‘By 1166, Henry II had failed to resolve the problems of royal authority which he faced upon his accession in 1154.’ Assess the validity of this view.

Bill Clinton mostly owed his electoral success to his personal appeal.

How was William I able to keep England under control?

‘Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the large-scale persecution of witches was the result of pressure from below.’ How far do you agree?

‘Henry V was personally responsible for the strengthening of royal authority in his reign.’ How far do you agree?

Why was Dazhai Commune important to the Chinese government in the 1960s?

‘The collapse of the USSR in 1991 was due to Gorbachev’s failure to carry through a successful programme of reforms within the Soviet Union.’ Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent were changes in the party-political system the cause of increased sectionalism in the period 1850–56?

06 Which of the following saw more change as a result of Lenin’s policies: the way Russia was ruled and controlled the economy of Russia?

Explain why new inventions were important to the rapid industrialisation of the late nineteenth century.

Assess how far the economic conditions of workers improved in the Soviet Union in the period 1928–41.

‘Monarchs were unsympathetic to the Catholic Reformation in the period from 1492 to 1610.’ How far do you agree?