Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

The 1990s brought the end of apartheid in South Africa.

External involvement in the Middle East has had important consequences.

The United Nations (UN) faced many challenges in its role in the Middle East.

Study Sources C and D. Does Source D prove that Douglass (Source C) was wrong? Explain your answer using details of the sources and your knowledge.

Study Sources E and F. How similar are these two illustrations? Explain your answer using details of the sources and your knowledge.

Study Source G. How useful would this source be to a historian studying John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry? Explain your answer using details...

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

Study Source C. Why was this cartoon published on 29 October 1962? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Study Source F. What is the cartoonist's message? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Study Source G. How far does this source prove that Khrushchev's motive in the Missile Crisis was to protect Cuba? Explain your answer using detail...

Study Source A. What impressions of John Brown does this source give? Explain your answer using details of the source.

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

Study Source D. Why was this print published at this time? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Study Source G. How useful is this source to a historian studying the raid at Harpers Ferry? Explain your answer using details of the source and yo...

Study Source A. How far are you surprised by Source A? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Study Source D. How useful is this source as evidence about American involvement in Vietnam? Explain your answer using details of the source and yo...

Study Source E. Why was this cartoon published in May 1970? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.

Tension increased between North and South before the American Civil War.

The growth of European empires was not trouble free.

The Versailles Settlement had mixed consequences.

The 1930s saw an increase in aggression from some states.

US involvement in the Cold War was not always popular.

The USSR faced challenges to its control over Eastern Europe.

It was difficult to advance on the Western Front.

Many factors contributed to the Nazi takeover of Germany.

The Nazis attempted to control German society in many ways.

The Tsar faced many challenges.

Life in the Soviet Union changed under Stalin's rule.

The 1920s brought changes to life in the USA.

There were mixed reactions to the New Deal.

Many changes occurred in China in the 1950s.

China's relationship with foreign powers changed over time.

Apartheid was established during the 1950s and 1960s.

The South African government introduced radical measures to maintain apartheid.

After 1945 there was a struggle over the future of Palestine.

Bringing peace to the Middle East has proved challenging.

Individuals were important in the outcomes of the 1848 revolutions.

The Civil War brought changes to the United States.

Imperialism had mixed results for the colonised peoples.

Relationships between European powers were important in the build-up to the First World War.

Agreeing a peace settlement at the end of the First World War was challenging.

Hitler's foreign policy involved Germany in the affairs of many countries.

The USA and USSR had different aims in Europe after 1945.

Tension between Iran and Iraq led to war in 1980.

There was great loss of life on the Western Front.

The war had many impacts on civilians.

Germany faced challenges in the years following the First World War.

The Nazis controlled many aspects of life in Germany.

1917 brought great changes to Russia.

Stalin was determined to consolidate and maintain power.