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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

HISTORY 2167/2

PAPER 2 International Affairs

NOVEMBER 2015 SESSION 2 hours

Additional materials:
Answer paper

TIME 2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper.

Answer any four questions.

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.

Read all questions carefully before choosing the ones you intend to answer.

Candidates are advised to spend 30 minutes on each question.

This question paper consists of 4 printed pages.

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State any five European countries that met at the Algeciras Conference
in 1906.

Describe the hostility between Germany and France over Morocco in
1911.

How far did this hostility increase tension in Europe?

Identify any five countries that participated in the First World War.
Describe the submarine warfare during the First World War.

To what extent did the war at sea lead to the defeat of Germany and her
allies?

Name any five countries which met at the Paris Peace Conference in
1919.

Outline the aims and ideas of the peace makers at the Paris Peace
Conference in 1919.

Why did the defeated powers condemn the decisions made at the Paris
Peace Conference?

State any five functions of the Secretariat of the League of Nations.
Outline the weaknesses of the League of Nations up to 1939.

How far did these weaknesses lead to the collapse of the League of
Nations?

Identify any five benefits enjoyed by the Italians under Fascism.

Describe the domestic problems that were faced by the Italian government
between 1919 and 1922.

How successful was the Italian government in solving these problems
up to 1939?

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State any five opponents of the Weimar Republic.

Describe the efforts made by Gustav Stresemann to improve the German
economy up to 1929.

To what extent did the efforts of Stresemann contribute to the rise of
Hitler?

List any five causes of the Great Depression in the United States of
America (USA).

Describe the effects of the Great Depression in America.

To what extent can the American government be blamed for the
Depression?

Identify any five territories which were occupied by Germany between
1935 and 1939.

Outline the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War.

To what extent can Britain and France be blamed for the outbreak of the
Second World War?

Give any five reasons for Hitler’s invasion of Russia in 1941.
Describe the ‘Phoney War’ during the Second World War.

What contribution did Britain and France make in the defeat of the Axis
powers? Explain your answer.

State any five basic elements of human rights enshrined in the United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Describe the functions of the United Nations Human Rights
Commission.

How successful has the Commission been in carrying out its functions?

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Identify any five democratic states in Southern Africa.

Describe the features of

@ Representative or Indirect democracy, and

(ii) Presidential democracy.

How successful has the Zimbabwean government been in implementing
the principles of Presidential democracy?

Identify any five provinces occupied by foreign countries in China before
1936.

Describe the administration of Jiang Jiesh’s (Chiang Kai-Shek)
government from 1930 to 1935.

To what extent did the weaknesses of Jiang Jiesh’s government lead to
its downfall?

State any five problems faced by the Communists in China before 1949.
Describe the Chinese Civil War from 1946 to 1949.

How important was the role played by the peasants in the Communists’
victory?

State any five countries which formed the Commonwealth of Nations in
1931.

Describe the functions of the Commonwealth of Nations.

How successful has the Commonwealth been in dealing with the
problems affecting its members?

State any five agencies which deal with the social work of the United
Nations Organisation (UNO).

Describe the efforts made by the UNO in promoting international
disarmament.

Has the UNO been successful in promoting international disarmament?
Explain your answer.

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