1. History B: Modern World
JUNE 2007

2. spend 15 mins Section A 1(a)What is the message of this cartoon? Use
details of the cartoon
and your knowledge to
explain your answer [6]
1(b) Explain why the
‘Big Three’ at Versailles
had different aims. [9]
spend 15 mins
Section A

3. choose either this or the next question
spend 35 mins
Section B
3(a) What were the main aims of the League of Nations?
[4]
3(b) Explain how the League of Nations achieved some
successes in the 1920s. [6]
3(c) How far can the failure of the League in the 1930s
be blamed on the Great Depression? Explain your
answer. [10]

4. choose either this or the previous question
spend 35 mins
Section B
4(a) Describe the events in the Rhineland in [4]
4(b) Explain why Britain followed a policy of
appeasement [6]
4(c) How far was the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939
responsible for causing war in Europe? Explain your
answer. [10]

5. spend 10 mins Section C 7(a)Why do you think this cartoon was
published in Germany
in 1919? Use the
cartoon and your
knowledge to explain
your answer. [7]
spend 10 mins
Section C

6. spend 10 mins Section C 7(b) Are you surprised by
this poster? Use the poster
and your knowledge
to explain your answer. [6]
spend 10 mins
Section C

7. “The Weimar Republic was born out of terrible defeat.
This cast a dark shadow on the Republic. The criminal
madness of the Versailles Diktat was a blow to the hopes
of political and economic recovery. The Weimar
Constitution was born with this curse upon it. That the
Weimar Republic did not collapse immediately proves
the strength of the Constitution.”
7(c) How far does this source prove that the Weimar
Republic failed because of the Treaty of Versailles? Use
the source and your knowledge to explain your answer.
[7]
spend 10 mins
Section C

8. choose either this or the next question
spend 20 mins
Section C
8(a)Describe what happened during, and immediately
after, the Reichstag Fire in [4]
8(b) Explain why Hitler carried out the Night of the Long
Knives (1934). [6]
8(c) ‘Popular support for Hitler was the most important
reason why he became Chancellor in 1933.’ How far
do you agree with this view? Explain your answer. [10]

9. choose either this or the previous question
spend 20 mins
Section C
9(a) Describe the propaganda methods used by the
Nazis. [4]
9(b) Explain why women were important in Hitler’s plans
for Germany. [6]
9(c) How far did the Nazis achieve total control in
Germany between 1933 and 1945? Explain your
answer. [10]