Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock history 3
Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock history 3
SECTION A: AFRICA, 1800-1945
1. “British self-interest more than any other thing provoked the abolition of the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in
the 19th century.” How apt is this assertion? (25 marks)
2. To what extent can the success of the Fulani in the Sokoto Jihad be attributed to disunity of the Hausas.
(25marks)
3. How far did the Berlin West African Conference of 1884-85 provide solutions to European rivalry in Africa
during the period of the scramble for African territories? (25 marks)
4.
SECTION B: AFRICA, 1945 TO THE PRESENT
5. Examine the factors that were responsible for the extension of the Second World War into the continent of
Africa and assess the consequences of the war to the rise of African Nationalism. (25 marks)
6. Justify the view that “the settler factor” was the most outstanding grievance of the independence struggle in
Algeria. (25 marks)
7. To what extent have socio-political factors been responsible for refugee crisis in Africa after independence?
(25 marks)
SECTION C: WORLD REVOLUTIONS AND DIPLOMACY, 1700-1919
8. To what extent did the English Revolution of 1688-89 satisfy the aspirations of English people? (25 marks)
9. “Between 1872 and 1890 Otto von Bismarck established a foreign policy in Europe with a variety of effects.
Critically examine this assertion. (25 marks)
10. “The treaty of Versailles of 1919 was a satisfactory peace settlement”. How true is this assertion? (25 marks)
SECTION D: WORLD, 1919 TO THE PRESENT DATE
11. “Collective Security in the 1920s and 30s was jeopardized by the rise of dictators in the world.” To what
extent is this true? (25 marks)
12. “Manchurian crisis and Hitler’s aggressions provoked the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939”. Do
you agree? (25 marks)
What factors contributed to the outbreak of the cold war after 1945? (25 marks)
