IB History HL - Questionbank

The IB History HL (Higher Level) Questionbank is a great source of practice questions, coming from the entire syllabus! Each question comes with a clear markscheme and solution video, with an experienced IB teacher going through the question step-by-step. The questions are organized by topic and arranged by difficulty, making it the perfect resource for studying a particular concept.

Prescribed Subject 1

Military Leaders

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All Questions in Prescribed Subject 1 Military Leaders

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PS1.1 - Genghis Khan

Uniting of rival tribes, motives, reputation, military strategy & technology, leadership, invasions & impacts

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PS1.2 - Richard I

Revolt against Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, motives, conquest, the Third Crusade, campaigns & their various impacts

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Prescribed Subject 2

Conquest & its Impact

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All Questions in Prescribed Subject 2 Conquest & its Impact

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PS2.1 - Muslim Rule in Spain

Context in Iberia, motives, conquest, treaties, key actors, forced conversion & expulsion, the Inquisition

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PS2.2 - Conquest of Mexico and Peru

Motives for exploration & conquest, Cortés & the Aztecs, Pizarro & the Inca, encomienda, mita, disease, and impacts

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Prescribed Subject 3

Move to Global War

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All Questions in Prescribed Subject 3 Move to Global War

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PS3.1 - Japanese Expansion

Nationalism & militarism, Japanese domestic issues, Manchuria, Pearl Harbor, League of Nations, international response

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PS3.2 - German and Italian Expansion

Fascism & Nazism, economic issues, appeasement, Abyssinia, Nazi-Soviet Pact, and international responses

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Rights & Protest

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All Questions in Prescribed Subject 4 Rights & Protest

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PS4.1 - US Civil Rights Movement

African Americans, segregation, Jim Crow, non-violent protests, Civil & Voting Rights Acts, Martin Luther King Jr, NAACP

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PS4.2 - Apartheid South Africa

Legislation, "classification" systems, Bantustans, defiance campaign, Sharpeville, Rivonia, Mandela, and key groups

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Prescribed Subject 5

Conflict & Intervention

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All Questions in Prescribed Subject 5 Conflict & Intervention

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PS5.1 - Rwanda

Ethnic tension, Hutu power, colonial legacy, Rwandan Civil War, genocide, justice, the refugee crisis, and other impacts

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PS5.2 - Kosovo

Ethnic tension, political issues, Milosevic, ethnic cleansing, international response, refugee crisis, and other impacts

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Society & Economy (750-1400)

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All Questions in WH Topic 1 Society & Economy (750-1400)

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WHT1.1 - Society & Economy

Changes in society, population, the status of women, economic systems, taxation, trade, and transport

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WHT1.2 - Cultural & Intellectual Developments

Cultural development and transmission including art, architecture, science, and technology

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WHT1.3 - Religion & Society

Influence of religions institutions & leaders, religious minorities & persecution, spread of religion

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Wars (750-1400)

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All Questions in WH Topic 2 Wars (750-1400)

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WHT2.1 - Types & Causes of Conflicts

Dispute types and varied causes including economic, political and religious

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WHT2.3 - Effects

Boundary & dynastic changes, peacemaking, political, economic, social, cultural, demographic change, and migration

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WHT2.2 - Course, Practices, and Outcomes

Role of leaders, mobilization of resources, logistics, tactics, and organization of warfare, role of women

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Dynasties & Rulers (750-1500)

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All Questions in WH Topic 3 Dynasties & Rulers (750-1500)

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WHT3.1 - Dynasties & Rulers

Aims & achievements of rulers, maintenance of rule, expansion of kingdoms & dynasties

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WHT3.2 - Law, Governing Institutions, and Administration

Government & administration, religious & secular law, interpretation of law, roles & duties of officials

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WHT3.3 - Challenges

Successes & failures of dynasties and rulers, challenges to power, rebellion & political opposition

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Societies in Transition (1400-1700)

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All Questions in WH Topic 4 Societies in Transition (1400-1700)

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WHT4.1 - Social & Economic Change

Changing social structures & role of women, population expansion, treatment of minority groups, economic change

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WHT4.2 - Cultural & Intellectual Change

Cultural movements, cross-cultural exchange, technological developments, role of key individuals

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WHT4.3 - Religious Change

Religion & state, expansion & conversion, division, conflict, discrimination, and persecution

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Early Modern States (1450-1789)

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All Questions in WH Topic 5 Early Modern States (1450-1789)

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WHT5.1 - Nature of Power & Rule

Ascendancy & decline, models of government, policies, and successes and failures of individual rulers

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WHT5.2 - Expansion

Territorial expansion via assimilation and/or unification & colonial and/or imperial expansion

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WHT5.3 - Conflicts & Challenges

Maintenance of power, support & opposition, rivalry and tension, challenges to colonial rule

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Early Modern Wars (1500-1750)

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All Questions in WH Topic 6 Early Modern Wars (1500-1750)

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WHT6.1 - Causes of Conflicts

Ideological, political, economic, and religious causes including both short- and long-term causes

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WHT6.2 - Practices & Impact on Outcome

Leaders, mobilization of resources, organization of warfare, technological developments, and role of foreign powers

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WHT6.3 - Effects

Peacemaking, economic, political, territorial, social, religious, and demographic impacts

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Industrialization (1750-2005)

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All Questions in WH Topic 7 Industrialization (1750-2005)

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WHT7.1 - Origins

Enablers of industrialization including resources, political stability, infrastructure, technology, and individuals

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WHT7.2 - Impact & Significance of Key Developments

Developments in transport, energy, and communications, impacts of technology & changes in production

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WHT7.3 - Social & Political Impacts

Urbanization, labour conditions, political representation, opposition to industrialization, impact on living standard

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Independence Movements (1800-2000)

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All Questions in WH Topic 8 Independence Movements (1800-2000)

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WHT8.1 - Origins & Rise to Independence

Relative importance of nationalism, political ideology, religion, race, social & economic issues, wars and other factors

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WHT8.2 - Methods Used & Reasons for Success

Violent & non-violent methods used, importance of leaders and other factors in success of independence movements

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WHT8.3 - Challenges & Responses in First 10 Years

Political problems, ethnic, racial, and separatist movements, social & economic challenges, and responses

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Democratic States (1848-2000)

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All Questions in WH Topic 9 Democratic States (1848-2000)

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WHT9.1 - Emergence

Conditions for democratic reform, role of leaders, development of political parties, constitutions, and elections

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WHT9.2 - Development

Factors influencing development including immigration, economics, foreign powers, domestic crises, and civil protests

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WHT9.3 - Aims & Results of Policies

Reforms in education, welfare, policies for women & minorities and the impacts of those reforms

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Authoritarian States (20th Century)

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All Questions in WH Topic 10 Authoritarian States (20th Century)

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WHT10.1 - Emergence

Economic, social, political, and other factors influencing emergence and methods to establish control

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WHT10.2 - Consolidation & Maintenance of Power

Methods to consolidate and maintain power, treatment of opposition, and impacts of foreign policy on power

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WHT10.3 - Aims & Results of Policies

Domestic policies on economy, society, culture, women, and minorities, extent of authoritarian control

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20th Century Wars

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All Questions in WH Topic 11 20th Century Wars

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WHT11.1 - Causes

Economic, ideological, political, and territorial causes including short- and long-term causes

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WHT11.2 - Practices & Their Impact on Outcome

Types of war, technological developments, mobilization of resources, influence of foreign powers

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WHT11.3 - Effects

Peacemaking, territorial changes, political impacts, economic & social impacts including changes for women

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The Cold War

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All Questions in WH Topic 12 The Cold War

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WHT12.1 - Rivalry, Mistrust, and Accord

Breakdown of the Grand Alliance, role of ideology, containment, superpower relations, detente, arms race

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WHT12.2 - Leaders & Nations

Impact of leaders on the Cold War & impact of the Cold War on countries around the world

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WHT12.3 - Cold War Crises

Causes, impact and significance of Cold War crises around the world

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Regional Option 1

History of Africa and the Middle East

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All Questions in Regional Option 1 History of Africa and the Middle East

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AME9 - Response to Imperialism

Factors influencing decisions to resist or collaborate with European imperialism in various contexts

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AME10 - Africa Under Colonialism

Africa under British, German, Portuguese and French colonial rule and the establishment of independence

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AME11 - Nationalism and Independence in the 20th Century

Nationalism and independence in Angola, South-West Africa, Kenya, West Africa and Tanganyika

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AME12 - The Ottoman Empire

Internal and external developments in the Ottoman Empire, challenges to rule, reform, and modernization

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AME13 - War and Change in the early 20th century

WWI in the Middle East and North Africa: political change, Palestinian Mandate, and the origins of Arab-Jewish dispute

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AME14 - Africa and the International Community

Africa in the international community: the League of Nations, the OAU, regional organizations, and the UN

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AME15 - South Africa, 1880-1994

South African War, The Union of South Africa under Smuts, Hertzog, Malan, and Verwoerd, apartheid and resistance to it

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AME16 - Social and Cultural Developments, 19th and 20th Century

Impacts of colonialism on education, art, culture, and women in Africa & religious change on the continent

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AME17 - Post-war Middle East

Post-WWII tensions, Arab-Israeli conflicts, post-war Egypt, Iran and Lebanon

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AME18 - Post-independence Politics

Ethnic conflicts, social and economic challenges, single-party and multi-party states, economic growth and change

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History of the Americas

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All Questions in Regional Option 2 History of the Americas

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A5 - Slavery and the New World

Origins, colonial powers, impacts of slavery, Middle Passage, slave resistance, opposition to slavery

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A8 - US Civil War

Role of slavery, origins, westward expansion, Union and Confederate, factors affecting outcome, Reconstruction

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A9 - Modern Nations

Modernization of economic, political and social structures in the Americas their impacts

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A10 - Americas in Global Affairs

US expansionism & foreign policy, Spanish-American War, World War I, Wilson, and the Treaty of Versailles

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A11 - The Mexican Revolution

The Mexican Revolution: rule of Diaz, revolutionary leaders, post-revolutionary Mexico, the role of foreign powers

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A12 - The Great Depression

The Great Depression: impacts & solutions in the US, Canada, and Latin America, impacts for women and minorities

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A13 - World War II and the Americas

World War 2 and its impacts: diplomacy, the Good Neighbor policy, treatment of women & minorities, and atomic weapons

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A14 - Political Developments in Latin America

Politics in Latin America: Cuba and Castro, populism, military dictators, guerrilla movements, and liberation theology

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A15 - Political Developments in the US

Politics in the US and Canada: Truman, Kennedy, Nixon, St. Laurent, Diefenbaker, the Quiet Revolution in Quebec

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A16 - The Cold War and the Americas

Cold War in the Americas: Truman, McCarthyism, the Korean War, Eisenhower, Vietnam, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Carter

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A17 - Civil Rights and Social Movements

Social movements post-1945: indigenous, African American, feminist, Hispanic America and youth movements in the Americas

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A18 - The Americas

Foreign and domestic policies in the Americas, the US, Canada and the transition to democracy in Latin America

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Regional Option 3

History of Asia and Oceania

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All Questions in Regional Option 3 History of Asia and Oceania

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AO9 - Modernization and Imperial Decline in East Asia

Successes and failures of modernization, Boxer Rebellion, Meiji Restoration, Japanese militarism and Korean isolation

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AO10 - Nationalism and Independence in India

Political developments, key groups and leaders, civil disobedience, Muslim separatism, World War II and independence

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AO11 - Japan

Impact of WWI, Taisho democracy, rise of militarism and nationalism, Manchuria, the Pacific War and US occupation

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AO12 - China and Korea

Nationalist rule in China, rise of communism, Sino-Japanese War, Japanese rule in Korea, Taiwan and Republic of China

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AO13 - Impact of WWII on Southeast Asia

Japanese occupation, nationalism and independence during and after WWII, influence of leaders

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AO14 - The People’s Republic of China

China under the CCP, role of Mao, the Cultural Revolution, foreign affairs, post-Mao power struggle and changes

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AO15 - Cold War Conflicts in Asia

Cold War conflicts in Asia: Malayan Emergency, Korean War, Vietnam, Cambodia and Afghanistan

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AO16 - South Asia after 1947

Role of various leaders, Indo-Pakistani relations, nation-building and challenges in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

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AO17 - Oceania after WWII

Women, migration, indigenous issues, foreign policy, economic change, and independence in the Pacific Island states

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AO18 - Modern Developments in Asia

Globalization, migration, gender, the environment, education, health, and technology, cultural change and terrorism

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Regional Option 4

History of Europe

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All Questions in Regional Option 4 History of Europe

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EU8 - The French Revolution and Napoleon I

Ancien Régime, Louis XVI, monarchy to republic, impacts of the Revolution, Napoleon, and the Napoleonic Wars

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EU9 - France

Dynastic and constitutional France including Louis IVIII, Charles X, the 1848 Revolution, Second and Third Republics

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EU10 - Britain and Ireland

Britain and Ireland after the Napoleonic Wars, the Victorian period and the emergence of the Liberals and Conservatives

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EU11 - Italy and Germany

19th Century Italy and Germany, the congress system, revolutions, the growth of nationalism and unification

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EU12 - Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union

Tsarist Russia and its eventual collapse, the revolutions of 1917, the Civil War and Lenin's rule

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EU13 - Europe and World War I

Short- and long-term origins of World War I, diplomacy, foreign policy, alliances, nationalism and the arms race

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EU14 - Inter-war Domestic Developments in Europe

Domestic developments in Germany, Italy, Spain and one other country in the Inter-war years

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EU15 - Diplomacy in Europe

The Paris peace treaties, the League of Nations, collective security and appeasement, causes and impacts of World War II

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EU16 - The Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia

The defeat of Trotsky and the USSR under Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and the eventual collapse of the USSR

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EU17 - Post-war Western and Northern Europe

Post-war recovery, authoritarian to democratic transitions and European integration: France, West Germany and Spain

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EU18 - Post-war Central and Eastern Europe

From wartime occupation to Soviet dominance and collapse: the Eastern Bloc, repression, protest, Balkan conflicts

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