CAPE History Unit 2 · 2010 · Paper 2

18 questions and parts from this paper. Open one to see it in full, then practise it on Quelpr and get it marked against the mark scheme.

1. 1(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, outline THREE factors that precipitated the conflict between Britain and her American colonies.
2. 1(b)9 marksWith reference to Document II, explain THREE factors that were responsible for the eventual victory of the Americans in their fight for independence.
3. 1(c)6 marksWith reference to Document III, briefly explain the role of the Enlightenment in stimulating conflict in France.
4. 1(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss THREE ways in which the American and French Revolutions affected the New World.
5. 230 marks“Rivalry among Europeans in the Americas was MAINLY a result of conflict in Europe.” Discuss this statement with reference to the period 1492 to 1763.
6. 330 marksDiscuss the extent to which the trans-Atlantic trade in Africans was a continuation of the social and economic structures that already existed in West Africa.
7. 4(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, outline TWO factors within Britain and ONE factor related to Britain’s Atlantic connections, that contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
8. 4(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, outline THREE factors that contributed to the industrial growth of the USA.
9. 4(c)12 marksWith reference to Document III, discuss THREE effects of the Industrial Revolution in the USA on manufacturing businesses and commerce.
10. 4(d)6 marksWith reference to Documents II and III, outline THREE ways in which labour responded to the Industrial Revolution in the USA.
11. 530 marksExamine the attempts by the USA to fulfil the ideals of ‘Manifest Destiny’ within continental North America between 1845 and 1867.
12. 630 marksDiscuss the view that international developments in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were responsible for the independence of EITHER Brazil OR Venezuela.
13. 7(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, outline THREE factors that contributed to the civil upheavals which led to the Russian Revolution.
14. 7(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, outline THREE ways in which the Tzar might have contributed to his own personal and political fate by 1917.
15. 7(c)9 marksWith reference to Document III, explain how the Checka affected the regime that was established as a result of the Bolshevik Revolution.
16. 7(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss the extent to which the Russian working class was transformed between 1917 and 1924.
17. 830 marksDiscuss the factors that contributed to the outbreak of World War I. In your response, refer to THREE schools of thought on the causes of the war.
18. 930 marksDiscuss the extent to which the nationalist strategies used by Mahatma Gandhi to decolonise India were effective.