China Questions for Jenna

1. To what extent was the rise to power of Mao due to personal appeal and ability?
2. Analyse the conditions that enabled one left wing ruler to become leader of a single party state.
3. In what ways and with what results was propaganda used by one ruler of a single party state?
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?
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.
10. Compare and Contrast the domestic policies of two rulers of single party states each chosen from a different region.

Russian Revolution and Stalin Questions

1. Analyse the conditions that enabled one left wing leader to become the ruler of a single party state. (10)
2. Analyse the methods used and conditions which helped in the rise of one ruler of a single party state. (07)
3. Discuss the ideology of, and support for, one left wing ruler of a single party state. (10)
4. Analyse the methods used by one single party ruler to establish totalitarian control.
5. To what extent did either Mao’s or Stalin’s domestic policies solve the problems they faced?
6. Describe how and why propaganda was used in two single party states, each chosen from a different region. (11)
7. For what reasons, and with what results, did rulers of single party states both support and censor the arts? (09)
8. In what ways did one ruler of single-party state try to use education to support his regime? (08)
9. Evaluate the successes and failures of one ruler of a single party state. (07)

Great Depression Questions

1. To what extent was the Wall Street Crash a cause of the Great Depression of 1929? Support your argument with specific examples from one country of the region. (2007)

2. Analyse the effect of the Great Depression on women and minorities in one country in the region.

3. Analyse the effect of the Great Depression on culture in one country in the region.

4. In what ways and with what results, did Canada address the problems of the Great Depression

5. Assess the impact of the Great Depression on the society of any two countries of the region. Provide specific examples to support your answer. (2002)

6. With reference to one country of the region, analyse the causes of the Great Depression and assess the political impact of the Great Depression on that country. (2005)

7. “FDR’s greatest achievement was to make a more financially secure U.S.” To what extent do you agree with this statement. (2011)

8. In what ways, and with what success, did the government of one country in the region [the Americas] try to solve the problems of the Great Depression? (2009)

9. Why was there opposition to the New Deal policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt? (2010)

10. “The Great Depression changed governments’ views of their role and responsibility.” With reference to two countries of the region, to what extent do you agree with this statement? (2008)