Edexcel A Level History Paper 3 options: The making of modern Russia, 1855-1991 / The making of modern China, 1860-1997 June 2019 question paper 9HI0/38

Study Source 1 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the influence of Rasputin in Russia during the First World War and the reasons for the weakening of Tsar Nicholas II’s position on the throne.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the causes of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident and Jiang Jieshi’s (Chiang Kai-shek’s) response to it.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

How accurate it is to say that Khrushchev significantly increased the freedom of the people of Soviet Russia in the years 1956-61?

4 ‘The major cause of the downfall of Soviet communism by 1991 was the impact of the Afghanistan war.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How significant was the role of foreign missions and missionaries in the growth of anti-western feeling in China in the years 1860-70?

How accurate is it to say that the Sino-Soviet split, in the years 1958-69, was caused mainly by ideological differences?

7 ‘Stolypin’s reforms (1906-11) were more successful than all other attempts to improve the condition of the peasantry in the years 1861-1991.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How significant were the policies introduced by Stalin in attempts to boost agricultural productivity in Russia in the years 1861-1991?

9 ‘The greatest encouragement given to Chinese industry, in the years 1860-1997, came under the communists.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

In promoting the growth of the Chinese economy in the years 1860-1961, how significant were the ideas of the Self-Strengthening Movement of the 1860s and 1870s?