Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Back to School with Mao



1. To what extent was the rise to power of Mao due to personal appeal and ability? (06)
2. Analyse the conditions that enabled one left wing ruler to become leader of a single party state. (a period just for Elena)
3. In what ways and with what results was propaganda used by one ruler of a single party state? (06)
4. Evaluate the successes and failures of one ruler of a single party state.
5. In what ways did one ruler of a single party state try to use the arts and education to support his regime?
6. In what ways and to what extent was propaganda important in the rise and rule of Mao?
7. The aims of and policies of single party state rulers rarely followed their declared ideology.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? (09)
8. Compare and the contrast the influence outside their own countries of Stalin and Mao.
9. Compare and contrast the rise to power of two rulers of single party states, each chosen from a different region. (08)
10. Compare and Contrast the domestic policies of two rulers of single party states each chosen from a different region. (06)

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task." ~William James