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General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

ECONOMIC HISTORY 6034/2

PAPER 2 WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY (1400 to present)
SPECIMEN PAPER 2018 3 hours

Additional material:
Answer paper

TIME: 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer paper.
Answer four questions, two from each, of Sections A and B.

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

Each question in this paper carries 25 marks.

Y ou are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.

Y ou should illustrate your answers with specific examples.

Candidates are advised to spend 45 minutes on each question.

This question paper consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page.

Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, Specimen paper.

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SECTION A

Examine the reasons for the development of the Trans-A tlantic Slave Trade.
To what extent can Africa’s economic underdevelopment be attributed to the Slave Trade?

‘It was more the effort of humanitarians than the policies of the British Government that led
to the abolition of the Slave Trade.’ How valid is this assertion?

How accurate is the view that Africans in pre-colonial times were wealthier without money?
Discuss the viability of indigenous currencies in pre-colonial A frica?

‘It was the need to harness raw materials than the desire for markets that led to imperialism
in Africa.’ Discuss.

Examine reasons for the adoption of Ujamaa and the economic impact of the programme in
Tanzania.

‘Africa did not benefit economically from colonialism.’ Discuss this assertion with
reference to the period 1900-1950.

How far did post-colonial African governments benefit from adopting alternatives to
capitalism?

Assess the impact of China’s industrialisation on the Japanese economy since 1990.

Analyse the lessons that can be learnt by Africa from China’s industrialization programme
since the 1970s.

Examine the effects of the Mozambican Civil War on the Zimbabwean economy.

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Why and with what economic impact was A frica involved in the Second World War?

Examine the economic effects of the Cold War on Africa.

‘The roaring twenties.’ Is this an accurate description of the economic prosperity in
America from 1919 to 1929?

How accurate is the assertion that the African-American economic situation was not
improved by the Boom of the 1920s?

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‘A great lesson for the world.’ Is this an accurate analysis of the economic recovery policies
of the USA during the 1930s?

Examine the economic impact of the Credit Crunch of 2008 in Souther A frica?
Analyse the relevance of Karl Marx’s ideas on the evolution of capitalism.

Discuss the contribution of John Maynard Keynes’ economic theory in the development of
economic thought.

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