Topic+3+Sample+Questions

**Hitler**
__2-Part Qs__
 * Discuss (a) the ideology of, and (b) the support for, one right-wing ruler of a single-party state.
 * In what ways, and to what extent, was propaganda important in the rise and rule of Hitler?

__Analyze (Identify Important Factors)__
 * Analyse the circumstances that helped one right-wing leader to become the ruler of a single-party state.

__Evaluate (Impacts? Effects?)__
 * Evaluate the contributions to the rise to power of Hitler of **each** of the following: National Socialist ideology; the use of force; economic crises.

Mao
__2-Part Qs__
 * Discuss (a) the support for, and (b) the ideology of, one left-wing ruler of a single-party state.

__Analyze/Examine__
 * With reference to **one** left-wing totalitarian state, examine its impact on the lives of its citizens.
 * Analyse the conditions that enabled one left-wing leader to become the ruler of a single-party state.

__To What Extent (Contribution)__
 * To what extent did **either** Mao’s **or** Stalin’s domestic policies solve the problems they faced?

Both
__2-Part Qs__
 * Describe how and why propaganda was used in **two** single-party states, each chosen from a different region.

__Analyze/Examine__
 * Examine the role of the media in one single-party or authoritarian state.
 * Examine the role of education in one single-party or authoritarian state.
 * Examine the role of **either** education **or** the arts in **one** left-wing **and one** right-wing authoritarian/single-party state.
 * Examine either the role of education or the treatment of minorities and religious groups in two single-party states.
 * Analyse the treatment of religious groups in **two** single-party states, each chosen from a different region.
 * Analyse the nature and extent of internal opposition and the methods used to deal with this opposition by one of the following single-party rulers: Lenin; Hitler; Mao.

__Assess/Evaluate__ > __To What Extent (Statement)__
 * Assess the importance of economic distress and ideological appeal in the rise to power of one left-wing and one right-wing single-party ruler.
 * In 1924 Hitler wrote: “The masses of the population are more affected by rhetoric than by any other force. All great movements are popular movements”. To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
 * “Successful domestic policies kept single-party regimes in power.” With reference to two single-party states, each chosen from a different region, to what extent do you agree with this statement?

__Compare & Contrast__
 * Compare and contrast **either** economic policies **or** the treatment of minorities in **two** authoritarian or single-party states, each chosen from a different region.