0470.3.5.01 — What were the motives behind European and US imperialism?.: past paper questions
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- 0470/11 · May/June 2026 · Q11a[4]
What was the 25 Point Programme of 1920?
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Why did the Nazis do well in the Reichstag election of March 1933?
See it on the paper → - 0470/11 · May/June 2026 · Q11c[10]
‘Hitler carried out the Night of the Long Knives to win the support of the German army.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
See it on the paper → - 0470/11 · May/June 2026 · Q12a[4]
Describe the changes in economic policy brought in by the Four Year Plan.
See it on the paper → - 0470/11 · May/June 2026 · Q12b[6]
Why did Hitler want to rearm Germany?
See it on the paper → - 0470/11 · May/June 2026 · Q12c[10]
‘The Nazis maintained their control of Germany by the use of fear and violence.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. Depth study C: Russia, 1905–41
See it on the paper → - 0470/12 · May/June 2026 · Q4b[6]
Why did German imperialism create tension in Europe?
See it on the paper → - 0470/11 · October/November 2025 · Q3c[10]
‘European powers wanted to build empires for economic reasons.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
See it on the paper → - 0470/13 · October/November 2025 · Q3b[6]
Why was there a debate in the United States in the 1890s over imperialism?
See it on the paper → - 0470/13 · October/November 2025 · Q4a[4]
Describe Kaiser William II’s aims in foreign policy.
See it on the paper → - 0470/21 · May/June 2025 · Q1c[8]
Study Sources D and E. Does Source D make Source E surprising? Explain your answer using details of the sources and your knowledge.
See it on the paper → - 0470/12 · February/March 2025 · Q3c[10]
‘US policy in the Philippines and Cuba in the period 1890 to 1906 was imperialist.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
See it on the paper → - 0470/22 · February/March 2025 · Q1c[8]
Study Source D. Why was this source published in Boston in 1851? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.
See it on the paper → - 0470/22 · February/March 2025 · Q1d[8]
Study Sources E and F. Which one of these two sources provides the more reliable evidence about the Fugitive Slave Law? Explain your answer using details of the sources and your knowledge.
See it on the paper → - 0470/22 · February/March 2025 · Q1e[9]
Study all the sources. How far do these sources provide convincing evidence that the Fugitive Slave Law was effective? Use the sources to explain your answer. Option B: Twentieth century topic
See it on the paper → - 0470/22 · February/March 2025 · Q2c[8]
Study Sources E and F. How far does Source E make Source F surprising? Explain your answer using details of the sources and your knowledge.
See it on the paper → - 0470/21 · October/November 2024 · Q1c[8]
Study Source E. Why did this newspaper publish this front page on 17 February 1898? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.
See it on the paper → - 0470/21 · October/November 2024 · Q1e[9]
Study all the sources. How far do these sources provide convincing evidence that people in the United States blamed the Spanish for the sinking of the Maine? Use the sources to explain your answer.
See it on the paper → - 0470/12 · February/March 2024 · Q5a[4]
What were the main aims of Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
See it on the paper → - 0470/22 · May/June 2023 · QA2[7]
How reliable is Source C as evidence about European imperialism? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.
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What examiners said
Some good responses were seen to this question. Most candidates were able to explain that Source E does make Source F surprising because of what they both say about Mussolini. A common way of making this comparison was to use the ‘minimum’ demands in Source E to infer that Mussolini is being shown as reasonable and then compare this with Source F, which describes him as ‘not a reasonable, cool-hea...
— Examiner report, February/March 2025, 0470/22 Q2(c) (Cambridge)
Many candidates wrote well informed responses to this question. Four relevant points were required, such as: ‘Wilson aimed for a fair and lasting peace’, ‘He encouraged self-determination’, ‘He wanted to set up the League of Nations’ and ‘Wilson wanted to bring about general disarmament.’ Any of the Fourteen Points were credited, in addition to the fact that Wilson did not want to treat the German...
— Examiner report, February/March 2024, 0470/12 Q5(a) (Cambridge)
Candidates were asked to consider two written sources and conclude whether the content of one proves the author of the other was not telling the truth. Specifically, they were asked whether Surikov’s words in Source C prove that Khrushchev was lying in his memoirs in Source D. Many candidates were able to pick out disagreements between the two sources and use these to conclude that Khrushchev was...
— Examiner report, October/November 2020, 0470/23 Q2 (Cambridge)
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