History

Higher level and standard level

Specimen paper 1

For first examinations in 2018

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History
Higher level and standard level
Paper 1

Specimen paper

1 hour 30 minutes

Requirements to access IB
This test will decide your stay in the IB, therefore, you must reach a high score otherwise you
will have your immediate exit from the Diploma Program.
o If your score is greater than 7, you have a great opportunity to be in the IB.
o If your score equals 7, you will be given a second opportunity.
o If your score is less than 7, you will be removed immediately from the IB.

Requerimiento para acceder al IB

Esta prueba decidirá su estadía en el IB, por lo tanto, debe alcanzar un puntaje alto de lo
contrario, tendrá su inmediata salida del Programa del Diploma.
o Si su puntaje es mayor a 7, tienes una gran oportunidad de estar en el IB.
o Si su puntaje es igual a 7, se le dará una segunda oportunidad.
o Si su puntaje es menor a 7, su salida del IB será inmediatamente.

Instructions for paper

 Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
 Answer two questions, each chosen from a different topic.
 Where the word region is used, it refers to the following four regions: Europe, Asia and Oceania,
the Americas, and Africa and the Middle East.

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Topic 10: Authoritarian states (20th century)

19. “Successful foreign policy was essential for the maintenance of power by authoritarian
leaders.” With reference to one authoritarian leader, to what extent do you agree with
this statement?

20. Compare and contrast the impact on women of the policies of two authoritarian states,
each chosen from a different region.

Topic 11: Causes and effects of 20th-century wars

21. Examine the role of ideology in causing two 20th-century civil wars, each chosen from
a different region.

22. Compare and contrast the role of technology in determining the outcome of two 20th-
century wars.

Topic 12: The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries (20th century)

23. Examine the impact of the US policy of containment on superpower relations between
1947 and 1964.

24. Evaluate the impact on the course of the Cold War of two crises, each chosen from a
different region.