Unit 20: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Asia & Oceania
Topic 20.12: China and Korea (1910–1950) Questions
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What was the March 1st Movement of 1919 in Korea?
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Evaluate the impact of the 21 Demands (1915) on Chinese politics and society.
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Examine the impact of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) on the outcome of the Chinese Civil War.
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Evaluate the relative importance of political, economic and military factors in explaining the communist victory in the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949).
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Examine the reasons for the collapse of Yuan Shikai's government between 1912 and 1916.
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To what extent did economic factors, rather than military factors, determine the outcome of the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949)?
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Evaluate the consequences of Japan's sudden surrender in August 1945 for the peoples of Korea and China.
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To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles (1919) responsible for the outbreak of the May Fourth Movement?
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Discuss the role of the New Culture Movement in shaping Chinese nationalism between 1915 and 1919.
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Analyse the consequences of the May Fourth Movement (1919) for Chinese politics and society.
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Compare and contrast the causes of nationalist unrest in China (1915–1919) and in India (1915–1919), with reference to named examples from each region.
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Compare and contrast the leadership and impact of Yuan Shikai in China and Reza Khan in Persia in the years following the First World War.
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To what extent was Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945) responsible for the social and economic conditions in Korea at the moment of liberation in 1945?
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Examine the reasons for the rise of warlordism in China following the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916.
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Discuss the reasons for, and impact of, mass mobilisation of civilian populations during wartime, with reference to Japanese-occupied Korea (1937-1945) and Guomindang/communist China (1937-1945).
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Evaluate the significance of Sun Yixian's Three Principles of the People for Chinese nationalism between 1912 and 1919.
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Examine the impact of the First World War on China's domestic and international position between 1915 and 1919.
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Discuss the view that foreign powers, rather than internal weaknesses, were most responsible for China's political instability between 1912 and 1919.
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To what extent did the period 1912 to 1919 mark the birth of modern Chinese nationalism?
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Discuss the methods used by the Guomindang to maintain political control over Taiwan after 1949.
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