Unit 6: Paper 2 — Conflict
Topic 6.1: Why did conflict emerge? Questions
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What was the immediate trigger that gave Hutu extremists the signal to launch the 1994 killing in Rwanda?
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Which alliance grouping included Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy before the First World War?
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What event acted as the short-term trigger for the outbreak of the First World War in 1914?
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According to the Rwandan case study, roughly how many Rwandans - mostly ethnic Tutsi - were killed during the 100 days of the 1994 genocide?
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Which colonial power hardened the flexible Hutu/Tutsi social distinction into fixed categories recorded on identity cards from 1933?
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Explain a relevant example of a political factor contributing to the emergence of conflict from your thematic study.
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To what extent do political factors better explain why conflict emerges than economic factors? Use two examples from your thematic study, from at least two different regions.
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Evaluate the claim that conflict always requires a specific short-term trigger to emerge, even when long-term pressures are severe. Use two examples from your thematic study, from at least two different regions.
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Examine the reasons why long-term pressures alone are rarely sufficient to explain the emergence of conflict. Use two examples from your thematic study, from at least two different regions.
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Analyse perspectives on why conflict emerged, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse cause and consequence in the emergence of one conflict, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse cause and consequence in the role of economic pressure in the emergence of conflict, using one example from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of a social factor contributing to the emergence of conflict from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of an environmental factor contributing to the emergence of conflict from your thematic study.
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Discuss the view that social factors, such as mobilised ethnic or nationalist grievance, are the most significant cause of conflict emerging. Use two examples from your thematic study, from at least two different regions.
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