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General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

HISTORY 2167/2

PAPER 2 International Affairs

NOVEMBER 2016 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

All questions in this paper carry equal marks.

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

This question paper consists of 4 printed pages.

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Name any five Balkan States between 1900 and 1914.
Describe the First and Second Balkan Wars, 1912 — 1913.

To what extent did the Balkan Wars lead to the First World War?

List any five countries that were defeated in the First World War.
Outline Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen points.

How far were Wilson’s views followed at the Paris Peace Conference?
Identify any five territories in Europe lost by Germany in the Treaty of
Versailles, 1919.

Describe the non-territorial terms of the Treaty of ‘Versailles, 1919.

How fair were these terms to Germany? Explain your answer.

Name any five Special Commissions of the League of Nations.
Describe the disputes that the League of Nations dealt with up to 1931.

How successful was the League of Nations in resolving these disputes?

Identify any five features of Italian fascism.
Describe the foreign policy of Mussolini up to1939.

Did the people of Italy benefit from Mussolini’s foreign policy?
Explain your answer.

List any five ideas expressed by Hitler in the Mein Kampf (My Struggle).

Describe Hitler’s domestic policy up to 1939.

To what extent did the people of Germany benefit from Hitler’s domestic

policy?

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Name the five presidents of the United States of America (USA) between
1919 and 1933. [5]

Describe the economic and social effects of the Great Depression, 1929
to 1933. [12]

To what extent did the USA government deal with the problems of the
Great Depression during this period? 8]

List any five countries that contributed to the outbreak of the Second

World War. 5]
Outline the factors that led to the outbreak of the Second World War. 12]
To what extent did the Versailles Treaty contribute to the outbreak of

the Second World War? 8]
List any five battles fought during the Second World War. 5]
Describe the Allied bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 12]
To what extent did the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki lead to the

defeat of the Axis powers? 8]
List any five Social rights to which all human beings are entitled. 5]

Outline the Bill of Rights as contained in the Constitution of Zimbabwe. [12]

How far has the Zimbabwean government promoted human rights since
independence? [8]

List any five Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries
that practise multiparty democracy? [5]

Outline the features of a multi-party democracy. [12]

Do citizens benefit from a multi-party democracy? Explain your answer. [8]

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State any five codes of conduct taught to the Communists by Mao Zedong. [5]

Describe the Long March.

How far did the Long March contribute to the victory of the Communists?

List any five aims of the Great Leap Forward.
Describe the Great Leap Forward in China, 1958.
How successful was the Great Leap Forward?

Name any five countries in Southern Africa which are members of the
Commonwealth of Nations.

Describe the origins and the aims of the Commonwealth of Nations.

How successful has the Commonwealth of Nations been in achieving
its aims?
List any five organs of the United Nations Organisation (UNO).

Describe the functions of the Security Council and the Secretariat.

How effective has the Security Council been in maintaining peace in
Africa?

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