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History (2174)
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Free History (2174) study notes for GCE O-Level students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.
Paper 1: Extension of European control in Southeast Asia, 1870s–1920s
Extension of British control in Malaya (Compulsory)
Transformation of Malaya after British intervention in 1874
Extension of Dutch control in Indonesia from Java to the Outer Islands
Transformation of Indonesia under the Dutch after 1870
Extension of French control in Vietnam to Annam and Tonkin
Transformation of Vietnam under the French after 1870
Paper 1: After World War I and the rise of authoritarian regimes
Aims and terms of the Paris Peace Conference and its impact on Europe in the 1920s
Case Study of Nazi Germany: rise and establishment of authoritarian rule
Case Study of Nazi Germany: consolidation of Nazi rule
Case Study of Militarist Japan: rise and establishment of authoritarian regime
Case Study of Militarist Japan: increased influence of the militarists from the 1930s
Paper 1: Outbreak of World War II
Key developments leading to the outbreak of World War II in Europe
Key developments leading to the outbreak of World War II in the Asia-Pacific
Paper 2: End of World War II and origins of the Cold War
Reasons for the end of World War II
Origins and development of the Cold War in Europe
Paper 2: The Cold War outside Europe and its end
Case study of the Korean War, 1950–53
Case study of the Vietnam War, 1954–75
Decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War
Paper 2: Decolonisation in Southeast Asia
British Malaya, 1945–1957: developments leading to decolonisation (Compulsory)
British Malaya: attainment of independence in 1957
Dutch Indonesia, 1945–1949: developments leading to decolonisation
Dutch Indonesia: attainment of independence in 1949
French Vietnam, 1945–1954: developments leading to decolonisation
French Vietnam: Declaration of Independence 1954
Source-based case study skills
Comprehending and extracting information from sources
Drawing inferences from a source
Comparing and contrasting different views
Reliability, purpose, bias and utility of a source
Reaching a judgement using evidence from multiple sources
Essay skills and key historical concepts
Causation and consequence
Change and continuity
Significance of individuals, ideas and events
Structuring a levels-of-response essay
Making and supporting a reasoned judgement
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