AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)erghh(Original post by FullMetalX)
Nope, not always as simple as that. Kissenger felt the US's interests were being sidelined by Ostpolitik, and he tried to arrange it so that the US and not the Soviets benefited most from it. I'm just not sure about the details.
yeh but for an arguement sake i would diregard that.. i would say that its created a positive climate and evidence for this was the berlin treaty in 1971 and thus showing sucess of european detente
They usually only have one question on a different period. But they could manage to bring it up again in the broad questions :/
! does anyone have any predictions for the questions
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)Loool at the response. Fair enough, I tend to get worked up over the small details anyway. Here are some questions my teacher gave for end of cold war, what he predicted could come up.
Spoiler:Show‘Ronald Reagan’s commitment to US militarism was the primary cause of the end of the Cold War.’ Assess the validity of this view.
‘Ronald Reagan’s commitment to US militarism was the primary cause of the collapse of communism in the USSR and eastern Europe.’ Assess the validity of this view.
‘Communism collapsed in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe primarily because of the rise of nationalism.’ Assess the validity of this statement with reference to the years 1980-1991.
‘Communism collapsed in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe primarily because of the triumph of “people power”.’ Assess the validity of this statement.
‘The Cold War came to an end because the Soviet Union was simply unable to continue with it.’ How valid is this view?
‘Gorbachev’s willingness to compromise with the West and to reform the Soviet Union brought the Cold War to an end.’ How valid is this assessment?
‘The Soviet Union’s decision to invade Afghanistan in 1979 was the primary cause of the end of the Cold War.’ How far do you agree with this assessment?
‘The end of the Cold War was above all the result of the relationship between Reagan and Gorbachev.’ How far do you agree with this assessment?
‘The success of US-Soviet nuclear diplomacy was the most important reason for the end of the Cold War.’ Assess the validity of this view with reference to the years 1981 to 1991.Last edited by FullMetalX; 09-06-2012 at 19:19. -
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)Don't need to know much about Vietnam, possibly just that the Sino-American relation may have been formed to get help. However this may have only been a factor as the relationship was mainly to push along Detente in my opinion!(Original post by FullMetalX)
How much do we have to know about Vietnam? And when Carter said we will give the Soviets "their Vietnam", what did he mean?
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)Thankss(Original post by FullMetalX)
Loool at the response. Fair enough, I tend to get worked up over the small details anyway. Here are some questions my teacher gave for end of cold war, what he predicted could come up.
Spoiler:Show‘Ronald Reagan’s commitment to US militarism was the primary cause of the end of the Cold War.’ Assess the validity of this view.
‘Ronald Reagan’s commitment to US militarism was the primary cause of the collapse of communism in the USSR and eastern Europe.’ Assess the validity of this view.
‘Communism collapsed in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe primarily because of the rise of nationalism.’ Assess the validity of this statement with reference to the years 1980-1991.
‘Communism collapsed in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe primarily because of the triumph of “people power”.’ Assess the validity of this statement.
‘The Cold War came to an end because the Soviet Union was simply unable to continue with it.’ How valid is this view?
‘Gorbachev’s willingness to compromise with the West and to reform the Soviet Union brought the Cold War to an end.’ How valid is this assessment?
‘The Soviet Union’s decision to invade Afghanistan in 1979 was the primary cause of the end of the Cold War.’ How far do you agree with this assessment?
‘The end of the Cold War was above all the result of the relationship between Reagan and Gorbachev.’ How far do you agree with this assessment?
‘The success of US-Soviet nuclear diplomacy was the most important reason for the end of the Cold War.’ Assess the validity of this view with reference to the years 1981 to 1991.
do you think they'd give a long question going into 2004, could i get away with not revising that bit atall?
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)You're welcome :] Well, in the end they can ask anything, so to be on the safe side and have a chance of getting at least A, I'd say so.(Original post by mehakvig92)
Thankss do you think they'd give a long question going into 2004, could i get away with not revising that bit atall?
Yeah I've got that... but it seems to be the case that Soviets aided one side and Americans fought against them in a proxy war... if anything it seems more significant then Angola, yet we still have to cover that. Strange.(Original post by Elliot Ross)
Don't need to know much about Vietnam, possibly just that the Sino-American relation may have been formed to get help. However this may have only been a factor as the relationship was mainly to push along Detente in my opinion!
Does anyone know if anything of significance occurred under Brezhnev-Reagan (1981-85)? I seem to be completely missing notes for that era... -
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)Quite a lot! Things such as increased militarism, INF talks, START, SDI, US places cruise and pershing missiles in Europe, Soviet pipeline problems, Polish solidatity movemone 1980-1981, Korean airliner shot down, Brezhnev dies replaced by Andropov, Nato summits in 1981 and 1982 which look at trying to get the US to revive Detente with the Soviets, 1985 Gorbchev become leader (big change from then on)(Original post by FullMetalX)
You're welcome :] Well, in the end they can ask anything, so to be on the safe side and have a chance of getting at least A, I'd say so.
Yeah I've got that... but it seems to be the case that Soviets aided one side and Americans fought against them in a proxy war... if anything it seems more significant then Angola, yet we still have to cover that. Strange.
Does anyone know if anything of significance occurred under Brezhnev-Reagan (1981-85)? I seem to be completely missing notes for that era...
This is an important time and may come up in the exam, would be worth looking at! -
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)Yeah stupid me, I missed that chapter... Thanks for reminding me about it!(Original post by Elliot Ross)
Quite a lot! Things such as increased militarism, INF talks, START, SDI, US places cruise and pershing missiles in Europe, Soviet pipeline problems, Polish solidatity movemone 1980-1981, Korean airliner shot down, Brezhnev dies replaced by Andropov, Nato summits in 1981 and 1982 which look at trying to get the US to revive Detente with the Soviets, 1985 Gorbchev become leader (big change from then on)
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)same neither have i!! but im worried if it comes up in long period question going up to 2004!! what are the chances?(Original post by Jess94)
I haven't revised post-1991 at all... I'm praying it doesn't come up!
I've tried reading through it, but it's so boring nothing seems to be going in
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)They've always asked a questions going up to 2004.(Original post by mehakvig92)
same neither have i!! but im worried if it comes up in long period question going up to 2004!! what are the chances? -
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)Yeh but they've always had one prior 1991 aswell..like about cuban missle crises or the intensification of cold war or grand alliance or for last year they had a long one about weather ideology the main reason for the development of cold war. so im really hoping they'll do the same again this year, just wondering what are the chances they they'll do two questions from post cold war or a long one going all the way upto 2004(Original post by FullMetalX)
They've always asked a questions going up to 2004. -
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)I've struggled to do any proper revision for this as i have a Physics exam the day before and i am a lot worse at Physics then history haha! Anyways i definatley do need to revise so i reckon i will go through and make a sort of timeline through the decades of significant events to help me remember exactly what happened and when, then its just a case of reading over my notes and through the book and having a practise at a few more exam style questions to try and get my technique sorted (which i feel is kinda off at the minute) Hopefully i will be ok, i could do with getting a high B but that might be a long shot for me considering how my last few marked essay went
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)Yep, as I said, they can do anything. Last year in my AS exam for history, I didn't revise the last part of the period, because they only ever have one question on that part. And I was right.(Original post by mehakvig92)
Yeh but they've always had one prior 1991 aswell..like about cuban missle crises or the intensification of cold war or grand alliance or for last year they had a long one about weather ideology the main reason for the development of cold war. so im really hoping they'll do the same again this year, just wondering what are the chances they they'll do two questions from post cold war or a long one going all the way upto 2004
But this time round, the odds are against you, because they have 2 different types of question, narrow and broad. I could easily see a narrow question involving post 1991, and a broad stretching out to post 1991 as well.
Also, broad questions are very difficult, and if you get a nasty broad question, you will not be able to do the narrow one as it may be post 1991. -
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I'm hoping the chances are very slim!(Original post by mehakvig92)
same neither have i!! but im worried if it comes up in long period question going up to 2004!! what are the chances?
I really don't have time to revise the chapter as I've got 3 exams next week :/
Even our teacher only briefly went over it with us as he stated how boring it was
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)you've really worried me, because you are right! i feel like i physically dont have the time to go over the final bit! I dont know what to do lol im actually soo scared now!(Original post by FullMetalX)
Yep, as I said, they can do anything. Last year in my AS exam for history, I didn't revise the last part of the period, because they only ever have one question on that part. And I was right.
But this time round, the odds are against you, because they have 2 different types of question, narrow and broad. I could easily see a narrow question involving post 1991, and a broad stretching out to post 1991 as well.
Also, broad questions are very difficult, and if you get a nasty broad question, you will not be able to do the narrow one as it may be post 1991. -
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)I'm a pro at skipping stuff in subjects, but this time it's not feasible.(Original post by mehakvig92)
you've really worried me, because you are right! i feel like i physically dont have the time to go over the final bit! I dont know what to do lol im actually soo scared now!
If you don't have much time, go to the chapter and spend 2 hours or an hour and a half skimming through it, just get the main points. The last chapter isn't complex, just boring, so it shouldn't be too hard. Stressing over it won't help you, just do whatever you physically can and you should be fine -
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)ergh! what would you say are the main things i need to know from the post cold war stuff?(Original post by FullMetalX)
I'm a pro at skipping stuff in subjects, but this time it's not feasible.
If you don't have much time, go to the chapter and spend 2 hours or an hour and a half skimming through it, just get the main points. The last chapter isn't complex, just boring, so it shouldn't be too hard. Stressing over it won't help you, just do whatever you physically can and you should be fine
i think i might just read over nationalism, aggression and superpower responses because if it comes up in a broad question i dont think wed have to mention the EU or the UN im hopingg!!Last edited by mehakvig92; 10-06-2012 at 01:39. -
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Re: AQA A2 History Aspects of International Relations 1945-2004 (June 10th)Yeah, unfortunately I don't have time to cover EU and UN...I really think I'm going to do bad, I haven't memorised anything yet :/ My teacher said that the book gets carried away with the EU question, and to my knowledge I don't see what question would require us to talk about the EU. Skipping the UN section is worrying to me though :/(Original post by mehakvig92)
ergh! what would you say are the main things i need to know from the post cold war stuff?
i think i might just read over nationalism, aggression and superpower responses because if it comes up in a broad question i dont think wed have to mention the EU or the UN im hopingg!!Last edited by FullMetalX; 10-06-2012 at 01:52.
! does anyone have any predictions for the questions
do you think they'd give a long question going into 2004, could i get away with not revising that bit atall?
