Topic I: Causes, Practices and Effects of War

1. To what extent has any twentieth century war changed the role of women?
2. How far do you agree with the view of some recent historians that Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler at Munich was NOT a mistake?
3. “The First and Second World Wars were European civil wars that required outside intervention to settle.” How far do you agree with this quotation?
4. Examine the extent to which guerilla warfare has been successful since 1945 in any two wars each chosen from a different region.
5. In what ways did Truman’s policy of “limited warfare” in Korea set the pattern of military conflict up to 1990?

 

Topic 3: The Rise and the rule of Single Party States

 

1. Analyze the conditions which led to the establishment of two single party states each chosen from a different region.
2. How and why have religious groups a) opposed, and b) supported single party regimes?
3. Assess the success and failure of two rulers of single party regimes, each chosen from a different region, in solving the social and economic problems of their countries.
4. To what extent was the success of Stalin in retaining power in the USSR between 1929 and 1953 due to the appeal of Communism?
5. Examine the impact outside their own countries of two of the following: Fidel Castro, Gamel Abdel Nasser, Julius Nyerere, Mao Zedong.

 

Topic 5: The Cold War

 

1. Assess the significance for the development of the Cold War between 1945 and 1950 of three of the following:
1. The Yalta Conference, 1945
2. The Iron Curtain speech, 1946
3. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, 1947
4. The expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Soviet block, 1948
5. The Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948-1949
6. The formation of NATO, 1949.

 

1. “A different kind of Cold War.” To what extent is this a valid statement about the Cold War after 1953?
2. Explain how East/West relations a) affected and b) how the were affected by one of the following areas: the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Africa.
3. Using specific examples, evaluate the successes and/or failures of “Détente”.
4. What role did economic issues play in ending the Cold War?

Paper II

Topic 1: Causes, practices and effects of war

 

1. To what extent can it be said that the First World War was caused by the alliance system?
2. Evaluate the role of ideological differences in two civil wars each chosen from a different region.
3. In what ways and for what reasons have tactics changed in twentieth century warfare?
4. How valid is the claim that treaties are not necessary to end wars? Support your answer with evidence from at least two regions.
5. Explain with specific examples from their work, how artists have reacted to two of the following: Mexican Revolution, Spanish Civil War, Vietnam War.

 

Topic 3: The Rise and the rule of single party states

 

1. “Single party states use education as propaganda to obtain support rather than to instill (increase) knowledge.” How far do you agree with this judgment?
2. In what ways and for what reasons did China develop its own brand of Marxism/Communism under Mao Zedong?
3. To what extent was Spain under Franco (1939 to 1975) a Fascist state?
4. How far is it true to say that a successful foreign policy is the most important factor for a single party ruler to remain in power? Examples should be given from two countries each chosen from a different region.
5. “In the twentieth century right-wing single party states have often been the result of a conservative reaction to change whilst the left-wing single party states have achieved power as the outcome of a revolutionary process against tradition.” Using examples from at least two regions explain how far you agree with this quotation.

 

Topic 5: The Cold War

 

1. “Ideological differences played only a minor role in the origin and development of the Cold War.” How far do you agree with this statement?
2. In what ways and for what reasons did the Cold War affect the Middle East?
3. Analyze the importance of spheres of interest for one of the superpowers in the Cold War.
4. Assess the importance in the development of the Cold War of two of the following: the Yalta Conference; Berlin; the arms race; non-alignment; South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
5. Examine the impact of the Cold War on the social life and culture of two countries each chosen from a different region.

 

Test—Paper II