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IGCSE Questions Topic Wise From 2020-2022 (Oct/Nov) : Core Content (1) Were The Peace Treaties of 1919-23 Fair?

This document contains sample IGCSE history exam questions from 2020-2022 on three topics: 1) The Versailles settlement and its consequences for different countries 2) The League of Nations, including its mixed record in dealing with crises like Italy's invasion of Abyssinia 3) The challenges faced by the League of Nations from the beginning in areas like responding to aggression and its failures over events like the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

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IGCSE Questions Topic Wise From 2020-2022 (Oct/Nov) : Core Content (1) Were The Peace Treaties of 1919-23 Fair?

This document contains sample IGCSE history exam questions from 2020-2022 on three topics: 1) The Versailles settlement and its consequences for different countries 2) The League of Nations, including its mixed record in dealing with crises like Italy's invasion of Abyssinia 3) The challenges faced by the League of Nations from the beginning in areas like responding to aggression and its failures over events like the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

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IGCSE questions topic wise from 2020-2022 (Oct/Nov)

CORE CONTENT (1) 5 The Versailles settlement had different consequences for different
countries.
Were the Peace treaties of 1919-23
fair? (a) What was the purpose of the ‘war guilt’ clause? [4]

(b) Why were plebiscites included in the peace settlement? [6]

(c) How far do you agree that Clemenceau achieved his aims at
Versailles? Explain your answer. [10] (O/N 2020)

Nobody got everything they wanted from the peace treaties of 1919.
(a) What were the territorial terms of the Treaty of St Germain? [4]

(b) Why did Lloyd George not want to punish Germany harshly? [6]

(c) Who had to compromise more during the peace negotiations in


Paris, Clemenceau or Wilson? Explain your answer. [10] (M/J 2020)

5 Agreeing a peace settlement at the end of the First World War was
challenging.

(a) Describe how Austria was treated in the peace settlement. [4]

(b) Why was Danzig important in the negotiations for a peace


settlement? [6]

(c) Who had the harder task in achieving their aims for the peace
settlement, Lloyd George or Wilson? Explain your answer. [10]

(O/N 2021)

5 Few people were happy with the outcome of the Paris Peace
Conference.

(a) Describe the benefits Lloyd George wanted Britain to gain from the
Paris Peace Conference. [4]

(b) Why did Clemenceau not get everything he wanted at the Paris
Peace Conference? [6]

(c) ‘The main reason why Germany hated the Treaty of Versailles was
the reduction made to its armed forces.’ How far do you agree with
this statement? Explain your answer. [10] (Feb/March 2021)
5 The Versailles settlement had different consequences for different
countries.

(a) What was the purpose of the ‘war guilt’ clause? [4]

(b) Why were plebiscites included in the peace settlement? [6]

(c) How far do you agree that Clemenceau achieved his aims at
Versailles? Explain your answer. [10] (O/N 2020)

5 The politicians had a difficult task negotiating the Paris peace


treaties.

(a) What territory did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles? [4]

(b) Why did the Treaty of Sèvres have to be renegotiated? [6]

(c) How satisfied were the French with the Treaty of Versailles? Explain
your answer. [10] (M/J 2020)

League of Nations (Core 6 The record of the League of Nations was mixed.

content 2) (a) Describe how the League of Nations dealt with Upper Silesia. [4]

(b) Why was Haile Selassie unhappy with the way the League dealt
with the Italian invasion of Abyssinia? [6]

(c) ‘The humanitarian work of the League’s agencies was more


important than its failure over the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.’
How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]
(March 2020)

The League of Nations faced challenges from the beginning. (a)


Describe the dispute over Vilna in 1920. [4]

(b) Why was the League often slow to react to aggression? [6]

(c) ‘Italy was more to blame than Britain and France for the failure of
the League.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your
answer. [10] (O/N 2022)

The League of Nations struggled to react effectively to major crises.

(a) Describe Germany’s relationship with the League of Nations during


the period 1920 to 1939. [4]

(b) Why did Haile Selassie speak to the Assembly of the League of
Nations in June 1936? [6]
(c) ‘The League of Nations did as much as it could in relation to the
Japanese invasion of Manchuria.’ How far do you agree with this
statement? Explain your answer. [10] (M/J 2022)

The League of Nations faced many challenges.

(a) What was the Hoare-Laval Pact of 1935? [4]

(b) Why was the Depression important for the League of Nations? [6]

(c) ‘The response of the League of Nations to Japanese actions in


Manchuria was surprising.’ How far do you agree with this statement?
Explain your answer. [10] (Feb/March 2020)

The League of Nations failed to live up to expectations.

(a) Describe how the Assembly and the Council of the League were
meant to work. [4]

(b) Why was the League’s failure over Corfu important? [6]

(c) ‘The League’s lack of an army explains its failure in the 1930s.’ How
far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]

(M/J 2021)

6 The record of the League of Nations was mixed.

(a) Describe how the League of Nations dealt with Upper Silesia. [4]

(b) Why was Haile Selassie unhappy with the way the League dealt with
the Italian invasion of Abyssinia? [6]

(c) ‘The humanitarian work of the League’s agencies was more


important than its failure over the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.’
How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]
(Feb/March 2020)

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