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AQA GCSE History past papers and mark schemes

AQA GCSE History past papers

June 2025 Latest

Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation
8145/1A/AQPMSExaminer report not published yetERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
8145/1A/BQPMSExaminer report not published yetERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communism
8145/1A/CQPMSExaminer report not published yetERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality
8145/1A/DQPMSExaminer report not published yetERInsert
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894-1918
8145/1B/AQPMSExaminer report not published yetERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939
8145/1B/BQPMSExaminer report not published yetERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972
8145/1B/CQPMSExaminer report not published yetERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975
8145/1B/DQPMSExaminer report not published yetERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
8145/1B/EQPMSExaminer report not published yetERSources booklet
Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World
8145/1QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSER
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
8145/2A/AQPMSExaminer report not published yetERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
8145/2A/BQPMSExaminer report not published yetERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
8145/2A/CQPMSExaminer report not published yetERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066-c1100
8145/2B/AQPMSExaminer report not published yetERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272-1307
8145/2B/BQPMSExaminer report not published yetERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
8145/2B/CQPMSExaminer report not published yetERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Restoration England, 1660-1685
8145/2B/DQPMSExaminer report not published yetER
Paper 2: Shaping the Nation
8145/2QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSER
Option A
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Option B
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Option C
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Option D
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Option E
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June 2024

Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation
8145/1A/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
8145/1A/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communism
8145/1A/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality
8145/1A/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1A
ER
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894-1918
8145/1B/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939
8145/1B/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972
8145/1B/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975
8145/1B/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
8145/1B/EQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1B
ER
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
8145/2A/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
8145/2A/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
8145/2A/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2A
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Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066-c1100
8145/2B/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272-1307
8145/2B/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
8145/2B/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Restoration England, 1660-1685
8145/2B/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2B
ER
Option A
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Option B
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Option C
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Option D
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Option E
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June 2023

Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation
8145/1A/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
8145/1A/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communism
8145/1A/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality
8145/1A/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1A
ER
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894-1918
8145/1B/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939
8145/1B/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972
8145/1B/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975
8145/1B/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
8145/1B/EQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1B
ER
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
8145/2A/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
8145/2A/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
8145/2A/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2A
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Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066-c1100
8145/2B/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272-1307
8145/2B/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
8145/2B/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Restoration England, 1660-1685
8145/2B/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2B
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Option A
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Option B
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Option C
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Option D
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Option E
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2022June

June 2022

Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation
8145/1A/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
8145/1A/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communism
8145/1A/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality
8145/1A/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1A
ER
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894-1918
8145/1B/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939
8145/1B/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972
8145/1B/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975
8145/1B/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
8145/1B/EQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1B
ER
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
8145/2A/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
8145/2A/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
8145/2A/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2A
ER
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066-c1100
8145/2B/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272-1307
8145/2B/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
8145/2B/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Restoration England, 1660-1685
8145/2B/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2B
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Option A
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Option B
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Option C
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Option D
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Option E
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2021November

November 2021

Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation
8145/1A/AQPMSInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
8145/1A/BQPMSInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communism
8145/1A/CQPMSInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality
8145/1A/DQPMSInsert
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894-1918
8145/1B/AQPMSSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939
8145/1B/BQPMSSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972
8145/1B/CQPMSSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975
8145/1B/DQPMSSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
8145/2A/AQPMSSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
8145/2A/BQPMSSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
8145/2A/CQPMSSources booklet
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066-c1100
8145/2B/AQPMSInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272-1307
8145/2B/BQPMSInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
8145/2B/CQPMSInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Restoration England, 1660-1685
8145/2B/DQPMSInsert
Option A
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Option B
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Option C
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Option D
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2020November

November 2020

Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation
8145/1A/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
8145/1A/BQPMSERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communism
8145/1A/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality
8145/1A/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894-1918
8145/1B/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939
8145/1B/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972
8145/1B/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975
8145/1B/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
8145/1B/EQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
8145/2A/AQPMSERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
8145/2A/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
8145/2A/CQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERSources booklet
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066-c1100
8145/2B/AQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272-1307
8145/2B/BQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
8145/2B/CQPMSERInsert
Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Restoration England, 1660-1685
8145/2B/DQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveERInsert
Option A
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Option B
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Option C
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Option D
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Option E
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2019June

June 2019

Option A
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Option B
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Option C
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Option D
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Option E
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Examiner report
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2018June

June 2018

Option A
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Option B
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Option C
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Option D
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Option E
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Examiner report
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Specimen material

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Option C
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Option D
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Option E
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Paper by year

  • Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidationAll years
  • Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorshipAll years
  • Paper 1 Section A Period Study: Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communismAll years
  • Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequalityAll years
  • Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894-1918All years
  • Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939All years
  • Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972All years
  • Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975All years
  • Paper 1 Section B Wider World Depth Study: Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009All years
  • Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present dayAll years
  • Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present dayAll years
  • Paper 2 Section A Thematic Study: Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present dayAll years
  • Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066-c1100All years
  • Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272-1307All years
  • Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603All years
  • Paper 2 Section B British Depth Study: Restoration England, 1660-1685All years

Questions by topic

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Every question is lifted out of its paper and filed under its topic, with its mark scheme.

America: Expansion and consolidation36 QsAmerica: Opportunity and inequality36 QsTsarist and Communist Russia36 QsWeimar and Nazi Germany36 QsElizabethan England, c1568–160324 Qs
Medicine in Britain24 QsBritain: Migration, empires and the people24 QsSuperpower relations and the Cold War24 QsMedieval England: the reign of Edward I24 QsConflict and tension in Asia23 Qs

16 topics and 408 real exam questions in AQA GCSE History, each with its mark scheme.

See all 16 topics

AQA GCSE History

Code8145

At a glance

The course
AQA GCSE History 8145, Ofqual QAN 601/8217/9, was first examined in 2018. It has 2 papers: Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World and Paper 2: Shaping the Nation, each 2 hours and 84 marks.
The papers
  • Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World, 8145/1: 50% weighting, 9 options.
  • Paper 2: Shaping the Nation, 8145/2: 50% weighting, 7 options.
What we hold
We hold 150 papers from 8 sittings, June 2018 to June 2025, and the specimen papers.
Full title
AQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in History · QAN 601/8217/9 · 2018 onwards
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