International School History - European Schools - S7 2hr option

S7 History Last update - 28 September 2011 Official European School History S7 Syllabus: English, French, German
Term 3 - World history 1945-1995 - Oral Exam revision
Key revision questions June 2010

How close did the world come to nuclear war during the Cuban missiles crisis?
Why did the Chinese Communists (CCP) win the civil war?
What is Maoism and what were the origins of Sino-Soviet tensions?
How did the communists transform China 1949-53?
How was decolonisation in Vietnam achieved 1945-54?
How did the USA get involved in Vietnam?
What was the Vietnam War like and why did the USA lose?
How did the USSR maintain control of Central and Eastern Europe in the period 1953-1961?
What was the 'Prague Spring'? 
Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution?
What was it like to be a Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution?
What were the consequences of the Cultural Revolution?
How far did black American's achieve equality in civil rights 1954-1963?
Who killed President Kennedy? What did Kennedy achieve?
How did the civil rights movement develop in the 1960s?
What was the 1960s women's movement?
What was Watergate?
What was detente and what did it achieve?
Why was Afghanistan so important to changes in the Cold War?
What was the Second Cold War?
What was Solidarity? Did it mark the beginning of the end of the Cold War?
How close did the world come to nuclear catastrophe in 1983?
Why did the USSR collapse?
What really caused the collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe?

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