CAPE History Unit 2 · 2021 · Paper 2

15 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, suggest TWO reasons regarding the significance of the summoning of the Estates General by Louis XVI in 1789.
2. 1(b)9 marksWith reference to Document I, discuss THREE ways in which the French Revolution resulted from royal incompetence.
3. 1(c)6 marksWith reference to Document II, suggest THREE significant measures taken by the National Assembly between 1789 and 1791.
4. 1(d)9 marksWith reference to Document II, explain THREE ways in which the ideas of Enlightenment influenced the outbreak of the French Revolution.
5. 230 marksExamine the view that external and internal factors led to the achievement of political independence in the 1820s in EITHER Brazil OR Venezuela.
6. 3(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, suggest TWO ways in which George Clemenceau's speech at the Paris Peace Conference may have set the stage for the outbreak of World War II.
7. 3(b)9 marksWith reference to Document I, explain THREE ways in which Versailles was significant for the War of 1939.
8. 3(c)6 marksWith reference to Document II, outline THREE ways in which the aggressive policies of Germany caused World War II.
9. 3(d)9 marksWith reference to Document II, explain the reasons for the author's assessment that the "whole policy of appeasement is in ruins".
10. 430 marksDiscuss the view that the impact of World War I was MAINLY responsible for the outbreak of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
11. 5(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, identify TWO justifications made by CARICOM governments for reparations.
12. 5(b)9 marksWith reference to Document I, discuss THREE ways in which emancipation in the British Caribbean territories was favourable to the British.
13. 5(c)6 marksWith reference to Document II, outline THREE arguments advanced for the justification of reparations to Caribbean territories.
14. 5(d)9 marksWith reference to Document II, outline THREE arguments used by those opposed to call for reparations for Caribbean territories.
15. 630 marksComment on the view that the international community was mainly responsible for the dismantlement of Apartheid in South Africa.