Unit 21: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Africa & the Middle East
Topic 21.14: Africa, international organizations and the international community (20th century) Questions
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Choose the conflict that the OAU failed to prevent or resolve due to its lack of a peacekeeping force and its non-interference principle.
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To what extent was the Abyssinian Crisis (1934–1936) the most significant cause of the League of Nations' collapse as an effective peacekeeping body?
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Examine the reasons for the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963.
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Discuss the impact of the OAU's principle of non-interference on its ability to resolve conflicts among its member states.
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Examine the reasons for the failure of United Nations peacekeeping in the Congo (1960–1964) and Rwanda (1994).
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Evaluate the claim that international organizations have consistently failed to protect African states throughout the 20th century.
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To what extent did the Cairo Declaration of 1964 achieve its aim of preventing conflict between African states?
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Compare and contrast the United Nations' peacekeeping missions in Congo (1960–1964) and Mozambique (1992–1994).
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Analyse the reasons why the mandate given to a UN peacekeeping force affected its chances of success in Africa.
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Discuss the causes and consequences of the death of Patrice Lumumba in January 1961.
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Examine the reasons for the successes of UNICEF and the WHO in Africa in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Examine the role of ignored or delayed warnings in the failure of United Nations action during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
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Examine the reasons for the failure of the League of Nations to prevent the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (1935–1936).
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Evaluate the extent to which the United Nations succeeded in resolving conflict in Mozambique (1977–1994) and Somalia (1992–1995).
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Evaluate the reasons why Fascist Italy invaded Abyssinia in 1935.
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Discuss the impact of the Hoare-Laval Pact on the League of Nations' handling of the Abyssinian Crisis.
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Analyse the consequences of the Abyssinian Crisis (1934–1936) for Africa and for international relations more broadly.
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Evaluate the successes and failures of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) between 1963 and 2002.
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Compare and contrast the failure of the League of Nations over Abyssinia (1934–1936) with the failure of the OAU over the Rwandan Genocide (1994).
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To what extent was Cold War rivalry responsible for the rise and survival of Mobutu Sese Seko's dictatorship in Congo/Zaire?
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