Pearl Harbor - World Politics in the Age of the Two World Wars - Past Exam, Exams of Political Science

Download Pearl Harbor - World Politics in the Age of the Two World Wars - Past Exam and more Exams Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMESTER ONE EXAMINATIONS ACADEMIC YEAR 2010/2011 GW12320 GWLEIDYDDIAETH Y BYD YNG NGHYFNOD Y DDAU RYFEL BYD / IP12320 WORLD POLITICS IN THE AGE OF THE TWO WORLD WARS Time Allowed: Two Hours Answer BOTH Section A and Section B DO NOT REPEAT MATERIAL Section A: Short answers (40% of the total exam mark) Answer ALL of the following four questions (each answer is worth 10%, for a total of 40% of the final exam mark). 1. What was the significance of the Schlieffen Plan? 2. What was the significance of the Manchurian crisis of 1931-1933? 3. What was the significance of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 23 August 1939? 4. What was the significance of the Wannsee Conference of 20 January 1942? Section B: Essay questions (60% of the total exam mark) Answer ONE of the following four questions (worth 60% of the final exam mark). 1. Did the First World War break out by accident or by design? 2. How genuine was the stabilisation achieved in Europe during the 1920s? 3. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in December 1941? 4. Did the roots of the Cold War lie in the tensions present in the Second World War Grand Alliance?