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		Absolutist States: The Reign of Louis XIV, 1661–1715(AQA, Unit 1E, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Absolutist States in Europe, 1640-1790 : Absolutist States in Europe, 1640–1725(AQA, Unit 1, Alternative C, AS, Jan 2006)
		A New Roman Empire: Mussolini’s Italy, 1922–1945(AQA, Unit 2K, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Anti-Semitism, Hitler and the German People, 1919–1945(AQA, Unit 2N, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		A Sixties Social Revolution: British Society, 1959–1975(AQA, Unit 2R, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Assess the strengths and failings of the 1815 Vienna Settlement(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		A World Divided: Communism and Democracy in the 20th Century(Edexcel, Unit 1D, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Britain, 1483–1529(AQA, Unit 1B, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Britain, 1603–1642(AQA, Unit 1D, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Britain, 1625–1642: the Failure of Absolutism(AQA, Unit 2D, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Britain, 1815–1865(AQA, Unit 1G, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Britain, 1902–1918: The Impact of New Liberalism(AQA, Unit 2H, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Britain, 1906–1951(AQA, Unit 1L, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Britain and Appeasement, 1919–1940(AQA, Unit 2J, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Britain in the Later 20th Century: Responding to Change(Edexcel, Unit 2E, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		British History Enquiries (Option A: Medieval and Early Modern 1066–1660)(OCR A, Unit 3, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		British History Enquiries (Option B: Modern 1815–1945)(OCR A, Unit 3, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		British History Period Studies (Option A: Medieval and Early Modern 1035–1642)(OCR A, Unit 1, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		British History Period Studies (Option B: Modern 1783–1994)(OCR A, Unit 1, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		British Political History in the 19th Century (Edexcel, Unit 2B, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Can the Origins of the Second World War be found in the Treaty of Versailles?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Challenging British Dominance: the Loss of the American Colonies, 1754–1783(AQA, Unit 2F, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Conflict and Change in 19th and 20th Century Britain(Edexcel, Unit 2C, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Conqueror and Conquest, 1060–1087(AQA, Unit 2A, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Could the years 1881-1914 be seen as a lost opportunity with regard to internal reform in Russia?(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Did Marshall Aid save Europe from economic collapse?(The Cold War, Mock Exam Question)
		Did Nicholas I policy towards Turkey lead inevitably to the Crimean War?(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand make a general European war inevitable?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Did the Crimean War have greater repercussions for Western Europe than Eastern Europe?(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Document Studies 871-1099(OCR, Unit 2580, AS, Jan 2007)
		Document Studies 1450–1693(OCR, Unit 2581, AS, Jan 2007)
		Document Studies 1774–1945(OCR, Unit 2582, AS, Jan 2007)
		Early Modern British History: Crown and Authority(Edexcel, Unit 2A, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		England in the Middle Ages and the Transition to the Early Modern World(Edexcel, Unit 1A, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		European and World History Enquiries (Option A: Medieval and Early Modern 1073–1555)(OCR A, Unit 4, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		European and World History Enquiries (Option B: Modern 1774–1975)(OCR A, Unit 4, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		European and World History Period Studies (Option A: Medieval and Early Modern 1095–1609)(OCR A, Unit 2, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		European and World History Period Studies (Option B: Modern 1795–2003)(OCR A, Unit 2, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Europe in Transition 1470-1610 : Religious Change and its Consequences in Sixteenth-century Europe (AQA, Unit 1, Alternative B, AS, Jan 2006)
		Evaluate the causes of Bolshevik success in the October 1917 Revolution(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Explain the changing relations between the Christian Churches and the Nazi dictatorship(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		France in Revolution, 1774–1815(AQA, Unit 1F, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Historical Investigations 768–1216(OCR, Unit 2587, A2, Jan 2007)
		Historical Investigations 1556–1725(OCR, Unit 2588, A2, Jan 2007)
		Historical Investigations 1799–1955(OCR, Unit 2589, A2, Jan 2007)
		Historical Themes (Option A: Medieval and Early Modern 1066–1715)(OCR A, Unit 6, A2 (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Historical Themes (Option B: Modern 1789–1997)(OCR A, Unit 6, A2 (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		How did Mussolini consolidate his power after 1922?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		How did Sir Robert Peel revive the Conservative Party?(British History - 19th Century (1815-1901), Mock Exam Question)
		How did the Soviets try to solve labour problems during the 5 Year Plans(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		How Did The Tudors Pay For Government?(British History - Tudors, Mock Exam Question)
		How far was Nazism revolutionary and how far was it a desire to turn back the clock(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		How important was foreign trade to Britain’s economic expansion in the 18th century(Social and Economic History, Mock Exam Question)
		How significant were the Moroccan Crises of 1905 and 1911?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		How successful was Alexander II in solving the problems of Russia?(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		How successful were Sir Robert Peel’s attempts to solve social problems?(British History - 19th Century (1815-1901), Mock Exam Question)
		Liberal Democracies: Power to the People(AQA, Unit 2S, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–1945(AQA, Unit 2M, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Period Studies – English History 1042–1660(OCR, Unit 2583, AS, Jan 2007)
		Period Studies – English History 1780–1964(OCR, Unit 2584, AS, Jan 2007)
		Period Studies – European and World History 1789–1989(OCR, Unit 2586, AS, Jan 2007)
		Period Studies – European History 1046–1718(OCR, Unit 2585, AS, Jan 2007)
		Politics, Protest and Revolution(Edexcel, Unit 3B, A2 (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Power, Belief and Conflict in Early Modern Europe(Edexcel, Unit 1B, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Revolution and Conflict in England(Edexcel, Unit 3A, A2 (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Rivalry and Conflict in Europe, 1825-1941 : Germany and Russia before the First World War, 1870–1914(AQA, Unit 1, Alternative E, AS, Jan 2006)
		Russia and Germany, 1871–1914(AQA, Unit 1K, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The British Empire: Colonisation and Decolonisation(Edexcel, Unit 1C, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		The British Empire Challenged(Edexcel, Unit 2D, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		The Campaign for African-American Civil Rights in the USA, 1950–1968(AQA, Unit 2P, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The Challenge of Fascism(Edexcel, Unit 3D, A2 (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		The Church in England: the Struggle for Supremacy, 1529–1547(AQA, Unit 2B, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The Crusading Movement and the Latin East, 1095–1204(AQA, Unit 1A, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The Development of Germany, 1871–1925(AQA, Unit 1J, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The Expansion and Challenge of Nationalism(Edexcel, Unit 1E, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		The Expansion and Challenge of Nationalism(Edexcel, Unit 1F, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		The Forging of the Italian Nation, 1848–1871(AQA, Unit 2G, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The Impact of Chairman Mao: China, 1946–1976(AQA, Unit 2O, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The Impact of Stalin’s Leadership in the USSR, 1924–1941(AQA, Unit 2L, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Themes in History 1066–1796(OCR, Unit 2590, A2, Jan 2007)
		Themes in History 1763–1996(OCR, Unit 2591, A2, Jan 2007)
		The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564(AQA, Unit 1C, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The Reign of Henry IV of France, 1589–1610(AQA, Unit 2C, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The Reign of Peter the Great of Russia, 1682–1725(AQA, Unit 2E, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		The United States: Challenged and Transformed(Edexcel, Unit 3C, A2 (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		The USA and Vietnam, 1961–1975(AQA, Unit 2Q, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Totalitarian Ideology in Theory and Practice, c1848–1939(AQA, Unit 1N, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		Tsarist Russia, 1855–1917(AQA, Unit 1H, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		USA, 1890–1945(AQA, Unit 1M, AS (New GCE Specimen), 2008)
		War and Peace: Twentieth Century International Relations(Edexcel, Unit 3E, A2 (New GCE Specimen), 2008/2009)
		Was Britain becoming less Imperial and more European by the early 1960s?(British History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Was improvisation more important than calculation in the Unification of Italy?.(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Was the Agricultural Revolution a necessary precondition for the Industrial Revolution(Social and Economic History, Mock Exam Question)
		Was the Cold War ‘a conflict between 2 opposing ideologies’?.(The Cold War, Mock Exam Question)
		What measures did Peel take to help the British economy?(British History - 19th Century (1815-1901), Mock Exam Question)
		What part did Lenin play in the establishment of the Soviet Union.(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		What principles guided Palmerston’s foreign policy?(British History - 19th Century (1815-1901), Mock Exam Question)
		What were the causes and result of the War of Yom Kippur in 1973(World History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		What were the causes of the March revolution in Russia in 1917?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		What were the causes of the Spanish Civil War?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		What were the economic and social consequences of the increase in population between 1780 and 1830(Social and Economic History, Mock Exam Question)
		What were the policies of the Big Powers towards the Spanish Civil War?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Why did Stalin want to accelerate the industrialization of the Soviet Union(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Why did the Nationalists win the Spanish Civil War?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Why did The Treaty of Versailles lack durability?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Why was Germany so important in the East-West confrontation after 1945?.(The Cold War, Mock Exam Question)
		Why was it possible to form the European economic Community but not a European Defence Community?(European History - 20th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Why was the Eastern Question so important in European affairs 1815 -1841?(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Why was there discontent in Russia 1861-1914 and how was the discontent expressed?(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Why was the Second Republic in France replaced by a Second Empire?(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)
		Why were there so many revolutions in 1848?(European History - 19th Century, Mock Exam Question)