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Summer 2006 |
Autumn 2005 |
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Autumn 2004 |
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Autumn 2003 |
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Autumn 2002 |
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Autumn 2001 |
Summer 2001 |
Causes of World War One |
(a)
5 marks |
Describe the colonial rivalry that existed between Germany and other powers by 1900. |
Describe the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. |
Describe the Alliance System which existed among European powers before 1914. |
Describe the Anglo-German naval rivalry that existed in the early years of the twentieth century. |
What was the Entente Cordiale? |
Describe the Moroccan Crisis of 1905. |
Describe the Balkan Wars of 1908-1913. |
Describe assassination of 1914. |
Describe the French alliances which existed prior to World War One. |
Describe the French preparations for war in 1914. |
Describe the Anglo-German naval race. |
(b)
7 marks |
Why did the Kaiser become involved in Morocco between 1905-1911? |
Why were the tensions between the Great Powers increased by the Bosnian Crisis of 1908? |
Why did the Moroccan crises of 1905 and 1911 increase tension between Germany and Britain? |
Why did France begin to mobilise its forces in early August 1914? |
Why was there a crisis over Morocco in 1911? |
Why did the crisis over Bosnia-Herzegovina not bring war to Europe? |
Why were the Balkans a source of international tension in the years before WWI? |
Explain why Austria wanted to take action against Serbia |
Explain Anglo-German rivalry. |
Explain why France mobilised its army in 1914. |
Explain why colonial rivalry developed before 1914. |
(c)
10 marks |
"The Anglo-German naval race was the most important cause of war in 1914" - Discuss. |
How far was German militarism the most important cause of war in 1914? Explain your answer. |
‘The most important reason why Britain went to war in 1914 was the German invasion of Belgium’. How far do you agree with this statement? |
'In August 1914 a German army marched into Belgium.' Was this action the main reason for the First World War? |
‘Naval rivalry was the main cause of the First World War’. How far do agree with this statement? Explain your answer. |
How far was Germany to blame for the coming of war in 1914? Explain your answer. |
Why did the 1914 Balkan crisis cause European war, but earlier crises did not? |
Evaluate whether the assassination of 1914 made war inevitable |
Evaluate the view that alliances encouraged countries to act in warlike manner. |
Evaluate the view that nationalism caused World War One. |
Evaluate the view that Germany caused World War One. |
International Relations 1919-39
(Q1) |
(a)
5 marks |
What were the main aims of the League of Nations when it was set up in 1920? |
Describe the successes of the League of Nations in the 1920s.
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What military restrictions were imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles? |
Describe what Clemenceau and Lloyd George each wanted to achieve in the Treaty of Versailles. |
What were Germany’s main territorial losses under the Treaty of Versailles? |
How did the League of Nations hope to prevent future wars between nations? |
In what ways did the Treaty of Versailles weaken the German economy? |
Describe two successes of the League of Nations in the 1920s. |
Describe how the peace treaties affected France. |
Describe mandates and plebiscites. |
Describe how German armaments were limited by the Treaty of Versailles. |
(b)
7 marks |
Why did its structure and membership weaken the League? |
Why did the League fail to deal with Japanese aggression against Manchuria? |
Why did the aims of the ‘Big Three’ differ? |
Why did the Treaty of Versailles cause problems for Germany in the years up to 1923? |
Why was Germany dissatisfied with the Versailles peace treaty?
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Why did the League of Nations fail to restrict the aggression of Japan in the 1930s? |
Why did Germany dislike the Treaty of Versailles? |
Explain why the League was quite successful in the 1920s. |
Explain why some countries viewed setting up the League of Nations with suspicion
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Explain why the Versailles treaty was harsh on Germany. |
Explain why the disarmament conference 1932-3 failed. |
(c)
10 marks |
How far was the League of Nations a success? |
It was the Abyssinian crisis that destroyed the League of Nations as an effective peacekeeping body’ How far do you agree with this statement? |
How successful was the League of Nations in the 1920s? |
Was the Treaty of Versailles fair? |
How successful was the League of Nations in dealing with disputes during the 1920s? Explain your answer. |
How far was the League of Nations a failure? Explain your answer. |
To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles a sensible treaty in the circumstances of the time? Explain your answer. |
Evaluate how far League of Nations failed because of the Depression. |
Evaluate the view that structural weaknesses caused failure of League of Nations in 1920s |
Evaluate how far Germany accepted the Versailles treaty by end of 1923. |
Evaluate how far the disarmament conference showed that League of Nations was a failure. |
International Relations 1919-39
(Q2) |
(c)
5 marks |
When Hitler came to power, what did he aim to achieve in foreign policy? |
Describe the events in the Saar in 1935. |
What were the aims of Hitler’s foreign policy? |
What were the aims of the League of Nations? |
How did the 1935 plebiscite change the situation in the Saar? |
When Hitler came to power, what did he hope to achieve in foreign policy? |
What was the Hoare-Laval Pact? |
Describe the Manchurian crisis. |
Describe the way Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles from 1933 to end of 1938. |
Describe the events leading to Anschluss. |
Describe the Munich agreement. |
(b)
7 marks |
Explain how Hitler destroyed the Treaty of Versailles. |
Why did Britain and France allow Germany to remilitarise the Rhineland in 1936?
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Why was Hitler’s foreign policy successful up to 1938?
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Why did the League of Nations have some success during the 1920s?
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Explain why Hitler wanted the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939?
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Why did Britain go to war over Poland in 1939?
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Why was the conquest of Abyssinia by Italy not prevented by the League of Nations?
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Explain why Italy defeated Abyssinia.
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Explain why UK and France followed policy of appeasement.
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Explain why Britain and France allowed Anschluss.
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Explain why the Nazi-Soviet pact was important.
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(c)
10 marks |
How far was appeasement justified? - Explain your answer. |
‘Hitler’s desire for lebensraum was the most important reason for the outbreak of the war in 1939.’ How far do you agree with this statement? |
How far was the Nazi-Soviet Pact responsible for causing war in Europe? |
How far can the failure of the League of Nations in the 1930s be blamed on the Great Depression? |
‘The policy of appeasement was justified’. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. |
How far was the Treaty of Versailles to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939? Explain your answer. |
To what extent can the outbreak of war in 1939 be blamed upon the failure of the League of Nations? Explain your answer. |
Evaluate the importance of Hitler’s pacts with Italy and Japan. |
Evaluate the view that ‘Hitler was a gambler rather than a planner’ in foreign affairs. |
Evaluate the view that Hitler’s policies in Austria and Czechoslovakia were complete success. |
Evaluate the view that WWII was caused by British and French mistakes 1938-9. |
Cold War
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(c)
5 marks |
What was agreed at the Potsdam Conference? |
Who were the Vietcong?
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What was the iron curtain?
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Describe how the Berlin Wall affected the people living in Berlin. |
What was decided at the Yalta Conference, 1945? |
What was decided at the Yalta Conference? |
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail? |
Describe the role of the Vietcong. |
Describe the Yalta Agreement. |
Describe how Poland and Czechoslovakia became communist after 1945. |
Describe relations between USA and Cuba 1959-62. |
(b)
7 marks |
Why was there continuing tension over Berlin, 1945-49? |
Why did the USA get involved in Vietnam?
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Why was Marshall Aid offered to countries in Europe?
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?
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Explain why the Soviet Union blockaded Berlin.
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Why was Eastern Europe largely in the hands of the USSR by 1946? |
Why did the USA find it impossible to defeat the Vietcong?
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Explain why the Vietnam war became increasingly unpopular.
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Explain why the West were suspicious of the USSR 1945-7. |
Explain why the wartime alliance broke down 1945-7.
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Explain why the Cuban Missile Crisis caused so such alarm.
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(c)
10 marks |
"It was Truman, not Stalin, who brought about the Cold War" - Discuss |
How far can the American withdrawal from Vietnam be blamed on military failure? Explain your answer. |
‘The Berlin Blockade brought Europe close to war’. How far do you agree with statement? |
How far can the decline of Soviet Power in Eastern Europe be blamed on the Solidarity movement? Explain your answer. |
‘The Soviet Union was to blame for the Cold War.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. |
Only Stalin of the Allies achieved what he wanted as a result of the war with Germany'. Do you agree? Explain your answer. |
How far was US public opinion the most important reason for the America's withdrawal from Vietnam? Explain your answer. |
Evaluate the success of the US in Vietnam 1963-1975. |
Evaluate the view that the attitudes of Churchill and Truman, not Stalin, caused the Cold War |
Evaluate who had more successful policies in Europe 1945-9: the USA or the USSR? |
Evaluate whether Kennedy or Khrushchev handled the Cuban Missile Crisis better. |
UNO / Cold War
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(a)
5 marks |
Describe how the Soviet Union reacted to events in Hungary in 1956. |
Describe the structure of the UNO.
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Describe the USA’s response up to 1961 to Castro’s takeover of Cuba.
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Describe relations between Cuba and the USA in the period 1959-1961. |
Describe the events in Hungary in 1956. |
Describe the Bay of Pigs incident.
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Describe the work of any two of the agencies of the UNO. |
Describe the structure of UNO. |
Describe the effects of Berlin Wall. |
Describe Glasnost. |
Describe the aims of UNO. |
(b)
7 marks |
Why was the Soviet Union worried by developments in Czechoslovakia in Spring 1968? |
Why has the way the UNO is organised made it hard for it to be effective?
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Why was the USA concerned about Soviet missiles in Cuba?
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Why was the USA concerned about Soviet missiles in Cuba?
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Why did the USSR invade Czechoslovakia in 1968?
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Why did the USSR install missile bases in Cuba?
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Why have most countries become members of the UNO?
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Explain why UNO became involved in Congo.
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Explain why the Berlin Wall was built.
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Explain why Solidarity was formed.
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Explain why the UNO intervened in Korea.
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(c)
10 marks |
How important was "Solidarity" in the decline of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe? Explain your answer. |
How successful was the UNO in the Congo crisis?
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‘There was never any real risk of war over Cuba’. How far do you agree with this statement? |
Khrushchev claimed that the Cuban Missile Crisis was a victory for the Soviet Union. Do you agree with this view? Explain your answer. |
‘Gorbachev was responsible for the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. |
'The Cuban Missile Crisis was not as serious as it appeared at the time'. Do you agree? Explain your answer. |
How far has the importance of the UNO increased since 1945? Explain your answer. |
Evaluate importance of UNO in the Korean War. |
Evaluate whether there was a serious chance of a ‘hot war’ breaking out in Europe. |
Evaluate the view that Communism collapsed because of Gorbachev. |
Evaluate the view that Congo crisis demonstrated success of UNO. |