Unit 21: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Africa & the Middle East
Topic 21.2: The Fatimids (909–1171) Questions
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Choose the correct answer: In which year did Britain declare Kenya a full Crown Colony?
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What was the name of the new capital city founded in Egypt following the Fatimid conquest of 969?
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Examine the reasons why Kenya developed as a settler colony while Tanganyika did not, in the period to 1939.
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Evaluate the impact of the kipande system and taxation on African communities in colonial Kenya.
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Discuss the reasons for, and consequences of, the failure of the Groundnut Scheme in Tanganyika (1947-1951).
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Compare and contrast the systems of colonial rule used by Britain in Northern and Southern Nigeria.
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To what extent was settler opposition responsible for the creation of the Central African Federation in 1953?
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Analyse the causes of the 1948 Accra riots and their consequences for nationalist politics in the Gold Coast.
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the French policy of assimilation in Senegal before 1960.
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Compare and contrast the paths to independence of Ghana and Senegal.
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Discuss the significance of Ian Smith's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (1965) for the future of Southern Rhodesia.
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To what extent did economic factors, rather than political ones, drive British colonial policy in East and Central Africa before 1939?
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Examine the political, social and economic factors that enabled the foundation of the Fatimid dynasty in Ifriqiya in 909.
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Evaluate the reasons for, and the immediate impact of, the Fatimid conquest of Egypt in 969.
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Discuss the significance of the Fatimid caliphal claim as a challenge to the legitimacy of the 'Abbasids of Baghdad and the Umayyads of Spain.
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To what extent did religious ideology shape Fatimid relations with Sunni Muslims, Coptic Christians and Jews within their empire?
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Examine the role of key individuals in the establishment and consolidation of Fatimid rule in Egypt.
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Analyse the economic developments that underpinned the height of the Fatimid Empire in the eleventh century.
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Compare and contrast the reasons for the rise of the Fatimid Empire in North Africa with the rise of the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia.
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Evaluate the claim that the founding of Cairo in 969 was the single most significant consequence of the Fatimid conquest of Egypt.
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