Official: 2012 Modern History HSC Exam predictions thread (6 Viewers)

[enoilgam]

I believe I did the IND paper too, I went for the Consolidation Q

The poll function is broken I think - I created something similar anyway

 

[school4nerds]

My Predictions:
Germany(1919-1936): Either a question based on the Great Depression and its impact on the collapse of the WR, or Nazi Racial Policy
Conflict in Indochina(1954-1979): Either:attempts at peacemaking/developments in North and/or South Vietnam up to 1964/The impact of war on civilians (I went to a seminar where Dr Thomas Cantwell spoke, he said that he would place his money on this area of focus for this year's HSC).

P.S. enoilgam and D94 were you guy's able to predict the questions in your respective MH exams?

ahh if there was a question asking about impact of ideology on nazi foreign policies what would i need to talk about in my answer? i know the nature, aim and strategies of nazi foreign policies (1st dot point) but i dont get the 2nd. help please?

 

[declanbehan]

I believe I did the IND paper too, I went for the Consolidation Q

Oh yes there was that question too
I did collectivisation and industrialisation question and got 19 which I'm pretty happy with

 

[declanbehan]

LoveHateSchool, in regards to your prediction that one Russia question will be on Stalinism
I've just noticed that the 2007,08,09,10 (b) question were all on Stalinism

Do you think this is a good indicator of a Stalinism question this year?

 

[LoveHateSchool]

LoveHateSchool, in regards to your prediction that one Russia question will be on Stalinism
I've just noticed that the 2007,08,09,10 (b) question were all on Stalinism

Do you think this is a good indicator of a Stalinism question this year?

There typically always is one on Stalin yes, he is a pretty big part of the course.

 

[declanbehan]

There typically always is one on Stalin yes, he is a pretty big part of the course.

Yes in the "Soviet State Under Stalin"
I'm hoping there's not foreign policy though!

What topic did you do for International Study?

 

[stillthinkin]

I am feeling either a question on the power struggle or foreign policy. I think this would be a great combo because everyone typically studies Stalinism and the Bolshevik consolidation of power and many people often neglect foreign policy because its the last topic and the power struggle because its a minor dot point but otherwise I am feeling pretty pumped for Russia.

For Indochina I think it might be something along the lines of the changing american policy towards Indochina and maybe one on the Khmer Rouge.

 

[DrWho94]

Hey guys I'm also sort of leaning on the Great depression being a question for weimar though I want to ask how would u move from the depression 1929 that occured sort of towards the end of Weimar yet still be able to include factors that occurred before it?

 

[TheOptimist]

ahh if there was a question asking about impact of ideology on nazi foreign policies what would i need to talk about in my answer? i know the nature, aim and strategies of nazi foreign policies (1st dot point) but i dont get the 2nd. help please?

Tie in things like:
-"Lebensraum dem Osten" (living space to the east-evoked through Mien Kamf) & Grossdeutschland (greater Germany) for the preservation of Racial purity ---> Aryan race prospers (annexing German speaking area's like Austria, Alsace Lorraine, Sudentenland etc)
-"untermenshen" (Jews and Slavs) ---> overtaking inferior Slav's by expanding throughout Europe.
-Also the Treaty of Versailles ---> reoccupation of the Rhineland and recovery of territory lost due to the ToV---> reflection of Hitler's hatred toward the ToV

 

[TheOptimist]

Hey guys I'm also sort of leaning on the Great depression being a question for weimar though I want to ask how would u move from the depression 1929 that occured sort of towards the end of Weimar yet still be able to include factors that occurred before it?

Depends on the verb used in the question, and the defined context.

 

[declanbehan]

I am feeling either a question on the power struggle or foreign policy. I think this would be a great combo because everyone typically studies Stalinism and the Bolshevik consolidation of power and many people often neglect foreign policy because its the last topic and the power struggle because its a minor dot point but otherwise I am feeling pretty pumped for Russia.

For Indochina I think it might be something along the lines of the changing american policy towards Indochina and maybe one on the Khmer Rouge.

This is my nightmare because I'm one of those "many people" haha, but as long as the power struggle question is something like "why did Stalin win the struggle over power" or "the power struggle was a conflict of ideologies, assess the accuracy of this statement"

 

[silvs23]

Can someone post the 2012 Catholic Trial questions on Germany and Conflict in Europe?

 

[TheOptimist]

Conflict in Indochina 1954–1979

Principal focus: Students investigate key features and issues in the history of the conflict in
Indochina 1954–1979.

Key features and issues:
 Nature and role of nationalism (2011)
 Nature and role of communism (2006, 2004)
 Nature and consequences of US involvement (2011, 2008)
 Strategies and tactics (2010)
 Impact of the war on civilians in Indochina (2008 - although it was a hybrid with communist victory) *
 Attempts at peacemaking *
 Reasons for communist victory (2008, 2009)

Students learn about:

1 Indochina after the French
 Consequences of the Vietnamese victory against the French (2007)
 Consequences of the Geneva Peace Agreement for the Vietnamese people to 1964 (2009)
 Political, social, economic and military developments within North and South Vietnam *

2 The USA and Indochina
 Political and social issues in Indochina by 1960 *
 Nature and development of US policy towards Indochina generally and Vietnam in
particular (2006)
 Impact of direct US military involvement in Vietnam and the consequences for
Vietnam and Cambodia (2011)

3 The Second Indochina War
 Nature and effectiveness of the strategy and tactics employed by the North Vietnamese (2010)
 Army and the National Liberation Front (NLF), and by the South Vietnamese and
the USA
 Impact of the 1968 Tet Offensive (2001, 2006)
 Impact of the war on civilians in Indochina (2005, 2008) *
 Impact of the spread of the Vietnam War to Cambodia (2007, 2008)
 Nature and significance of anti-war movements in the USA (2005, 2009)
 The defeat of the South Vietnamese forces

4 Pol Pot’s Regime
 Rise to power of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia (2010, 2007)
 Nature, aims and methods of Pol Pot *

* = most likely to come in the exam

 

[lani22]

Can someone post the 2012 Catholic Trial questions on Germany and Conflict in Europe?

Germany:
(a) Assess the role of the German Army in the Weimar Republic between 1918 and 1933
(b) To what extent was the use of propaganda and terror essential for Nazi control of German society by 1939?

Conflict in Europe:
(a) The policy of appeasement was responsible for the outbreak of World War II. How accurate is this statement?
(b) Evaluate the view that Operation Barbarossa was a significant turning point that led to Germany's defeat.

 

[ArguablyMitch]

Does anyone do Conflict in the Pacific? I feel so alone...haha

So for Germany, it seems like we're looking at the questions most likely being on:
* The Depression
* Hitler's accession to power
* Social and cultural life in the Third Reich.

Also, possibly racial policy? It's been a while since they've asked about that

 

[inJust]

Does anyone do Conflict in the Pacific? I feel so alone...haha

So for Germany, it seems like we're looking at the questions most likely being on:
* The Depression
* Hitler's accession to power
* Social and cultural life in the Third Reich.

Also, possibly racial policy? It's been a while since they've asked about that

Maybe even foreign policy

 

[declanbehan]

Underlined are ones which I think may be likely

Option G: Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1941
Principal focus: Students investigate the key features and issues of the history of Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1941.

Key features and issues:

• Communism in theory and practice
• Bolshevik consolidation of power 2009
• changes in society
• leadership conflict and differing visions for the USSR 2008
• purpose and impact of collectivisation and industrialisation
• nature and impact of Stalinism 2008, 2009
• aims and impact of Soviet foreign policy 2007, 2010

Students learn about:

1 Bolshevik consolidation of power
– Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 2009
– main features of Communist (Bolshevik) ideology at the time of the revolution
– social and political reforms of the Bolshevik government
– significance of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
– the Civil War and aims, nature and impact of War Communism 2006
– the New Economic Policy (NEP) 2010

2 Stalin’s rise to power
– power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin and its immediate aftermath
– reasons for the triumph of Stalin as leader of the USSR

3 The Soviet State under Stalin
– Stalin’s role in the Soviet state
– introduction of collectivisation and industrialisation (Five Year Plans)
– Stalinism as totalitarianism
– impact of purges, show trials and ‘the Terror’ on the Communist Party and Soviet
society
– impact of Stalinism on society, culture and the economy 2006

4 Soviet foreign policy
– changing nature of Soviet foreign policy: aims and strategies 1917–1941
– impact of changing ideology on Soviet foreign policy 1917–1941 2007

 

[declanbehan]

International Study

Key features and issues:
o origins and development of the Cold War
o influence of the ideologies of communism and capitalism on the Cold War 2008
o origins, nature and impact of détente on the Cold War 2010
o changing policies, strategies and responses to the Cold War
o impact of crises on changing superpower relations
o the arms race and disarmament
o reasons for the end of the Cold War

Students learn about:
1 Origins of the Cold War 1945–1953
o 1945 conferences and the emergence of the superpowers
o emerging differences between the superpowers 2009
o the Truman Doctrine and its consequences 2007
o impact of the early crises: the Berlin blockade and airlift, China becoming communist in 1949 and the Korean War Korean War 2006 Berlin Wall 2010

2 Development of the Cold War to 1968
o policy of containment, domino theory and the emergence of peaceful co-existence
o superpower rivalry: the arms race and space race Arms Race 2009
o nature and impact of crises: Berlin Wall 1961, Cuba 1962, Czechoslovakia 1968

3 Détente
o economic and political reasons for détente
o geopolitical developments: Vietnam, Sino-Soviet split, the Middle East
o features and consequences of détente 2008

4 Renewal and end of the Cold War
o Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and its impact 2006
o US attitudes and policies under Reagan
o Soviet attitudes and policies under Gorbachev 2007
o disarmament agreements 1987–1991
o collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR

 

[Kieran95]

Does anyone do Conflict in the Pacific? I feel so alone...haha

So for Germany, it seems like we're looking at the questions most likely being on:
* The Depression
* Hitler's accession to power
* Social and cultural life in the Third Reich.

Also, possibly racial policy? It's been a while since they've asked about that

Social and cultural life has been asked before so i'd say its probably more likely going to be leant towards the depression/hitler's accession to power

 

[Chayum]

Any predictions for Speer?