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Section II
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Section III
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SectionIWorldWar I 19141919
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expectedlengthofresponse.
WhichgroupoftownswascapturedbytheGermansbetweenMarchandJuly
1918?
(A) Arras,VimyandAmiens
(B)
Ypres,AlbertandBapaume
(C)
Compigne,MeauxandRheims
(D) Armentires,PronneandSoissons
Readstatements1and2,thenselectthecorrectanswer.
Statement1. Ludendorffs Spring Offensive gained more ground for the
GermansthanthecounteroffensivegainedfortheAllies.
Statement2. Verdundidnotfall tothe Germans in1918.
(A) OnlyStatement1iscorrect.
(B)
OnlyStatement2iscorrect.
(C)
Bothstatementsarecorrect.
(D) Neitherstatementiscorrect.
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According to Source B, what were TWO reasons for the creation of the
WomensLandArmy?
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InSource C,vonHindenburgsmainmessagetothesoldiersisthatGermany
(A) isoutnumbered.
(B)
mustbestrongandunited.
(C)
hasmadepeaceintheEast.
(D) isfightingagainstthecolouredraces.
(A) Therewasanincreaseinthetonnagesunk.
(B)
TherewasanincreaseinthemoraleandproductivityoftheBritish.
(C)
TherewasanincreaseinthemoraleandproductivityoftheGermans.
(D) TherewasanincreaseintheinfluenceoftheGermanGeneralStaffonthe
Chancellor.
WhatdoesSource E revealabouttheeffectofwarontheGermanhomefront?
(A) Hungercauseddesperation.
(B)
Germanyhadabadharvest.
(C)
ForeignerscouldonlyvisitBerlin.
(D) Menwerefreezinginthetrenches.
OutlinereasonsfortheAlliedvictoryandGermancollapsein1918.
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Question8(10marks)
How useful would Sources E and F be for a historian studying the impact of total war on
civiliansinBritainandGermany?
In your answer, consider the perspectives provided by the TWO sources and the reliability of
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ModernHistory
SectionIINationalStudies
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AnswerthequestioninaSEPARATEwritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.
Inyouransweryouwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:
demonstratehistoricalknowledgeandunderstandingrelevanttothequestion
communicateideasandinformationusinghistoricaltermsandconceptsappropriately
presentasustained,logicalandcohesiveresponse
To what extent was the Labor Government under the leadership of Whitlam
responsibleforitsowndismissalin1975?
25
OR
(b)
TowhatextentwasconformitythedominantfeatureoftheMenziesera?
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AssesstheimpactoftheNorthernExpeditiononthepoliticalstabilityofChina
duringtheNationalistdecade1927to1937.
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OR
(b)
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AssesstheimpactofMaoismonChinaupto1949.
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Inyouransweryouwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:
demonstratehistoricalknowledgeandunderstandingrelevanttothequestion
communicateideasandinformationusinghistoricaltermsandconceptsappropriately
presentasustained,logicalandcohesiveresponse
To what extent was the Great Depression responsible for the collapse of the
WeimarRepublic?
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OR
(b)
AssesstheimpactoftheNazistateonsocialandculturallifeinGermanyinthe
period1933to1939.
25
AccountfortheriseofcommunalisminIndia.
25
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(b)
HowsignificantforIndiawerechangesintherelationshipbetweenBritainand
Indiainthe1930s?
25
AssesstheimpactofthePancasila onIndonesia.
25
OR
(b)
Towhatextentdidsocial,politicalandeconomicchallengesbringabouttheend
oftheSuhartoregime?
25
WhatwasthesignificanceoftheRussoJapanesewaronJapanasanemerging
power?
25
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(b)
AssesstheimpactofmilitarismonJapaneseforeignpolicyto1937.
25
To what extent was the Treaty of BrestLitovsk significant for the Bolshevik
consolidationofpower?
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OR
(b) AccountforthechangesinSovietsocietyunderStalinto1941.
25
AssesstheeffectofresistancewithinSouthAfricaonthepolicyofapartheid.
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OR
(b)
Thecollapseoftheapartheidregimewasbroughtaboutbyinternationalfactors.
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Towhatextentisthisstatementaccurate?
TowhatextentwasracialconflictthedominantsocialtensionintheUSAinthe
period1919 to 1941?
25
OR
(b)
GovernmentinterventioncametotherescueofAmericancapitalism.
To what extent is this statement accurate for the USA in the period 1919 to
1941?
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SectionIIIPersonalitiesintheTwentiethCentury
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AnswerthequestionintheSection IIIWritingBooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.
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demonstrate historical knowledge and understanding relevant to the question
communicateideasandinformationusinghistoricaltermsandconceptsappropriately
present a sustained, logical and cohesive response
AnswerBOTHpartsofthisquestioninrelationtoONEofthetwentiethcenturypersonalities
listedbelow.
Write the name of the personality you have studied on the front of your Section III
WritingBooklet.
Describetherisetoprominenceofthepersonalityyouhavestudied.
10
(b)
Evaluatethesignificanceofthepersonalityyouhavestudiedtohis/herperiodof
nationaland/orinternationalhistory.
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Thepersonalitiesprescribedforstudyarelistedbelow.
1 YasserArafat
10 MohammedAliJinnah
19 LeniRiefenstahl
2 JosephBenedictChifley
11 AlexandraKollontai
20 EleanorRoosevelt
3 HerbertEvatt
12 DouglasMacArthur
21 AlbertSpeer
4 MikhailGorbachev
13 Nelson Mandela
22 AchmadSukarno
5 Emperor Hirohito
14 Golda Meir
6 Ho Chi Minh
24 Leon Trotsky
7 Kita Ikki
26 Isoruku Yamamoto
9 J Edgar Hoover
18 Ian Paisley
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SectionIVInternationalStudiesinPeaceandConflict
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Inyouransweryouwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:
demonstrate historical knowledge and understanding relevant to the question
communicateideasandinformationusinghistoricaltermsandconceptsappropriately
present a sustained, logical and cohesive response
AccountforthegrowthofconflictinNorthernIrelandintheperiod1968to1972.
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OR
(b)
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25
Towhatextentisthisstatementaccurate?
OR
(b)
To what extent did the aims and strategies of the Axis powers shape the course
oftheEuropeanWar?
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25
Inyouransweryouwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:
demonstrate historical knowledge and understanding relevant to the question
communicateideasandinformationusinghistoricaltermsandconceptsappropriately
present a sustained, logical and cohesive response
Assess the significance of the Tet Offensive in bringing about victory for the
NorthVietnameseintheSecondIndochinaWar.
25
OR
(b)
AccountfortherisetopoweroftheKhmerRougeinCambodia.
25
Japan had little choice but to bomb Pearl Harbour if it wanted to achieve its
foreignpolicyaimsinthePacific.
25
AssesstheimpactonciviliansoftheJapaneseoccupationinSouthEastAsiain
the period 1941 to 1945.
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25
OR
(b)
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25
OR
(b)
TowhatextentwereUSattitudesandpoliciesunderReaganresponsibleforthe
renewalandendoftheColdWar?
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25
OR
(b)
TheUnitedNationsfulfilleditsroleeffectivelyintheperiodfromtheendofthe
ColdWarto2001.
Towhatextentisthisstatementaccurate?
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Source A
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SourceA
MapshowingtheLudendorffSpringOffensiveandAlliedcounteroffensives,1918
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Extractfrom:DefenceoftheRealm
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PaulvonHindenburgsofficialaddressof6September1918
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Extractfromwebsite
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Extractfrom:ToendallWars:howtheFirstWorldWardividedBritain;AdamHochschild2011.
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CartoonbyG M Payne
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