Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: Mao's China, 1949-76 / The German Democratic Republic, 1949-90 June 2022 question paper 9HI0/2E

Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the extent to which the status of women improved in Mao’s China?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

Study Sources 3 and 4 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 3 and 4 together to investigate the causes of the rising of June 1953?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

How far do you agree that the First Five-Year Plan and the Second Five-Year Plan were both unsuccessful in achieving their intended outcomes?

How far do you agree that the most significant influence on the course of the Cultural Revolution, in the years 1968–76, was the political influence of Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping?

5 ‘ In the years 1961–85, the GDR developed into a stable and successful state under the leadership of the SED.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that Gorbachev’s visit to the GDR (October 1989) was more significant than the opening of the Berlin Wall (November 1989) for the collapse of communist rule in the GDR?