Transcript ModernWorldQuestions C-D skills

Modern World History GCSE
Support:
Making sure you know enough to
get a C or above.
Task 1
Use the revision guide OCR Modern World History by Ben Walsh to
revise the key content by answering the questions revision questions
in Section A.
NB> If you do not have access to a copy the history department can
provide this or you can use your notes and the following website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir2/
Task 2
Complete the 4 and 6 mark questions that follow in Section B to test
your understanding.
Section A
The following questions are designed to make
sure you know all the core content needed to
achieve a C grade or higher. Knowing the key
examples and ideas is crucial to gaining a good
grade.
Early Cold War Chapter 4
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Choose 4 words to sum up what the USSR was like?
Choose 4 words to sum up what the USA was like?
Who was at the Yalta Conference and what did they decide?
Who was at Potsdam and what did they fall out over?
What was the meaning of the Iron Curtain?
How did Stalin control Eastern Europe?
What was the Truman Doctrine?
How did Marshall Aid stop the spread of Communism?
What was Nato?
What was the Warsaw Pact?
What did Stalin Blockade Berlin in 1948?
Who ‘won’ the Berlin Airlift? How?
Big Question - Who was to blame for the Cold war?
On the one hand it was the USSR because….
On the Other hand it was the USA because…
Cuba Chapter 5
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Why was Cuba important to the USA?
What happened in the Cuban Revolution?
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Why did it fail?
Why did Khruschev put missiles in Cuba?
How did Kennedy React to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
How was the Crisis resolved?
What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Big Question – Who won the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Country/Person
USA - Kennedy
USSR - Khruschev
Cuba - Castro
Positives
Negatives
Vietnam Chapter 6
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What happened at Dien Bien Phu?
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
What is a guerrilla war?
Why did Containment mean the USA had to get involved in Vietnam?
What was the Domino Theory?
What happened as a result of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
Describe American weapons and tactics.
Describe Vietcong weapons and tactics.
The Big Question – Why did the USA withdraw from Vietnam?
Issue
Low Morale
Vietcong tactics
Mai Lai
Tet
Protest
The Press
Details
Why it led to withdrawal
Section B
The following questions will test your whether
you can apply the knowledge you have gained to
exam style questions.
The following slides also explain how to write
and structure your answers to get full marks in
the 4 and 6 mark questions that are crucial to
gaining a C or higher.
Question 2a)
What was the ‘Iron Curtain’?
What should my answer
look like?
One paragraph
Simply give details of four things (1mark
each) or explain two (2 marks each).
Note:
• You could include: Who said it, what they said, where the division was, what the division
represented etc.
•Remember, write a sentence for each point, NOT just individual words/phrases. Don’t
make it too long.
Question 2b)
Explain why Berlin was a cause of tension between East and West between 1945 and 1949.
What should my answer
look like?
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Explain one reason.
Eg: One reason why Berlin was a cause of
tension was because…
Explain a second reason:
Eg: Another reason why Berlin was a
cause of tension was because…
Note:
•You could include: Division of Berlin, Berlin’s position within Eastern Germany, the creation of a new
currency in West Berlin, Berlin Blockade
•Remember to repeat the words of the question at the beginning and end of your explanations.
Question 3a)
What was the Tet Offensive?
What should my answer
look like?
One paragraph
Simply give details of four things (1mark
each) or explain two (2 marks each).
Note:
• You could include: When it happened, what happened (with examples), who was
involved, was it successful?
•Remember, write a sentence for each point, NOT just individual words/phrases. Don’t
make it too long.
Question 3b)
Explain why the Americans methods were not successful in Vietnam…
What should my answer
look like?
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Explain one reason.
Eg: One reason why the methods used by
the Americans to try to defeat the
Vietcong were unsuccessful was
because….
Explain a second reason:
Eg: Another reason why the methods used
by the Americans to try to defeat the
Vietcong were unsuccessful was
because….
Note:
•You could include: Difficult to counter the VC tactics, lack of morale, inexperienced troops,
environment
•Remember to repeat the words of the question at the beginning and end of your explanations.