OCR A-level History A Paper 2 - 12th June 2025 [Exam Chat]

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OCR A-Level History A Paper 2: Non-British period study (Y201-Y224 - Thursday 12th June 2025 [Exam Chat]

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Date/Time: Thursday 12th June 2025 AM
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Reply 1

04MR17

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The paper you do for this unit will be one of the following:
Y201 The Rise of Islam c.550–750
Y202 Charlemagne 768–814
Y203 The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192
Y204 Genghis Khan and the Explosion from the Steppes c.1167–1405
Y205 Exploration, Encounters and Empire 1445–1570
Y206 Spain 1469–1556
Y207 The German Reformation and the rule of Charles V 1500–1559
Y208 Philip II 1556–1598
Y209 African Kingdoms c.1400–c.1800: four case studies c.1400.c c.1800.c
Y210 Russia 1645–1741
Y211 The Rise and Decline of the Mughal Empire in India 1526–1739
Y212 The American Revolution 1740–1796
Y213 The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774–1815
Y214 France 1814–1870
Y215 Italy and Unification 1789–1896
Y216 The USA in the 19th Century: Westward expansion and Civil War 1803–c.1890
Y217 Japan 1853–1937
Y218 International Relations 1890–1941
Y219 Russia 1894–1941
Y220 Italy 1896–1943
Y221 Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919–1963
Y222 The Cold War in Asia 1945–1993
Y223 The Cold War in Europe 1941–1995
Y224 Apartheid and Reconciliation: South African Politics 1948–1999

Post below with which one you are studying.

Many years ago I sat the Cold war in Asia unit, I'm happy to help answer questions about that.
I also currently teach South African history at A Level as part of a different exam board.

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Reply 2

Eager37

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Any predictions for democracy and dictatorships in Germany??

Reply 3

Ayesha_9

any predictions for african kingdoms?

Reply 4

username7632895

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any predictions for russia?

Reply 5

Slylavishfox

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Anyone here for International Relations ?

Reply 6

BadKarma566

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by Eager37

Any predictions for democracy and dictatorships in Germany??

Not a prediction but can we just learn 3 of the topics or do we need to know all 4? im thinking of just covering weimar, germany during the war/post-war and East/West

Reply 7

satisfied-pompos

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by Ayesha_9

any predictions for african kingdoms?

Songhai- Specifically the rise of songhai. They really like benin so maybe benin

Reply 8

moo224

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by BadKarma566

Not a prediction but can we just learn 3 of the topics or do we need to know all 4? im thinking of just covering weimar, germany during the war/post-war and East/West

Ideally you need to know all 4 ☹️ it's likely that one of the units might come up twice (one ten marker and the other twenty marker) and if that's unit two then you've thrown away at least ten marks. Also, unit 2 was not assessed at all last year so just keep that in mind - if you can, I'd recommend knowing all 4 at least in terms of events!!

Reply 9

unknown.user222

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Original post

by 3rab

any predictions for russia?

which one Russia 1894-1941 ?

Reply 10

username7632895

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Original post

by unknown.user222

which one Russia 1894-1941 ?

yeah

Reply 11

mt123.4

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anyone do Y213 The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774–1815? and have any predictions?

Reply 12

unknown.user222

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by 3rab

yeah

This paper is soo hard to predict soo i may be utterly wrong but they love to put causes of the Oct rev (might put it as 10 mark as last yr it was a 20 mark) but who knows fr or the causes of the feb revolution- maybe on Rasputin or Stalin and collectivisation as 20 mark question

or they haven't really put alot on Lenin from 1917- 1921 other than NEP (after the rev) so that could also be on as well

Reply 13

ecclesiastical-m

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any predictions for cold war in asia/advice? x

Reply 14

username7632895

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by unknown.user222

This paper is soo hard to predict soo i may be utterly wrong but they love to put causes of the Oct rev (might put it as 10 mark as last yr it was a 20 mark) but who knows fr or the causes of the feb revolution- maybe on Rasputin or Stalin and collectivisation as 20 mark question
or they haven't really put alot on Lenin from 1917- 1921 other than NEP (after the rev) so that could also be on as well

thats true, i'd love a 20 marker on the economy or witte/stolypin

Reply 15

unknown.user222

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by 3rab

thats true, i'd love a 20 marker on the economy or witte/stolypin

Fr theres just soo much content for Russia

(edited 10 months ago)

Reply 16

BadKarma566

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by moo224

Ideally you need to know all 4 ☹️ it's likely that one of the units might come up twice (one ten marker and the other twenty marker) and if that's unit two then you've thrown away at least ten marks. Also, unit 2 was not assessed at all last year so just keep that in mind - if you can, I'd recommend knowing all 4 at least in terms of events!!

Hey, are you sure its unit 2? I think there was a q on opposition in Germany last year

Reply 17

Ayesha_9

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by satisfied-pompos

Songhai- Specifically the rise of songhai. They really like benin so maybe benin

okayyy thank u

Reply 18

moo224

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by BadKarma566

Hey, are you sure its unit 2? I think there was a q on opposition in Germany last year

The question on opposition was during the war, which means it comes under unit 3! I did it for my mock - it was asking whether Allied Bombing or Internal Opposition and Resistance had a greater impact on the lives of German citizens 1939-45 :smile:

Reply 19

anne th

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any predictions for the american revolution???

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