History Paper 2 June 2011

1. ARomania
2. BGreece
3. CMontenegro
4. DNorway

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1. ABrown Shirts
2. BRed Guards
3. CBlack Hand
4. DBlackshirts

1. AAustria-Hungary
2. BBulgaria
3. CFrance
4. DTurkey

1. Afighting a war on two fronts at the same time
2. Blosing her colonies in Africa and the Pacific
3. Ca blockade of her ports by the British navy
4. Dhaving to build a large fleet of submarines

1. AItaly entered the war on Germany's side in 1914
2. BBelgian resistance delayed it and Russia mobilised fast
3. Cthe German navy was defeated by the British in the Channel
4. DGermany's generals refused to march through Belgium

1. ASaint-Germain
2. BSevres
3. CTrianon
4. DNeuilly

1. A50 000 men
2. B100 000 men
3. C500 000 men
4. D10 000 men

1. Aleave the League of Nations for ten years
2. Baccept the blame for starting the war
3. Cgive up her whole navy to Britain at once
4. Dhand over her colonies to the United States

1. Athe Trusteeship Council
2. Bthe World Food Programme
3. Cthe Mandates Commission
4. Dthe Security Council

1. Akeep records and prepare the League's reports
2. Btry states accused of breaking their treaties
3. Cdecide which countries could join the League
4. Dcommand the League's own standing army

1. Asettle border disputes between member states
2. Bprovide loans to countries in economic difficulty
3. Cimprove working hours and conditions for workers
4. Dorganise the exchange of prisoners of war

1. Aanger at Italy's small gains from the peace treaties
2. Bthe collapse of the Italian monarchy in 1920
3. Cthe decision of the Pope to support the socialists
4. DItaly's defeat by Austria-Hungary in the First World War

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1. Abanning rival political parties and free trade unions
2. Ballowing opposition parties to sit in parliament
3. Chanding control of the police to elected councils
4. Dholding free parliamentary elections once every two years

1. Athe Republican Party
2. Bthe Communist Party
3. Cthe Congress Party
4. Dthe Labour Party

1. Aleaving the schools in the hands of the churches
2. Brestoring free elections to the German parliament
3. Cgiving the trade unions control over wages and hours
4. Dpublic works such as motorways to cut unemployment

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1. Abuying every farm in the country outright
2. Bopening new farmland in the western states
3. Craising the taxes paid by large landowners
4. Dpaying farmers to grow less than before

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1. Athe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
2. Bthe Securities and Exchange Commission
3. Cthe Agricultural Adjustment Administration
4. Dthe Civilian Conservation Corps

1. Athe alliance between Germany and the USSR in 1925
2. Bthe resentment caused by the Treaty of Versailles
3. Cthe success of the League in disarming Europe
4. Dthe refusal of Germany to rearm after 1933

1. AGreece
2. BYugoslavia
3. CAbyssinia
4. DAlbania

1. AAustria
2. BCzechoslovakia
3. CPoland
4. Dthe Soviet Union

1. Athe Soviet Union
2. Bthe United States
3. CCanada
4. DItaly

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1. Athe Marshall Plan
2. Bthe Monroe Doctrine
3. Cthe Open Door
4. DLend-Lease

1. AVienna
2. BGeneva
3. CNairobi
4. DNew York

1. Athat the rights of women are part of human rights
2. Bthat economic rights matter more than political ones
3. Cthat human rights apply only to citizens of a state
4. Dthat each government may choose which rights to allow

1. Auniversal, indivisible and interdependent
2. Bgranted by each government to its citizens
3. Climited to civil and political freedoms
4. Dapplying only in times of peace

1. ANigeria
2. BSierra Leone
3. CBotswana
4. DKenya

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Aappoint the members of the electoral commission from the ruling party
2. Ballow citizens full participation in the political process
3. Cbar political parties from campaigning in the rural areas
4. Dhold elections only when the ruling party agrees to them

1. A1900
2. B1911
3. C1927
4. D1949

1. Athe end of foreign trade through the treaty ports
2. Bthe rise of warlords who ruled the provinces by force
3. Cthe return of foreign concessions to Chinese control
4. Dthe immediate unity of the country under one government

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1. Alarge gold reserves left by the Nationalists
2. Ba shortage of workers to farm the land
3. Cwidespread illiteracy and poor transport
4. Dan industrial output greater than Japan's

1. Apaying wages to women who stayed at home
2. Bbanning arranged marriages and allowing divorce
3. Cgiving women the right to vote for the first time
4. Dreserving half the seats in parliament for women

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1. Athe Trusteeship Council
2. Bthe Economic and Financial Committee
3. Cthe International Court of Justice at The Hague
4. Dthe Security Council

1. Aa veto over decisions it dislikes
2. Bvotes in proportion to its payments
3. Ca vote weighted by its population
4. Done vote, regardless of its size

1. Atrying individuals accused of war crimes
2. Bsending armed forces into a member state without its consent
3. Capproving the budget of the United Nations
4. Dappointing the judges of the World Court on its own

1. AGhana
2. BKenya
3. CSomalia
4. DZambia

1. Amediation and arbitration by its own commission
2. Bsending a standing army into the country concerned
3. Creferring every dispute to the UN Security Council
4. Dexpelling the offending state from the organisation

1. Athe peaceful settlement of disputes by negotiation
2. Bsupport for movements fighting colonial rule
3. Cnon-interference in a member's internal affairs
4. Dnon-alignment between the great power blocs