Four of the eight questions listed below will be selected for the Mock Paper 2. You will answer two questions on the day of the exam.
- “The rise to power of authoritarian leaders was the result of the failure of existing regimes to address the economic problems of the population.” With reference to Stalin and Mao, to what extent do you agree with this statement?
- To what extent did the economic policies of either Mao or Stalin contribute to the maintenance of his power?
- “Popular support, rather than the use of force, was vital to the establishment of authoritarian states.” With reference to China and the USSR, to what extent do you agree with this statement?
- Assess the importance of ideology for rulers of twentieth century authoritarian states.
- In what ways, and with what results, was propaganda used by one ruler of an authoritarian state?
- Compare and contrast the foreign policies of Mao and Stalin.
- Analyze either the changing status of women or the treatment of religious groups in China or the USSR.
- Identify the nature and extent of opposition to one authoritarian state and assess methods used to deal with such opposition.
To aid you in studying:
Best book is good for Russia and China (Ch. 2, Ch. 3, Ch. 8)
John D. Clare website for China and Russia.
http://www.johndclare.net/Russ1.htm http://www.johndclare.net/China0.htm
YouTube has good CrashCourse videos and Ten Minute History videos, as well as longer documentaries:
Ten Minute History Russian Revolution
Five Year Plan: Stalin
BBC 2 Documentary: Stalin: Inside the Terror
Crash Course Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions
History Declassified: Cultural Revolution
Kinetic History: Great Leap Forward
Mao's Red Guards
China Under Mao: The Cultural Revolution (watched in class)
Excerpt of Morning Sun (documentary on Cultural Revolution)
Morning Sun Website (good for songs, tv, movies propaganda)
Asia For Educators, Columbia University
Chinese Posters by Theme
As you watch the videos you can use a good app for note taking during a video, this app will sync with your google drive and allow you to have notes associated with a Time Stamp in the video. You can save these to your drive and then open the notes page again to review notes you've taken from the films. For a tutorial, see the attached word document. The website is: http://www.videonot.es/
Sample notes using Videonot.es (you should have to sync with app before viewing this).
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