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ZIMSEC O Level · 2167/2 · N2009

History Paper 2 November 2009

Questions
21
Total marks
50
Syllabus code
2167/2

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Questions
21
Pass mark
13
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Question 1801

[1 marks]World War One 1914-18
Austria-Hungary's 1908 annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina angered Serbia because Austria-Hungary had only been administering, not owning, these provinces since which year?

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Question 1802

[1 marks]World War One 1914-18
The Bosnian Crisis of 1908 began when Austria-Hungary took advantage of political instability following which event to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina?
  1. Athe introduction of Prohibition in 1919
  2. Bthe Young Turk revolt against the Turkish Sultan
  3. Cthe Corfu Incident of 1923
  4. Dthe Enabling Law of 1933

Question 1803

[1 marks]World War One 1914-18
During the Bosnian Crisis of 1908, which country mobilised its army in support of Serbia but was forced to back down after failing to secure the support of its allies, Britain and France?
  1. AFrance
  2. BGermany
  3. CBritain
  4. DRussia

Question 1901

[1 marks]World War One 1914-18
Which four empires collapsed as a political result of the First World War?
  1. ARussia, Germany, Britain and France
  2. BItaly, Japan, Turkey and Bulgaria
  3. CRussia, Germany, Turkey and Austria-Hungary
  4. DBritain, France, Russia and Serbia

Question 1902

[1 marks]World War One 1914-18
Which country emerged from the First World War as the world's greatest creditor nation, gaining a large share of world trade?
  1. AJapan
  2. BBritain
  3. CFrance
  4. Dthe USA

Question 1903

[1 marks]World War One 1914-18
Name one new state created in Central or Eastern Europe as a political result of the First World War.

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Question 4301

[1 marks]Peace Treaties
According to Wilson's Fourteen Points, which region should be returned to France after the First World War?

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Question 4302

[1 marks]Peace Treaties
At the Paris Peace Conference, whose primary aim was to secure revenge on Germany and make her pay for the damage caused to France?
  1. AWoodrow Wilson
  2. BGustav Stresemann
  3. CGeorges Clemenceau
  4. DDavid Lloyd George

Question 4303

[1 marks]Peace Treaties
Unlike the removal of trade tariff barriers, freedom of navigation of the seas, and a real reduction in armaments -- all of which were largely ignored -- which of Wilson's Fourteen Points was actually honoured at the Paris Peace Conference?
  1. ABelgium's restoration as a free and independent state
  2. Bfreedom of navigation of the seas
  3. Ca real reduction in armaments
  4. Dthe removal of trade tariff barriers

Question 6001

[1 marks]The League of Nations
How much did Greece pay in compensation after the Conference of Ambassadors ruled on the Corfu Incident of 1923?

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Question 6002

[1 marks]The League of Nations
Which country's naval squadron bombarded the Greek island of Corfu in 1923, after Italian commission members were killed on Greek territory?
  1. AItaly
  2. BYugoslavia
  3. CGreece
  4. DBritain

Question 6003

[1 marks]The League of Nations
Why did some League of Nations members feel the enquiry into the Corfu Incident of 1923 was unfair to Greece?
  1. AMussolini was given a permanent seat on the League Council
  2. Bthe commission of enquiry included an Italian member
  3. Cthe League Council ordered an immediate invasion of Italy
  4. DGreece was expelled from the League of Nations

Question 7701

[1 marks]The Dictators: Italy
In which year did Mussolini sign the Lateran Treaty with the Pope, recognising the Vatican as a sovereign state and making Catholicism Italy's state religion?

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Question 7702

[1 marks]The Dictators: Italy
What percentage of people in southern Italy were illiterate, according to the social problems facing Italy between 1918 and 1922?
  1. A25%
  2. B50%
  3. C78%
  4. D100%

Question 7703

[1 marks]The Dictators: Italy
Which secret organisation did Mussolini use to enforce his corporate fascist state in Italy?
  1. ASS
  2. BGestapo
  3. COVRA
  4. DSA

Question 9401

[1 marks]The Dictators: Germany
Name the 1933 law that let Hitler introduce laws without the Reichstag's approval, making him a complete dictator.

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Question 9402

[1 marks]The Dictators: Germany
At what age did German boys join the Hitler Youth movement, as part of Hitler's consolidation of power in Germany?
  1. A10
  2. B14
  3. C16
  4. D18

Question 9403

[1 marks]The Dictators: Germany
Which organisation replaced Germany's trade unions after Hitler banned them and confiscated their funds in 1933?
  1. Athe German Labour Front
  2. Bthe Fascist Grand Council
  3. COVRA
  4. Dthe National Prohibition Party

Question 11101

[1 marks]USA: Boom, Depression and Recovery
Which 1919 law introduced Prohibition in the USA, banning the sale, manufacture and transport of alcoholic drinks?

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Question 11102

[1 marks]USA: Boom, Depression and Recovery
In which year was Prohibition finally ended in the United States?

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Question 11103

[1 marks]USA: Boom, Depression and Recovery
In which US city did the gangster Al Capone grow rich from illegal bootlegging during Prohibition?
  1. ABoston
  2. BChicago
  3. CNew York
  4. DDetroit

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