Sample Paper 2, Topic 10 questions (sourced from the May 2015 session, Paper 2, Topic 3)
Questions can easily be adapted to focus exclusively on Hitler or on other aspects of the course (ie. social policies, instead of domestic)
Examine the importance of economic conditions in the rise to power of two authoritarian/single-party leaders.
“Popular support, rather than the use of force, was vital to the establishment of single-party states.” With reference to two states, each chosen from a different region, to what extent do you agree with this statement?
Examine the view that internal opposition to Hitler had little impact.
To what extent did the economic policies of either Mao or Castro contribute to the maintenance of his power?
To what extent did authoritarian and single-party leaders have a negative effect on the arts?
With reference to either Peron or Nasser, to what extent do you agree that his economic policies failed?
Questions can easily be adapted to focus exclusively on Hitler or on other aspects of the course (ie. social policies, instead of domestic)
Examine the importance of economic conditions in the rise to power of two authoritarian/single-party leaders.
“Popular support, rather than the use of force, was vital to the establishment of single-party states.” With reference to two states, each chosen from a different region, to what extent do you agree with this statement?
Examine the view that internal opposition to Hitler had little impact.
To what extent did the economic policies of either Mao or Castro contribute to the maintenance of his power?
To what extent did authoritarian and single-party leaders have a negative effect on the arts?
With reference to either Peron or Nasser, to what extent do you agree that his economic policies failed?