.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+2); the same thing acted on «war» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Select the response consistent with the established reasons for which charities frequently prefer monetary donations. - **1.** Tinned goods are prohibited in all zones of conflict — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Monetary donations are mandated by the Geneva Conventions for every charity operating in a zone of conflict — no support - **3.** Funds permit the purchase of required goods near the crisis more swiftly and cheaply — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Charities are forbidden to accept anything but coins — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/e4/) - ← previous: [29. Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/) - next →: [31. Propaganda and fake news](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/)