Content: Prescribed Subject 3: The Move to Global War
- Case Study 1: Japanese Expansion in East Asia (1931-1941)
- Causes of Expansion
- The impact of Japanese nationalism and militarism on foreign policy
- Japanese domestic issues: political and economic issues, and their impact on foreign relations
- Political instability in China
- Events
- Japanese invasion of Manchuria and northern China (1931)
- Sino-Japanese War (1937-1941)
- The Three Powers/Tripartite Pact; the outbreak of war; Pearl Harbor (1941)
- Responses
- League of Nations and the Lytton Report
- Political developments within China - the Second United Front
- International response, including US initiatives and increasing tensions between the US and Japan
- 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
- Impact of domestic economic issues on the foreign policies of Italy and Germany
- Changing diplomatic alignments in Europe, the end of collective security, appeasement
- Events
- German Challenges to the post-war settlements (1933-1938)
- Italian expansion: Abyssinia (1935-1936); Albania; entry into Second World War
- German expansion (1938-1939); Pact of Steel; Nazi-Soviet Pact and the outbreak of war
- Responses
- International response to German aggression (1933-1938)
- International response to Italian aggression (1935-1936)
- International response to German and Italian aggression (1940)
Structure: Document Based Question
Total of 4 questions; total of 4 documents
Question 1:
Part A: Written Document question
Part B: Visual Document question
Format of Question 1:
A: What does listed source say about bullet topic? [3 marks]
B: What message is conveyed by listed source? [2 marks]
Question 2:
OPCVL question on one written document
Format of Question 2:
With reference to its origin, purpose, and content, analyze the value and limitations of listed source for historians studying bullet topic [4 marks]
Question 3:
Compare/contrast question of two written documents
Format of Question 3:
Compare and contrast what listed source and listed source reveal/state/say about bullet topic. [6 marks]
Question 4:
Broad question about bullet topics. Use all sources when possible.
Format of Question 4:
Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate/judge/analyze/assess something related to the bullet topic.
Question 1:
Part A: Written Document question
Part B: Visual Document question
Format of Question 1:
A: What does listed source say about bullet topic? [3 marks]
B: What message is conveyed by listed source? [2 marks]
Question 2:
OPCVL question on one written document
Format of Question 2:
With reference to its origin, purpose, and content, analyze the value and limitations of listed source for historians studying bullet topic [4 marks]
Question 3:
Compare/contrast question of two written documents
Format of Question 3:
Compare and contrast what listed source and listed source reveal/state/say about bullet topic. [6 marks]
Question 4:
Broad question about bullet topics. Use all sources when possible.
Format of Question 4:
Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate/judge/analyze/assess something related to the bullet topic.