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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

HISTORY 6006/2

PAPER 2 Regional and International History

JUNE 2019 SESSION 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 from at least three of Sections A —- E.

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

This paper consists of 20 questions.

Each question in this paper carries 25 marks.

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

You should illustrate your answers with specific examples.

Candidates are advised to spend 45 minutes on each question.

Ti:‘s question paper consists of 3 printed pages and | blank page.
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Section A

Examine the problems experienced in the transition from the Irans-Auantic Slave
Trade to legitimate trade in West Africa.

“Tshaka’s reforms were both beneficial and repressive.’ Discuss.
To what extent did economic factors contribute to the colonisation of Africa?
Analyse the features of the Maji-Maji uprising of 1905 to 1907.

Section B

How far did the foreign policy of the French monarchy contribute to the outbreak of
the French Revolution in 1789?

Examine the reasons for the souring of relations between the moderate revolutionaries
and the French monarchy by 1792.

To what extent was the defence of the gains of the Revolution the main reason for the
Terror in Revolutionary France between 1792 and 1794?

How and with what success did Napoleon I silence opposition to his rule between
1800 and 1815?

Section C

‘Reactionary and illiberal.’ Is this a true assessment of the Vienna Settlement of
1815?

Discuss the view that the restored Bourbons were ‘insensitive and unrepentant.’

How far was the unification of Italy primarily the work of Northern Italians?

Examine the view that German Unification was achieved more by Bismarck’s
diplomatic skill than by war.

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Section D

To what extent did the rise of the German Empire lead to the outbreak of the First
World War in 1914?.

‘Punitive motives dominated the Versailles Peace Settlement of 1919.’ Discuss the
validity of this claim.

How far did the economic problems of the Weimar Republic help Hitler’s rise to power
by 1933?

Discuss the notion that Mussolini’s foreign policy was ‘undiplomatic and aggressive’
up to 1939.

Section E

Assess the effectiveness of Stalin’s control of the Soviet Union up to 1941?

How far was dissatisfaction with the Kuomintang (KMT) the main reason for the
growth of Communist support in China to 1949?

To what extent was the formation of the Southern African Development Coordination
Conference (SADCC) in 1980 necessitated by economic motives?

In what ways, and to what extent, have financial constraints militated against the
United Nations’ efforts to achieve its aims?

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