Paper 1: The Move to Global War
This is the source paper that you complete and the questions will be based around the Causes and Effects of War and Authoritarian States. This paper is particularly useful as it will enable you to revise and consolidate what you have covered previously.
The two case studies that must be covered are:
In each case study, you need to explore the causes of the expansion, actual events of expansion and the international response to expansion.
Case Study 1: Japan
Causes: Japanese Nationalism and Militarism, Japanese political and economic issues, Chinese instability.
Events: Japanese invasion of Manchuria, Sino-Japanese War, Tripartite Pact, the advent of WWII in Europe and Pearl Harbor.
Reaction: League of Nations and the Lytton Report, Chinese response, International response, particularly the US response.
Case Study 2: German and Italian Expansion
Causes: Fascism and Nazism, Domestic economic issues in Germany and Italy, Change of diplomatic alignments in Europe, the end of collective security and appeasement.
Events: German challenges to post-war settlements, Italian expansion: Abyssinia, Albania and entry into WWII, German expansion: Anschluss, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia and Poland, Pact of Steel and Nazi-Soviet Pact.
Reaction: International responses to German aggression, International responses to Italian aggression, International responses to German and Italian aggression.
Assessment
Time Limit: 1 Hour.
Maximum Mark: 24.
Guidance: Answer all questions from ONE section. There will be a source booklet and a question paper. See the example questions below.
The two case studies that must be covered are:
- Japanese expansion in East Asia between 1931 and 1941
- German and Italian expansion between 1933 and 1940
In each case study, you need to explore the causes of the expansion, actual events of expansion and the international response to expansion.
Case Study 1: Japan
Causes: Japanese Nationalism and Militarism, Japanese political and economic issues, Chinese instability.
Events: Japanese invasion of Manchuria, Sino-Japanese War, Tripartite Pact, the advent of WWII in Europe and Pearl Harbor.
Reaction: League of Nations and the Lytton Report, Chinese response, International response, particularly the US response.
Case Study 2: German and Italian Expansion
Causes: Fascism and Nazism, Domestic economic issues in Germany and Italy, Change of diplomatic alignments in Europe, the end of collective security and appeasement.
Events: German challenges to post-war settlements, Italian expansion: Abyssinia, Albania and entry into WWII, German expansion: Anschluss, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia and Poland, Pact of Steel and Nazi-Soviet Pact.
Reaction: International responses to German aggression, International responses to Italian aggression, International responses to German and Italian aggression.
Assessment
Time Limit: 1 Hour.
Maximum Mark: 24.
Guidance: Answer all questions from ONE section. There will be a source booklet and a question paper. See the example questions below.
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