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HistoryQ&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every England History syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Conflict and tension 1918 to 1939
- The policy of appeasement and the Sudetenland and Munich Agreement, the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and the invasion of Poland that triggered war in September 1939.2Q&A pairs
- The armistice and the aims of the Big Three, the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, German reactions to the treaty and the wider peace settlement of 1919 to 1920.2Q&A pairs
- The aims and structure of the League of Nations, its successes and failures in the 1920s, and how the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises destroyed it in the 1930s.2Q&A pairs
- Hitler's foreign policy aims, German rearmament and the remilitarisation of the Rhineland, the Anschluss with Austria, and the growing tension across Europe by 1938.2Q&A pairs
Elizabethan England 1568 to 1603
- Elizabeth's character and accession, the structure of her court and government, the role of patronage and key ministers, and the question of marriage and the succession.2Q&A pairs
- The Elizabethan social hierarchy, the problem of poverty and the Poor Laws, the golden age of culture and theatre, and the voyages of exploration and the New World.2Q&A pairs
- The nature of the historic environment study, how the named site links to wider Elizabethan themes, and how to answer the 16-mark site-based essay.2Q&A pairs
- The religious settlement and the Catholic threat, the problem of Mary Queen of Scots and the plots, the deterioration with Spain and the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.2Q&A pairs
Exam skills
- Identifying how two interpretations differ, explaining why they differ, and evaluating which interpretation is more convincing using content and contextual knowledge.2Q&A pairs
- Analysing the usefulness of a source for a stated enquiry using its content together with its provenance (nature, origin and purpose), and applying contextual knowledge.2Q&A pairs
- Planning and writing a balanced 16-mark essay that argues both sides, supports each point with precise evidence and reaches a justified, criteria-based judgement.4Q&A pairs
- The structure, timing and mark allocation of Paper 1 (Understanding the modern world) and Paper 2 (Shaping the nation), and how the question types map onto each section.2Q&A pairs
- Writing an analytical narrative account that selects relevant events, places them in order and explains how each event led to the next towards an outcome.2Q&A pairs
Germany 1890 to 1945: Democracy and dictatorship
- Kaiser Wilhelm II's rule, German industrialisation and growth, the rise of socialism, the impact of the First World War and the Kaiser's abdication in November 1918.2Q&A pairs
- Nazi policies towards women, young people and workers, the economy and rearmament, the persecution of minorities, and the impact of the Second World War on the home front.2Q&A pairs
- The creation of the Nazi dictatorship through the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act, the Night of the Long Knives, and the police state of the SS, Gestapo and propaganda.2Q&A pairs
- The early Nazi Party and Munich Putsch, the impact of the Depression, the appeal of Hitler and the Nazis, and Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in January 1933.2Q&A pairs
- The setting up of the Weimar Republic, its early problems including Versailles and the 1923 crisis, and the Stresemann recovery and cultural revival of 1924 to 1929.2Q&A pairs
Health and the people c1000 to present
- Medieval ideas about the cause of disease, the influence of Galen and the Church, treatments and care, public health in towns and monasteries, and the impact of the Black Death.2Q&A pairs
- Magic bullets and antibiotics including penicillin, advances in surgery and technology, the founding of the NHS in 1948, and modern public health campaigns.2Q&A pairs
- The work of Vesalius, Pare and Harvey, the challenge to Galen, the impact of the printing press and the Royal Society, and continued problems in treating disease.2Q&A pairs
- Jenner and vaccination, Pasteur's germ theory and Koch's microbes, the development of anaesthetics and antiseptics, and the 1875 Public Health Act.2Q&A pairs