History Paper 2 November 2021

1. Athe ban on public meetings in Britain before 1833
2. Bopposition from merchants and planters who profited
3. Cthe refusal of any Member of Parliament to help them
4. Da lack of printing presses in eighteenth century Britain

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1. A1772
2. B1807
3. C1833
4. D1865

1. AEntente Cordiale
2. BTriple Alliance
3. CTriple Entente
4. DDual Alliance

1. ABritain and Germany over Dreadnoughts
2. BAustria-Hungary and Serbia over the Danube
3. CFrance and Italy over the Mediterranean fleet
4. DRussia and Japan over the Pacific squadrons

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1. Atorpedo boat
2. BU-boat
3. Caircraft carrier
4. Dbattle cruiser

1. Aneither side could break the other's lines
2. Bsoldiers refused to fight in the trenches at all
3. Cthe trenches used up all the available steel
4. Dgenerals were forbidden to order an attack

1. ABritain
2. BFrance
3. CGermany
4. DItaly

1. Agive Germany's fleet to the United States
2. Bhand Germany's colonies back to her at once
3. Cdestroy Germany completely as a nation
4. Dkeep Germany able to trade with Britain

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1. AFrance
2. BGermany
3. Cthe Soviet Union
4. Dthe United States

1. Acollect taxes directly from citizens
2. Badmit new members to the League
3. Ccommand the League's armed forces
4. Dtry war criminals of the First World War

1. AItaly's invasion of Abyssinia in 1935
2. BJapan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931
3. Cthe Aaland Islands dispute of 1921
4. DHitler's march into the Rhineland

1. Adraining the Pontine Marshes
2. Bmoving the capital of Italy to Milan
3. Cdigging a tunnel under the Adriatic Sea
4. Dbuilding a canal from Rome to Venice

1. AItaly importing all her grain from Russia
2. BItaly giving up wheat farming altogether
3. Ca large fall in the price of Italian bread
4. DItaly growing far more wheat than before

1. Aforbidding Italians to leave for America
2. Braising the age of marriage to twenty-five
3. Ctaxing bachelors and rewarding large families
4. Dbringing in settlers from Germany and Austria

1. Athe superiority of the Aryan race
2. Bthe equality of all races and nations
3. Cthe ownership of all land by the state
4. Dgovernment by an elected assembly

1. Amass unemployment after the Great Depression
2. Bthe rapid growth of German exports
3. Cthe discovery of oil in Bavaria
4. Da serious shortage of workers in German factories

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1. AHungary
2. BPoland
3. CRomania
4. DBulgaria

1. Athe French province of Alsace
2. Bthe Polish port of Danzig
3. Cthe rest of Czechoslovakia
4. Dthe whole of the Rhineland

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1. Acapture the Suez Canal from the British
2. Bopen a second front against Japan
3. Cseize the oil fields of the Caucasus
4. Drecover Germany's African colonies

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1. Athe Soviet air force controlled the skies in 1941
2. BGermany had no tanks fit for the eastern front
3. Cthe German army was halted by the Russian winter
4. DItaly refused to send any troops to Russia

1. Athe machine gun
2. Bthe poison gas shell
3. Cthe tank
4. Dthe atomic bomb

1. Athe industrial strength of the United States
2. Bthe neutrality of the Soviet Union after 1941
3. Cthe loss of the British Empire's resources
4. Dthe refusal of Britain to bomb German cities

1. Awere called up to fight in the front line everywhere
2. Bwere forbidden to work outside the home
3. Clost the right to vote in most countries
4. Dtook jobs in factories and the armed services

1. Athe Soviet Union
2. BBritain
3. CChina
4. DPoland

1. Asoldiers to guard the borders of the West
2. Bloans repayable in gold within one year
3. Cfree grain sent only to defeated Germany
4. Dmoney and goods to rebuild industry

1. Aany country threatened by communism
2. BGermany alone among the defeated states
3. Cthe colonies seeking their independence
4. Dthe Soviet Union in rebuilding its cities

1. AGreece
2. BTurkey
3. CWest Germany
4. DCanada

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1. Ahanding West Berlin over to the Soviet zone
2. Bsupplying the city entirely by air
3. Csending tanks along the road to Berlin
4. Dcutting off all trade with the Soviet Union

1. AAlgeria
2. BGhana
3. CNigeria
4. DZambia

1. Athe example of India's independence in 1947
2. Bthe low prices paid to African peasant farmers
3. Cthe poor wages paid on European-owned farms
4. Dthe loss of land to white settlers in the highlands

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1. ARobert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
2. BSamora Machel of Mozambique
3. CNelson Mandela of South Africa
4. DKwame Nkrumah of Ghana

1. Ajudges chosen by the Assembly
2. Bofficers of the liberation movements
3. Cthe foreign ministers of member states
4. Dthe heads of state of member countries

1. Aelecting the chairman of the Assembly
2. Bthe day to day administration of the body
3. Ccommanding the armed forces of member states
4. Dsettling border disputes by force

1. AWinston Churchill
2. BDag Hammarskjold
3. CDouglas MacArthur
4. DHarry Truman

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1. Aelect the judges of the World Court alone
2. Bapprove the budget of the United Nations
3. Cadmit new members on its own authority
4. Dkeep international peace and security

1. Athe Bolsheviks
2. Bthe Fascists
3. Cthe Girondins
4. Dthe Jacobins

1. Asell their surplus grain for a profit
2. Btake over the great state factories
3. Cpay no taxes to the government at all
4. Dleave the land and move to the towns

1. Amade them pay rent to the old landlords
2. Bgave their land to returning soldiers
3. Cforced them to join collective farms
4. Dtook their grain to feed the towns

1. Athe loyalty of the merchants of Shanghai
2. Bthe surrender of Japan's army to Mao in 1945
3. Cthe support of the peasants in the countryside
4. Dmoney and weapons supplied by the United States

1. Asending them to work in Japan
2. Bbanning the growing of rice
3. Cclosing every village school in their province
4. Dcollecting heavy taxes years in advance

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1. Areturn the sugar estates to their owners
2. Bencourage American firms to invest again
3. Cwipe out illiteracy among Cubans
4. Drestore the Roman Catholic church schools

1. Ainviting foreign firms to run the mines
2. Bending all trade with the Soviet Union
3. Cnationalising the sugar mills and banks
4. Dselling state farms to private owners

1. Awere the only Cubans allowed to study free
2. Bwere given equal pay and free child care
3. Cwere excused all work outside the home
4. Dwere given half the seats in the assembly

1. AAlexander Kerensky
2. BLeon Trotsky
3. CNicholas II
4. DRasputin

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1. Abuilding houses in the countryside
2. Bheavy industry such as steel and coal
3. Craising the wages of factory workers
4. Dmaking more clothes and shoes for the people

1. Athe army was disbanded altogether
2. Bprivate trade was encouraged again
3. CChina opened her borders to tourists
4. Dschools and universities were closed

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1. Aa joint attack on Taiwan by both countries
2. Bthe union of the two Communist parties
3. Cthe withdrawal of Soviet experts from China
4. DSoviet aid for China's atomic bomb project