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IB Paper 1 - Prescribed subject 3: The move to global war - Question types and past paper questions.
This is the source paper, 2 case studies, 4 questions, 1 hour. This prescribed subject focuses on military expansion from 1931 to 1941. The first case study explores Japanese expansionism from 1931 to 1941, and the second case study explores German and Italian expansionism from 1933 to 1940. |
The five types of question.
Question 1a |
Question 1b |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
Question 4 |
This question tests you on your reading comprehension. |
Historical understanding of an image or a cartoon |
Origin, Purpose Content Value Limitationsof a source. |
Compare and contrast the content of two sources |
Mini essay in response to a debatable synthesis question |
2 marks - 5 minutes See an example and markscheme |
6 marks - 15 minutes See an example and markscheme |
9 marks - 25 minutes See an example and markscheme |
Which case studies and questions have been asked previously?
Year |
May |
November |
2017 |
Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) –International response, including US initiatives and increasing tensions between the US and Japan. “Mutual fear led to increasing tensions between the US and Japan.” Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree with this statement? |
Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) — Causes of expansion: The impact of Japanese nationalism and militarism on foreign policy Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree with the suggestion that Japanese foreign policy aims up to 1937 were to be achieved through “gradual and peaceful ways”? |
2018 |
Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) — Causes of expansion: political instability in China. Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the view that Japanese aggression furthered political instability in China between 1931 and 1941. |
Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) — Responses: League of Nations and the Lytton Report. Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the view that the ineffectual response of the League of Nations was the main factor in encouraging Japanese expansion in China. |
2019 |
Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940) — Responses: international response to German aggression (1933–1938). Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the effectiveness of the international response to German aggression between 1933 and 1938. |
Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) — Responses: Political developments within China — the Second United Front. Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the significance of the creation of the Second United Front in China. |
2020 |
Covid |
Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940) — Events: Italian expansion: Abyssinia (1935–1936). Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the factors which influenced Mussolini’s decision to invade Abyssinia on 3 October 1935 |
2021 |
Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940) — Causes of expansion: impact of Fascism and Nazism on the foreign policies of Italy and Germany. Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the influence of ideology on the foreign policies of Italy and Germany. |
Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940) — Events: German expansion (1938–1939); Pact of Steel, Nazi–Soviet Pact and the outbreak of war. Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss why Germany attacked Poland in September 1939. |
2022 |
Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) — Events: Pearl Harbor (1941). Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the reasons for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 |
Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) — Events: Sino-Japanese War (1937–1941). Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the success of the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 |
2023 |
Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940) — Causes of expansion: Appeasement. Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the effectiveness of the British government's policy of appeasement. |
Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) — Causes of expansion: Japanese domestic issues: political and economic issues, and their impact on foreign relations. Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the impact that Japanese political and economic policies had on foreign relations. |
2024 |
Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940) Responses: International response to German and Italian aggression (1940). Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the extent of international support for Britain in 1940. |
Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933-1940) — Causes of expansion: Impact of fascism and Nazism on the foreign policies of Italy and Germany. Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent were the foreign policies of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, up to 1940, influenced by their territorial ambitions? |
External links
IBDP history teacher David Heath's website has a more complete collection of Paper 1 past papers with some excellent examples of students' worked answers.
IBDP history teacher David Heath's website has a more complete collection of Paper 1 past papers with some excellent examples of students' worked answers.