Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: Mao's China, 1949-76 / The German Democratic Republic, 1949-90 June 2024 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 impact of the introduction of the people’s communes on the lives of Chinese peasants?

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 attitude of the USA to German reunification?

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, in the years 1949–56, the CCP was able to defeat overwhelmingly its opponents within China?

4 ‘The instability in China caused by the Cultural Revolution in the years 1966–67 was successfully overcome in the years 1968–76.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

5 ‘ Throughout the years 1949–85, the economy of the GDR was characterised by limited achievement.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that, in the years 1949–85, the most effective means of controlling the people of the GDR was state use of propaganda and censorship?