AQA GCSE History 2027 Predicted Practice Paper — Paper 1

Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided. You must write down all the stages in your working.

Section A

Period study - interpretations, knowledge and explanation. Answer the compulsory questions for one Section A period study and one Section B wider world depth study.

• 1

  Question SECTION-A1 (4 marks)

  Interpretation A and Interpretation B (both invented for this practice paper - do not quote any real published source) give different views about the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the Weimar Republic between 1919 and 1923. Interpretation A argues that the Treaty crippled Weimar economically and made political survival almost impossible. Interpretation B argues that Weimar's problems in these years owed more to internal political violence than to the Treaty itself. How does Interpretation A differ from Interpretation B about the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Weimar? Explain your answer using both interpretations.

  (Total for Question SECTION-A1 is 4 marks)
• 2

  Question SECTION-A2 (8 marks)

  Explain what was important about the Munich Putsch of November 1923 for the development of the Nazi Party.

  (Total for Question SECTION-A2 is 8 marks)
• 3

  Question SECTION-A3 (4 marks)

  Describe two problems faced by the Weimar Republic in the year 1923.

  (Total for Question SECTION-A3 is 4 marks)
• 4

  Question SECTION-A4 (8 marks)

  Explain why the Nazi Party was able to increase its support so dramatically between 1929 and 1932.

  (Total for Question SECTION-A4 is 8 marks)
• 5

  Question SECTION-A5 (4 marks)

  Describe two ways the Nazis used propaganda to control the German people after 1933.

  (Total for Question SECTION-A5 is 4 marks)
• 6

  Question SECTION-A6 (12 marks)

  'The main reason ordinary Germans supported the Nazi regime in the 1930s was fear of the terror state.' How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.

  (Total for Question SECTION-A6 is 12 marks)

Section B

Wider world depth study - source work, account and judgement. Answer the compulsory questions for one Section A period study and one Section B wider world depth study.

• 1

  Question SECTION-B1 (4 marks)

  Describe two ways in which rivalry between the Great Powers increased international tension in Europe in the years before 1914.

  (Total for Question SECTION-B1 is 4 marks)
• 2

  Question SECTION-B2 (8 marks)

  Explain why the system of alliances helped to increase tension between the Great Powers in the years before 1914.

  (Total for Question SECTION-B2 is 8 marks)
• 3

  Question SECTION-B3 (12 marks)

  Write an account of how the assassination at Sarajevo in June 1914 led to the outbreak of a general European war by August 1914.

  (Total for Question SECTION-B3 is 12 marks)
• 4

  Question SECTION-B4 (16 marks)

  'The failure of the Schlieffen Plan was the main reason the war on the Western Front turned into stalemate by the end of 1914.' How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer, referring to the Schlieffen Plan and other factors.

  (Total for Question SECTION-B4 is 16 marks)

SPaG

Spelling, punctuation, grammar and specialist terminology. Answer the compulsory questions for one Section A period study and one Section B wider world depth study.

• 1

  Question SPAG1 (4 marks)

  Four of the marks in this practice paper are awarded for your use of spelling, punctuation, grammar and specialist historical terminology. Choose ONE of your extended answers from Section A or Section B and write a short paragraph (about 6-8 sentences) that demonstrates accurate spelling and punctuation and the correct use of at least THREE specialist terms (for example: reparations, hyperinflation, propaganda, alliance, mobilisation, stalemate, armistice, Reichstag). Your paragraph will be assessed only for the quality of written communication, not for new historical content.

  (Total for Question SPAG1 is 4 marks)