Unit 9: Paper 2 — Popular Movements
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To what extent were the consequences of popular movements shaped more by contingent, unpredictable events than by long-term structural causes? Support your answer with examples from at least two regions.
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Choose the pair of Acts that resulted from the US civil rights movement.
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Choose the year apartheid legislation began formally segregating public life in South Africa.
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Choose the region, in the IB's four-region scheme, that the Anti-Franklin Dam campaign belongs to.
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Choose the outcome of the Indian independence movement in 1947.
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Choose what the Anti-Franklin Dam campaign (1982-1983) achieved.
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Explain a relevant example of an anti-colonial or independence movement from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of a movement seeking political freedoms or equality from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of an idea- or issue-based popular movement from your thematic study.
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Discuss the extent to which the significance of popular movements depends on the actions of a few individuals rather than mass collective action. Support your answer with examples from at least two regions.
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Which event is used as an example of the concept of significance in Europe, because a small, specific event unleashed a huge consequence?
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Which of the following is best described as the long-term cause of the US civil rights movement?
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What was the short-term trigger that made Britain give up colonial rule in India in 1947?
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Explain a relevant example of a turning point within a popular movement, from your thematic study.
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In South Africa, which event is identified as the turning point that pushed the African National Congress (ANC) from non-violent protest towards armed resistance?
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Explain a relevant example of a small event judged historically significant because of what it unleashed, from your thematic study.
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Evaluate the view that legal and political change achieved by popular movements matters less than the social and economic continuities that persist afterwards. Support your answer with examples from at least two regions.
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Examine how perspectives on popular movements have changed over time, using examples from at least two regions.
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Analyse cause and consequence in relation to popular movements, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse perspectives in relation to popular movements, using one example from your thematic study.
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