*Please note the 2022 GCSE Exams will only include Q1. to Q4.
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Q1. Outline... (5 Marks) - e.g. Outline the actions of the USSR in Eastern Europe from 1945 to 1948. 5 Minutes.

Q2. Explain... (10 Marks) - e.g. Explain why Cuba became a flashpoint in the Cold War? 8 Minutes.

Q3. Fair Comment... (25 Marks) - e.g. Study Interpretation A. Do you think this interpretation is a fair comment on the policies of Neville Chamberlain in the period 1937–1939? Use your knowledge and other interpretations of the events of 1937–1939 to support your answer. 25 Minutes.

Q4. Study Interpretation B. Explain why not all historians and commentators have agreed with this interpretation. Use other interpretations and your knowledge to support your answer. (10 Marks + 5 SPAG). 15 Minutes.

Q5. Describe... (2 Marks) - e.g. Describe one example of the impact of the Depression in Germany 1929–33. 2 Minutes.

Q6. Explain... (10 Marks) - e.g. Explain why the Nazis tried so hard to win over young people in Germany. 8 Minutes.

Q7. Source Question (10 Marks) 12 Minutes.
- e.g. Study sources A and B. How similar are these two sources? (10 Marks)
- or Study Source A. Explain how this source is useful to a historian studying Nazi Germany [5]. Study Source B. Explain why this source was published in Germany at this time. [5]

Q8. How far do you agree with this statement? ... e.g. ‘The Nazi regime in Germany in the 1930s faced relatively little opposition because most Germans were afraid of it’. How far do you agree with this statement? 20 Minutes.

Paper 1A : International Relations 1918-1975

1. Who or what was to blame for World War Two?

2. Who or what was to blame for Cold War tensions

3. How and Why have Historians disagreed over Appeasement?

4. How and Why have Historians disagreed over the causes of the Cold War?

Paper 1B : Germany 1925-1955

1. How and why did Hitler and the Nazis go from Fringe to Fuhrer?

2. Did the Nazis really create their vision of a 'Volksgemeinschaft'?"

3. What were the legacies of the war?

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Question 2 (10 Marks)

• Explain why the League of Nations failed in the 1930s.

• Explain why WWII broke out in September 1939.

• Explain why tensions between East and West increase between 1945 and 1948

• Explain why the Berlin Wall was built.

• Explain why Cuba became a flashpoint in the Cold War?

• Explain why public opinion in the USA changed during the Vietnam war?

• Explain why the Americans lost the Vietnam war

• Explain why the USA introduced Marshall Aid.

• Explain why was Berlin blockaded.

• Explain why the Berlin Wall was built

• Explain what effect did the Berlin Wall have on International relations.

Question 6 (10 Marks)

• Explain why Germany experienced a crisis by 1933

• Explain how the Nazis consolidated power between 1933 and 1934

• Explain why there was a rising support for the Nazis between 1929 and 1933

• Explain why the Nazis were able to consolidate power between 1933 and 1934

• Explain how the Nazis used terror to control Germany after 1934

• Explain how the Nazis sought to control German society

• Explain why opposition to the Nazi regime largely failed

• Explain what the aims of Nazi social policy were

• Explain how Nazis persecuted different groups before 1939

• Explain why support for the Nazi regime declined during World War Two.

• Explain how the Nazi persecution of Jewish people developed from 1933 onwards.

• Explain how workers were affected by Nazi economic policies.

• Explain why the Nazis tried so hard to win over young people in Germany in the 1930s.

• Explain how the Nazis addressed the German economy

• Explain how the Reichstag fire helped the Nazis to secure control of Germany in 1933. (10 marks)

• Explain how the Nazis used propaganda to control the population of Germany. (10)

• Explain why the Nazis devoted so much attention to youth policies. (10)

• Explain how war affected Germans in the years 1939–45. (10)

• Explain why denazification proved to be a difficult task in the years 1945–48 in Germany. (10)

• Explain how Germans experienced life post-war differently (10)

Question 8 (18 Marks)

• The Nazis were only able to take power because they were led by Hitler.’ How far do you agree with this view? (18)

• The Nazis won the hearts and minds of the German people.’ How far do you agree with this view? (18)

• ‘The Weimar Republic fell because Germans never really supported it.’ How far do you agree with this view? (18)

• The Nazi regime were able to control Germany because it faced such little opposition' How far do you agree with this view? (18)

• Germans failed to benefit from Nazi rule' How far do you agree with this view? (18)

• ‘The use of propaganda was more important than the Nazi police state in controlling Germany in the 1930s.’ How far do you agree?

• ‘The Nazis were only able to take power because of the impact on Germany of the worldwide economic depression.’ How far do you agree with this statement?

• ‘Jews and other minority groups in Germany only suffered serious discrimination from 1938 onwards’. How far do you agree with this statement about Germany in the period 1933–39?

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