Cambridge IGCSE: 0470/43 History
Cambridge IGCSE: 0470/43 History
Cambridge IGCSE: 0470/43 History
Cambridge IGCSE
HISTORY 0470/43
Paper 4 Alternative to Coursework May/June 2021
1 hour
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer one question from your chosen Depth Study.
• Follow the instructions on the front cover of the answer booklet. If you need additional answer paper,
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INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 40.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
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1 How important were new weapons as a cause of trench warfare on the Western Front? Explain
your answer. [40]
2 How significant was Germany’s two-front war as a reason for its defeat in 1918? Explain your
answer. [40]
3 How important were left-wing uprisings in Germany’s problems, 1919–23? Explain your answer.
[40]
4 How significant was the persecution of minorities as an aspect of Nazi policy, 1933–45? Explain
your answer. [40]
5 How important was Russia’s autocratic political system as a reason for the regime’s collapse by
March 1917? Explain your answer. [40]
6 How significant were Stalin’s Purges in the creation of a totalitarian state in the Soviet Union after
1928? Explain your answer. [40]
7 How important was the movie industry in changing the lives of the American people in the 1920s?
Explain your answer. [40]
8 How significant was financial speculation as a cause of the Wall Street Crash in 1929? Explain
your answer. [40]
9 How important were health reforms in changing the lives of Chinese peasants by 1960? Explain
your answer. [40]
10 How significant were economic reforms in changing the lives of the Chinese people in the period
1976–c.1990? Explain your answer. [40]
11 How important were the policies of the United Party as a reason for the success of the National
Party in 1948? Explain your answer. [40]
12 How significant was the Rivonia Trial (1963–64) in preventing organised opposition to apartheid?
Explain your answer. [40]
13 How important was British policy as a cause of tension in Palestine up to 1948? Explain your
answer. [40]
14 How significant were the Oslo Accords in dealing with the causes of tension between Israelis and
Palestinians? Explain your answer. [40]
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