TASKS FOR TODAY'S LESSON (THU 17 FEB)
P2: The Cold War exam questions
TASKS:
1a) Compare questions (A - J) with prescribed content (> P2: The Cold War syllabus below).
1b) Create a new exam question (= not listed below) based on the similar kind of formulation principles. (The command terms could be found below the syllabus.)
2) Choose one of the following questions or your own question (1b) and answer it.
> Drop your response here.
* Check how much time you need to plan, respond and check. (It should not take more than 45 minutes - if you do not have extra time.)
A) "Superpower rivalry in Europe and Asia between 1943 and 1949 led to the breakdown of the grand alliance." To what extent do you agree with this statement?
B) Discuss the impact of two Cold War crises, each from a different region, on the development of superpower tensions.
C) To what extent did economic interests rather than ideology lead to the breakdown of the grand alliance between 1943 and 1949?
D) Evaluate the impact of Cold War tensions on two countries (excluding the USSR and the US).
E) To what extent did the policy of peaceful co-existence improve superpower relations up to and including 1964?
F) "The impact of Cold War tensions was mainly economic." Discuss with reference to two countries (excluding the USSR an the US).
G) Evaluate the impact of detente on US-USSR relations up to the end of 1979.
H) "Ideology was the most important cause of Cold War crises." Discuss with reference to two Cold War crises, each from a different region.
I) "Confrontation rather than reconciliation ended the Cold War." Discuss with reference to the period from 1980 to 1991.
J) Evaluate the impact of two leaders, each from a different region, on the course of the Cold War.
- Command term
- Key concepts of history: CCCCSP
- Topic & prescribed content
TASKS:
1a) Compare questions (A - J) with prescribed content (> P2: The Cold War syllabus below).
1b) Create a new exam question (= not listed below) based on the similar kind of formulation principles. (The command terms could be found below the syllabus.)
2) Choose one of the following questions or your own question (1b) and answer it.
> Drop your response here.
* Check how much time you need to plan, respond and check. (It should not take more than 45 minutes - if you do not have extra time.)
A) "Superpower rivalry in Europe and Asia between 1943 and 1949 led to the breakdown of the grand alliance." To what extent do you agree with this statement?
B) Discuss the impact of two Cold War crises, each from a different region, on the development of superpower tensions.
C) To what extent did economic interests rather than ideology lead to the breakdown of the grand alliance between 1943 and 1949?
D) Evaluate the impact of Cold War tensions on two countries (excluding the USSR and the US).
E) To what extent did the policy of peaceful co-existence improve superpower relations up to and including 1964?
F) "The impact of Cold War tensions was mainly economic." Discuss with reference to two countries (excluding the USSR an the US).
G) Evaluate the impact of detente on US-USSR relations up to the end of 1979.
H) "Ideology was the most important cause of Cold War crises." Discuss with reference to two Cold War crises, each from a different region.
I) "Confrontation rather than reconciliation ended the Cold War." Discuss with reference to the period from 1980 to 1991.
J) Evaluate the impact of two leaders, each from a different region, on the course of the Cold War.
- Command term
- Key concepts of history: CCCCSP
- Topic & prescribed content