IB History HL - 2027
Questionbank
The IB History HL Questionbank helps you build knowledge and develop the writing skills needed for exam success. Questions cover a range of Papers 1, 2 and 3 topics and are organised by difficulty to support targeted revision.
Prescribed Subject 3
Move to Global War
Prescribed Subject 4
Rights & Protest
Prescribed Subject 5
Conflict & Intervention
WH Topic 8
Independence Movements (1800-2000)
WH Topic 10
Authoritarian States (20th Century)
WH Topic 11
20th Century Wars
WH Topic 12
The Cold War
Regional Option 2
History of the Americas
Regional Option 3
History of Asia and Oceania
Regional Option 4
History of Europe
Prescribed Subject 3
Move to Global War
PS3.1 - Japanese Expansion
Nationalism & militarism, Japanese domestic issues, Manchuria, Pearl Harbor, League of Nations, international response
RV Gold
PS3.2 - German and Italian Expansion
Fascism & Nazism, economic issues, appeasement, Abyssinia, Nazi-Soviet Pact, and international responses
RV Gold
Prescribed Subject 4
Rights & Protest
PS4.1 - US Civil Rights Movement
African Americans, segregation, Jim Crow, non-violent protests, Civil & Voting Rights Acts, Martin Luther King Jr, NAACP
RV Free
PS4.2 - Apartheid South Africa
Legislation, "classification" systems, Bantustans, defiance campaign, Sharpeville, Rivonia, Mandela, and key groups
RV Free
Prescribed Subject 5
Conflict & Intervention
Prescribed Subject 5 All
All Questions in Prescribed Subject 5 Conflict & Intervention
RV Free
PS5.1 - Rwanda
Ethnic tension, Hutu power, colonial legacy, Rwandan Civil War, genocide, justice, the refugee crisis, and other impacts
RV Free
PS5.2 - Kosovo
Ethnic tension, political issues, Milosevic, ethnic cleansing, international response, refugee crisis, and other impacts
RV Free
WH Topic 8
Independence Movements (1800-2000)
WHT8.1 - Origins & Rise to Independence
Relative importance of nationalism, political ideology, religion, race, social & economic issues, wars and other factors
WHT8.2 - Methods Used & Reasons for Success
Violent & non-violent methods used, importance of leaders and other factors in success of independence movements
WHT8.3 - Challenges & Responses in First 10 Years
Political problems, ethnic, racial, and separatist movements, social & economic challenges, and responses
WH Topic 10
Authoritarian States (20th Century)
WHT10.1 - Emergence
Economic, social, political, and other factors influencing emergence and methods to establish control
WHT10.2 - Consolidation & Maintenance of Power
Methods to consolidate and maintain power, treatment of opposition, and impacts of foreign policy on power
WHT10.3 - Aims & Results of Policies
Domestic policies on economy, society, culture, women, and minorities, extent of authoritarian control
WH Topic 11
20th Century Wars
WHT11.1 - Causes
Economic, ideological, political, and territorial causes including short- and long-term causes
RV Free
WHT11.2 - Practices & Their Impact on Outcome
Types of war, technological developments, mobilization of resources, influence of foreign powers
RV Free
WHT11.3 - Effects
Peacemaking, territorial changes, political impacts, economic & social impacts including changes for women
RV Free
WH Topic 12
The Cold War
WHT12.1 - Rivalry, Mistrust, and Accord
Breakdown of the Grand Alliance, role of ideology, containment, superpower relations, detente, arms race
RV Gold
WHT12.2 - Leaders & Nations
Impact of leaders on the Cold War & impact of the Cold War on countries around the world
RV Gold
WHT12.3 - Cold War Crises
Causes, impact and significance of Cold War crises around the world
RV Gold
Regional Option 2
History of the Americas
A13 - World War II and the Americas
World War 2 and its impacts: diplomacy, the Good Neighbor policy, treatment of women & minorities, and atomic weapons
RV Free
A16 - The Cold War and the Americas
Cold War in the Americas: Truman, McCarthyism, the Korean War, Eisenhower, Vietnam, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Carter
RV Free
A17 - Civil Rights and Social Movements
Social movements post-1945: indigenous, African American, feminist, Hispanic America and youth movements in the Americas
RV Free
Regional Option 3
History of Asia and Oceania
AO14 - The People’s Republic of China
China under the CCP, role of Mao, the Cultural Revolution, foreign affairs, post-Mao power struggle and changes
AO15 - Cold War Conflicts in Asia
Cold War conflicts in Asia: Malayan Emergency, Korean War, Vietnam, Cambodia and Afghanistan
Regional Option 4
History of Europe
EU12 - Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
Tsarist Russia and its eventual collapse, the revolutions of 1917, the Civil War and Lenin's rule
RV Gold
EU13 - Europe and World War I
Short- and long-term origins of World War I, diplomacy, foreign policy, alliances, nationalism and the arms race
RV Gold
EU14 - Inter-war Domestic Developments in Europe
Domestic developments in Germany, Italy, Spain and one other country in the Inter-war years
RV Gold
EU15 - Diplomacy in Europe
The Paris peace treaties, the League of Nations, collective security and appeasement, causes and impacts of World War II
RV Gold
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