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History 103-104
Standard level one and half hour. Higher level two hours. Students are allowed to
have a simple translation dictionary. Write on a separate test paper. Write your name
and ID-number on the test paper. This test counts for 60% of course grade.
Standard Level and Higher Level.
(20 marks) Identify in brief five of the following: (date, explain, historical
importance)
Neville Chamberlain
Suez canal
Woodrow Wilson
Rhineland occupation
Bosnia crises
Marx
Fritz Fischer
Schlieffen plan
art. 231
German-Russian anti-aggression pact
Lusitania
Lloyd George
Operation Barbarossa
The Triple Alliance
Answer two of the following (2 x 15 marks)
1. Explain why Germany and her allies were defeated in the First world war and assess
their treatment in the 1918/1919 peace settlement.
2. What do you understand by the term appeasement? How far was appeasement
responsible for the outbreak of the war in 1939.
3. To what extent should Germany be held responsible for causing both the First and the
Second world wars?
4. “Each war has its own particular causes”. Is this the case or can evidence be given that
twentieth century wars have common causes? Support your answer with evidence from
World War I and World War II.
5. To what extent has any twentieth century war changed the role of women.
6. Have military alliances provoked or prevented war in the twentieth century?
Higher Level
Answer one of the following (20 marks).
1. In 1867 Bismarck said: “Anyone who has looked into the eyes of a soldier dying on the
battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” Analyse Bismarcks foreign policy in the
light of these words.
2. To what extent were Bismarcks successes due to the mistakes of his opponents?
3. “No man has had so great an effect on Germany and none a more profound effect on
Europe.” Evaluate this quotation on the carrier and importance of Bismarck.
IB-history 103 and 104 fall 2002 December 11th at 13.00