The Second World War
I.
Data-based questions
1.
Study Source A and then answer questions (a) to(d).
Source A
(a) Which event does the source refer to? Suggest two clues from the source to
support your answer.
(1+2 marks)
(b) Why did the goose step on the paper which mentioned ‘Locarno’? Explain
your answer.
(2 marks)
(c) Did the goose step on another paper? Explain your answer.
(1+2 marks)
(d) What was the reaction of the League of Nations on the event shown in the
source? How did the reaction affect German foreign policy in the 1930s?
(2+2 marks)
2.
Study Source B and then answer questions (a) to (d).
Source B
(a) What was the Japanese in the cartoon doing?
(1 mark)
(b) What did the cartoonist want to say about Japan and the League of Nations?
(4 marks)
(c) What was the man on the floor doing?
(1 mark)
(d) What did the cartoonist want to say about the other powers’ reactions
towards Japan’s action?
(3 marks)
3.
Study Source C and then answer questions (a) to (e).
Source C
A British cartoon published in September 1939
(a) Name the two figures from left to right and the country represented by the
dead man lying on the ground.
(1+1+1 marks)
(b) Why were they bowing to each other?
(c) How did they call each other?
(1 mark)
(2 marks)
(d) What was the cartoonist’s view on the relations between these two men?
(2 marks)
(e) What was the significance of the event shown in the source?
4.
Study Source D and then answer questions (a) to (d).
(3 marks)
Source D
A British cartoon, entitled ‘Still Hope’, published
in September 1938
(a) Who was the man shown in the source? Which conference was he going to
attend?
(1+1 mark)
(b)
What was his aim in attending this conference?
(2 marks)
(c) What was the cartoonist’s attitude towards the man in the cartoon? Explain
your answer.
(1+3 marks)
(d) Referring to the events which happened after that conference, did the man
really achieve what he hoped for? Explain your answer.
(1+3 marks)
5.
Study Source E and then answer questions (a) to (c).
Source E
An extract from a leaflet which dropped on Japan in August 1945
We are in possession of the most destructive weapon ever designed by man....
Before using this bomb again and again to destroy every resource which your
military leaders have ... we ask you to petition your Emperor now to end the
war.
(a) Which countries does ‘We are’ refer to? What was the most destructive
weapon meant by? Suggest one clue from the source to support your answer.
(1+1+1 marks)
(b) Suggest one reason why this leaflet was dropped on Japan.
(2 marks)
(c) Do you think the Japanese would consider making a petition to the emperor
based on this leaflet? Explain your answer.
(1+2 marks)
6.
Study Source F and then answer questions (a) to (c).
Source F
(a) Name the three seated figures.
(b) Name the conference illustrated in the source.
(c) Explain the main aim of this conference.
7.
(1+1+1 marks)
(1 mark)
(2 marks)
Study Source G and then answer questions (a) to (c).
Source G
(a) Name the three seated figures.
(1+1+1 marks)
(b) Name the conference illustrated in the source.
(1 mark)
(c) What was the background against which this conference was held? (2 marks)
8.
Study Sources F and G, and then answer questions (a) to (b).
(a) Explain the change of representatives for two of the ‘Big Three’ at the
conference illustrated in Source G.
(2 marks)
(b) In what ways was the conference shown in Source G a continuation of the
one shown in Source F?
(4 marks)
9.
Study Source H and then answer questions (a) to (d).
Source H
A photograph taken of a Japanese attack made in December 1941
(a) Name the event shown in the source.
(1 mark)
(b) Why did Japan make such an attack?
(2 marks)
(c) What was the response of the country being attacked?
(2 marks)
(d) How did the event shown in the source affect the course and outcome of the
Second World War?
(4 marks)