CAPE History Unit 2 · 2013 · 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 reasons why the Treaty of Tordesillas was important.
2. 1(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, give TWO reasons why the Spanish fleet was attacked and the ships captured.
3. 1(c)9 marksWith reference to Document III, describe THREE strategies used by England to “supplant” Spain in the West Indies.
4. 1(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, explain THREE consequences of the rivalry among European nations in the New World.
5. 230 marksDiscuss the impact of the American War of Independence on the continental USA and on the wider Atlantic World up to 1789.
6. 330 marksDiscuss how the ideas of the European Enlightenment contributed to the outbreak and development of the French Revolution of 1789.
7. 4(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, explain TWO ways in which Thomas Edison’s role as a “professional inventor” contributed to the emergence of the United States as an industrial nation.
8. 4(b)9 marksWith reference to Document II, explain THREE ways in which the concept of Social Darwinism was used to justify the development of rich corporations.
9. 4(c)6 marksWith reference to Document III, outline TWO ways in which the nature of work was changed and ONE way in which the conditions of work were changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution.
10. 4(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, explain THREE consequences of the changes to working conditions that occurred by 1900 during the American industrialization.
11. 530 marksExplain how the concept of Manifest Destiny led to continental expansion in the United States up to the 1860s.
12. 630 marksExplain the MAIN features of the independence movement in EITHER Brazil OR Venezuela during the nineteenth century.
13. 7(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, explain why Gandhi was held in high esteem “by everyone who [came] across him”. Include TWO reasons in your response.
14. 7(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, explain why the return of the medals was symbolic of Gandhi’s policy of non-cooperation, and give ONE reason why this policy was linked to the Khilafat movement.
15. 7(c)9 marksWith reference to Document III, describe THREE ways in which Gandhi transformed the Congress and prevented its expected demise.
16. 7(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II, and III, explain THREE ways in which Gandhi played a significant role in the movement for Indian independence.
17. 830 marksDiscuss the conditions which led to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
18. 930 marksDiscuss the extent to which the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 led to the outbreak of World War II.