Specific Exam technique for each question type IB Paper 1 (new spec) 2015+ Specific Exam technique for each question type

The ‘W’ questions of historical sources Who produced it? What type of source? Where and when was it produced? Historical context? Why was it produced? Purpose? Who was the intended audience? Government or general public?

Japanese expansionism interpretations c1900 from USA/UK

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Source B Sato Nobuhiro – A Secret Strategy for Expansion (1823) ‘The whole world should become provinces and districts of Japan. Start with China and focus on Manchuria as it is so easy to attack and hold. The next step would be to occupy all of China.’

1 (a) What according to Source B were the factors…… What according to Source B were the key stages in Japanese Imperial Expansionism fro the early nineteenth century? - Need to make 3 statements based on the source evidence – do not paraphrase!