Unit 15: Paper 2 — Authoritarian States (20th Century)
Topic 15.3: Aims and results of policies Questions
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Evaluate the success of the drive for economic self-sufficiency in two authoritarian states, each chosen from a different region.
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Examine the aims of social and cultural policies in two authoritarian states, each chosen from a different region.
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During the Second World War, Stalin's USSR targeted certain minorities by:
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To what extent were the political policies of two authoritarian states, each from a different region, successful in securing one-party rule?
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In which years did the Ukrainian Holodomor famine take place?
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To what extent were the limits on authoritarian control found mainly in the private sphere of family and belief, in two states each chosen from a different region?
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In Stalin's USSR, the main change in women's role was that they were:
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Examine the aims and results of the economic policies of two authoritarian states, each chosen from a different region.
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Compare and contrast the methods used to secure one-party rule in two authoritarian states, each chosen from a different region.
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Analyse the reasons why authoritarian regimes tried to reshape the role of women, in two states each chosen from a different region.
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Historians use the term 'accommodation' to describe people who:
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In which year did the Nazi regime stage the 'Degenerate Art' exhibition to ridicule modern art?
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Discuss the view that the political policies of authoritarian states were more successful than their economic policies.
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Who was placed in charge of Nazi Germany's Four-Year Plan of 1936?
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In which year did the Soviet Union launch its first Five-Year Plan?
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Which event did Hitler use in 1933 to gain the power to rule by decree?
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What was the main result of Mao's Great Leap Forward (1958-62)?
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Evaluate the human cost of the economic policies of two authoritarian states, each chosen from a different region.
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Discuss the ways in which authoritarian regimes tried to control religion in two states, each chosen from a different region.
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Examine the policies toward women pursued by two authoritarian states, each chosen from a different region.
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