Edexcel GCSE History Paper 12 June 2024 question paper 1HI0/12

Describe two features of the significance of London as a target during the Blitz.

Feature 1

Feature 2

Study Sources A and B in the Sources Booklet.

How useful are Sources A and B for an enquiry into the difficulties in dealing with the effects of German attacks on London?

Explain your answer, using Sources A and B and your knowledge of the historical context.

Study Source B.

How could you follow up Source B to find out more about the difficulties in dealing with the effects of German attacks on London?

In your answer, you must give the question you would ask and the type of source you could use.

Complete the table below.

Detail in Source B that I would follow up:

Question I would ask:

What type of source I could use:

How this might help answer my question:

Explain one way in which fighting in the Battle of Waterloo (1815) was different from fighting in the Iraq War (2003).

Explain why there were changes in people’s attitudes towards war during the modern period (c1900–present).

5 ‘In the years c1250–c1500, the most significant impact on the nature of warfare was the development of new weapons.’

How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

(Total for spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology = 4 marks)

6 ‘Developments in artillery were the main reason for changes in the composition of the army in the years c1500–c1900.’

How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

(Total for spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology = 4 marks)