Unit 7: Paper 2 — Innovation and Transformation
Topic 7.3: How were the innovations resisted? Questions
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Which of the following was NOT identified in this thematic study as one of the four main sources of resistance to innovation?
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Explain a relevant example of established authorities resisting an innovation to protect their power, from your thematic study.
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Examine the reasons why innovations were resisted by both institutions and ordinary people, using two examples from two different regions.
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Explain a relevant example of ordinary people resisting an innovation to protect their livelihoods, from your thematic study.
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Analyse continuity and change, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse cause and consequence, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse perspectives, using one example from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of traditional beliefs or customs delaying the adoption of an innovation, from your thematic study.
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Discuss the methods used to resist innovation, using two examples from two different regions.
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To what extent was resistance from established authorities the main obstacle to innovation, using two examples from two different regions?
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Evaluate the claim that religious belief was the most powerful force resisting innovation, using two examples from two different regions.
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Who was granted permission in 1727 to open a printing press within the Ottoman Empire?
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Which institution put Galileo Galilei on trial in 1633 for supporting the heliocentric model?
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What was the main grievance of the Luddites who smashed textile machinery in Britain between 1811 and 1816?
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In what year did Nicolaus Copernicus publish the book that argued the Sun, not the Earth, was at the centre of the universe?
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