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What caused the First World War?

(a)    Describe June-July 1914 crisis

(b)   Explain Balkan problem

(c)    Evaluate Austria and Serbian rivalry as causes of war.

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Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 fair?

(a)    Describe Wilson’s aims

(b)   Explain why Germany was treated severely

(c)    Evaluate whether the treaties satisfied the victors.

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Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

(a)    Describe aims of LoN

(b)   Explain why Germany/Italy became militaristic

(c)    Evaluate view that world peace threatened by Germany/Italy  by 1936

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How effectively did USA contain the spread of communism?

(a)    Describe US tactics in Vietnam

(b)   Explain why USA increasingly involved

(c)    Evaluate the significance of US contribution to Vietnam

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How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-c.1989?

(a)    Describe Soviet reaction to Hungary 1956

(b)   Explain why USSR tried to dominate Eastern Europe

(c)    Evaluate the view that Poland (1980s) was first sign of  USSRs loss of control of EE.

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What caused the First World War?

(a) What commitments had European countries made with one another by 1914?

(b) Why did he Anglo-French Entente survive?

(c)  'The international crises of 1905, 1908 and 1911 made a general European war certain.' Do you agree with this view? Explain your answer.

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Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 fair?

To what extent was the League of Nations a success?

(a)    Describe the French occupation of the Ruhr, and the German reaction to it.

(b)   Why did the Treaty of Versailles cause problems for Germany in the 1920s?

(c)    How successful was the League of Nations in dealing with international disputes in the 1920s. Explain your answer

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Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

(a)    What measures had Hitler taken to prepare Germany for war by 1938?

(b) Why did Hitler’s demands over Czechoslovakia not lead to war in 1938? 

(c) War in 1939 was caused more by the Treaty of Versailles than by anything else”. Do you agree with this view? Explain your answer.

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Who was to blame for the Cold War?

(a)   Describe the events of the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49?

(b)  Why was Berlin a cause of tension between East and West after the Second World War?

(c)  How successful was the West in containing communism in Europe up to 1949? Explain your answer.

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How effective has the UNO been?

(a)    What were the aims of the UNO at the time of its foundation?

(b)   Why were UN troops used in the Congo from 1960?

(c)    Was the UNO more successful in Korea than in the Congo? Explain your answer.

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What caused the First World War?

(a)    Describe the Anglo-German naval race

(b)   Explain colonial rivalry

(c)    Evaluate the view that Germany caused the war

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To what extent was the League of Nations a success?

(a)    Describe how German armaments were limited

(b)   Explain why the disarmament conference 1932-3 failed

(c)    Evaluate how far the disarmament conference showed that LoN was a failure

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Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

(a)    Describe the Munich agreement

(b)    Explain why Nazi-Soviet pact was important

(c)    Evaluate the view that WWII was caused by British-French mistakes 1938-9 (appeasement)

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How effectively did USA contain the spread of communism?

(a)    Describe relations between USA and Cuba 1959-62

(b)   Explain why Cuban MC caused such alarm

(c)    Evaluate the view that either Kennedy or Khrushchev handled crisis better

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How effective has the UNO been

(a)    Describe aims of UNO

(b)   Explain why UNO intervened in Korea

(c)    Evaluate the view that Congo crisis demonstrated success  of UNO

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What caused the First World War?

(a)    Describe French preparation for war in 1914

(b)   Explain why France mobilised

(c)    Evaluate the view that nationalism caused the war

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Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 fair?

(a)    Describe mandates and plebiscites

(b)   Explain why the treaty was harsh on Germany

(c)    Evaluate how far Germans accepted the treaty by end of 1923

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Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

(a)    Describe the events leading to Anschluss

(b)   Explain why Britain and France allowed Anschluss

(c)    Evaluate the view that Hitler’s policies in Austria and Czech were complete success

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Who was to blame for the Cold War?

(a)    Describe how Poland and Czechoslovakia became communist after 1945

(b)   Explain why war alliance broke down 1945-7

(c)    Evaluate who had more successful policies in Europe 1945-9, USA or USSR?

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How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-c.1989?

(a)    Describe Glasnost

(b)   Explain why Solidarity was formed

(c)    Evaluate the view Communism collapsed because of Gorbachev

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What caused the First World War?

(a)    Describe French alliances

(b)   Explain Anglo-German rivalry

(c)    Evaluate the view that alliances encouraged countries to act in warlike manner.

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To what extent was the League of Nations a success?

(a)    Describe how peace treaties affected France

(b)   Explain why some countries viewed setting up the LoN with suspicion

(c)    Evaluate the view that structural weaknesses caused failure of LoN in 1920s

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Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

(a)    Describe the way Hitler broke Treaty of Versailles from 1933 to end of 1938

(b)   Explain why UK and France followed policy of appeasement

(c)    Evaluate the view that ‘Hitler was a gambler rather than a planner’ in foreign affairs.

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Who was to blame for the Cold War?

(a)    Describe Yalta

(b)   Explain why west were suspicious of USSR 1945-7

(c)    Evaluate the view that attitudes of Churchill and Truman not Stalin caused the Cold War

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How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-c.1989?

(a)    Describe effects of Berlin Wall

(b)   Explain why Berlin Wall built

(c)   Evaluate whether there was a serious chance of a ‘hot war’ breaking out in Europe

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What caused the First World War?

(a)    Describe assassination of 1914

(b)   Explain why Austria wanted to take action against Serbia

(c)    Evaluate whether assassination made war inevitable

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To what extent was the League of Nations a success?

(a)    Describe two successes of LoN in 1920s

(b)   Explain why LoN was quite successful in 20s

(c)    Evaluate how far LoN failed because of the depression

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Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

(a)    Describe the Manchurian crisis

(b)   Explain why Italy defeated Abyssinia

(c)    Evaluate the importance of Hitler’s pacts with Italy and Japan

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How effectively did USA contain the spread of communism?

(a)    Describe the role of Vietcong

(b)   Explain why Vietnam war became increasingly unpopular

(c)    Evaluate the success of US in Vietnam 1963-1975

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How effective has the UNO been?

(a)    Describe the structure of UNO

(b)   Explain why UNO became involved in Congo

(c)    Evaluate importance of UNO in Korean war

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What caused the First World War?

(a) Describe the Balkan Wars

(b) Why were the Balkans a source of international tension in the years before WWI?

(c) Why did the 1914 Balkan crisis cause European war, but earlier crises did not?

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Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 fair?

(a) In what ways did the Treaty of Versailles weaken the German economy?

(b) Why did Germany dislike the Treaty of Versailles??

(c) To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles a sensible treaty in the circumstances of the time? Explain your answer.

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To what extent was the League of Nations a success?

Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

(a) What was the Hoare-Laval Pact?

(b) Why was the conquest of Abyssinia by Italy not prevented by the League of Nations?

(c) To what extent can the outbreak of war in 1939 be blamed upon the failure of the League of Nations? Explain your answer.

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How effectively did USA contain the spread of communism?

(a) What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

(b) Why did the USA find it impossible to defeat the Vietcong?

(c) How far was US public opinion the most important reason for the America's withdrawal from Vietnam? Explain your answer.

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How effective has the UNO been?

(a) Describe the work of any two of the agencies of the UNO

(b) Why have most countries become members of the UNO?

(c) How far has the importance of the UNO increased since 1945? Explain your answer. 

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What caused the First World War?

(a) Describe the Moroccan Crisis of 1905

(b) Why did the crisis over Bosnia-Herzegovina not bring war to Europe?

(c) How far was Germany to blame for the coming of war in 1914? Explain your answer.

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To what extent was the League of Nations a success?

(a)  How did the League of Nations hope to prevent future wars between nations?

(b)  Why did the League of Nations fail to restrict the aggression of Japan in the 1930s?

(c) How far was the League of Nations a failure? Explain your answer.

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Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

(a) When Hitler came to power, what did he hope to achieve in foreign policy?

(b) Why did Britain go to war over Poland in 1939?