Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

Russia faced many problems in the years 1905 to 1917.

After 1929 Stalin dominated the USSR.

The United States in the 1920s was both an exciting and a frightening place to live in.

The Depression affected both the rich and the poor.

The Communists brought about much change in the 1950s.

Mao led China for many years.

Apartheid was established and firmly enforced by South African governments.

During the years 1966 to 1980 opposition to apartheid continued.

Wars dominated the Middle East in the years 1956 to 1973.

Many different groups have had an impact on the relations between Israel and its neighbours.

There were factors both supporting and opposing Italian unification.

Austria played an important role in the unification of Germany.

The abolition of slavery did not improve the situation of black Americans as much as some people had hoped.

In the early part of the twentieth century there were tensions between many countries.

There were many different reactions to the peace settlement of 1919–20.

Despite many difficulties, the League of Nations had some successes.

In the years after the Second World War, the United States and the USSR did not agree about everything.

Soviet control of Eastern Europe came under increasing pressure.

There were several key battles in the First World War.

The First World War was fought on many fronts.

The Weimar Republic had successes and failures.

Nazi policies affected different groups in German society very differently.

In the period 1905 to 1917 attempts at reform achieved little.

From 1917 the Bolsheviks dominated Russia.

In the 1920s, old and new ideas clashed in the United States.

Roosevelt's New Deals dominated America during the 1930s.

The events of 1934 to 1949 had enormous consequences for China.

From 1950 China gradually engaged more with the rest of the world.

Little was done between 1966 and 1980 to solve South Africa's problems.

By 1993 there was enough agreement in South Africa to bring white minority rule to an end.

Israel and its Arab neighbours have often been at war.

The number of Palestinian refugees has increased over the years.

Study Sources A and B. How far do these two sources agree? Explain your answer using details of the sources.

Study Source C. How reliable is Source C as evidence about European imperialism? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Study Sources D and E. Is one of these sources more useful than the other to a historian studying colonial Africa? Explain your answer using detail...

Study Sources F and G. How far does Source F make Source G surprising? Explain your answer using details of the sources and your knowledge.

Study Source H. Why was this source published in 1906? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Study all the sources. How far do these sources provide convincing evidence that imperialism had a beneficial impact on Africa? Use the sources to ...

Study Source C. How useful is this source to a historian studying the Anschluss? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Study Source H. Are you surprised by this source? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Option A: Nineteenth century topic HOW FAR DID INDIA AND INDIANS BENEFIT FROM BRITISH RULE? Study the Background Information and the sources carefu...

Now answer all the following questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are...

Option B: Twentieth Century topic WAS BRITAIN RIGHT NOT TO ACT OVER THE REMILITARISATION OF THE RHINELAND? Study the Background Information and the...

Many different factors contributed to the achievement of Italian unification.

In the nineteenth century powerful forces were driving Germany towards unification.

US presidents faced many problems in the nineteenth century.

In the second half of the nineteenth century imperialism took many different forms.

The Treaty of Versailles had important consequences for Germany.

German foreign policy led to war in Europe.

There was much tension in the early years of the Cold War.