china and korea essay plans

Question 1

Evaluate the contributions of Yuan Shikai to the rise of national identity in China. (2021)

Answer 1

1. failure of domestic policy
2. forein interference/ 21 demands
3. warlords powervacuum

Question 2

Evaluate the contributions of Sun Yat-Sen to the rise of national identity in China. (2021)

Answer 2

1. 3 principles of the people// whampoa military academy
2. Yuan shi kai
3. first united front

Question 3

Evaluate the reasons for the May 4th movement/ new culture movement.

Answer 3

1. Causes/ international role of May 4th movement
2. 21 demands
3. May 4th- main ideas and reaction

Question 4

Evaluate the contribution of the May 4th movement to the rise of national identity in China. (2018)

Answer 4

1. intellectual and cultural expression
2. social mobilization and national indentity
3. political implications

Question 5

Evaluate the contribution of the Treaty of Versailles/21 demands/ WWI to the rise of national identity in China. (2018)

Answer 5

1. 21 demands, Causes/ international role of May 4th movement
2. may 4th movement
3. impact of may 4th on CCP

Question 6

Examine the contribution of the effects of warlordism to the rise of national identity in China. (2022)

Answer 6

1. Warlordism- powervacuum
2. Warlordism- living standards
3. Causes of first united front- warlordism

Question 7

“Jiang Jieshi’s domestic policies during the Nanjing decade (1927-1937) were largely successful.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Answer 7

1. Nanjing decade policies social policies
2. Nanjing decade policies economic policies
3. Nanjing decade policies political policies

Question 8

Evaluate the impact of the First United Front on the Guomindang and the Chinese Communist Party. (2019)

Answer 8

1. northern expedition/ first united front
2. shanghai massacre
3. encirclement campaigns/ jiangxi soviet

Question 9

“The Long March (1934–1935) made the most significant contribution to the rise of communism in China up to 1936.” Discuss. (2023)

Answer 9

1. Strenght of leadership/ zunyi- Long march
2. Propoganda long march
3. jiangxi soviet

Question 10

Evaluate the importance of the Jiangxi Soviet (1931–1934) to the rise of communism in China. (2020)

Answer 10

1. Land redistribution- jiangxi
2. Orthodox vs national communists- jiangxi
3. Encirclement campaigns

Question 11

Evaluate the importance of the Yan’an Soviet (1935-1945) to the rise of communism in China. (2020)

Answer 11

1. Yanan soviet- land reform
2. Yanan soviet- Rectification campaign
3. Yenan soviet- maoism

Question 12

Evaluate the role of Mao Zedong’s leadership/communist party ideology in the rise of Communism in China to 1935. (2019)// The leadership of Mao Zedong was the most important factor in the rise of the CCP. Discuss with reference up to 1936

Answer 12

1. Orthodox vs national communists- jiangxi
2. Strenght of leadership/ zunyi- Long march
3. Yenan soviet- maoism

Question 13

Discuss the impact of the Shanghai Massacre of 1927 on the GMD and the the CCP and relations between them.

Answer 13

1. Shanghai massacre/ white terror- impact on GMD
2. Encirclement campaigns
3. Shanghai massacre- impact on CCP

Question 14

To what extent were economic conditions the main reason for the rise of communism in China by 1936? (2022)

Answer 14

1. Nanjing decade policies economic policies
2. Nanjing decade policies political policies
3. nanjing decade policies social policies
4. Strength of leadership

Question 15

Evaluate the impact of the Sino-Japanese War on the Guomindang (GMD) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). (2021)

Answer 15

1. Breakdown of second united front// chinese civil war causes- peace talks
2. Sino japanese war impact- GMD
3. sino japanese war impact- CCP

Question 16

Evaluate the political and military impact of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) on China up to 1945.

Answer 16

1. Sino japanese war impact- GMD
2. sino japanese war impact- CCP
3. second sino japanese war evolution- american intervention/ cause of pearl harbor

Question 17

Discuss the reasons GMD and the CCP formed the Second United Front in 1937 and its impact.

Answer 17

1. Reasons for Japanese expansion
2. Second united front - Xian incident
3. Sino japanese war impact- GMD, sino japanese war impact- CCP

Question 18

“Political factors were more important than military factors in the communist victory in the Chinese Civil War (1946–1949).” Discuss. (2021)// To what extent did the mistakes of the Nationalists lead to their defeat in the Chinese Civil War (1946–1949)? (2018)

Answer 18

1. GMD weakness during civil war- rivalry and economic/ political conditions
2. CCP strength during civil war- mao leadership
3. CCP strength during civil war- guerilla warfare
4. CCP strength during civil war- peasant treatment

Question 19

Examine the role of foreign intervention in determining the outcome of the Chinese Civil War [1946-49]?

Answer 19

1. end of second sino japanese war USSR allowing for CCP reclaimation of japanese land
2. US intervention
3. GMD weakness

Question 20

Discuss the social, political and economic impact of Japanese annexation (1910) on Korea to 1937. (2019)

Answer 20

1. Poltiical impact of annexation on korea
2. Social impact of annexation on korea
3. Economic impact of annexation on korea

Question 21

Examine the impact of the Sino-Japanese war and the Second World War on Korea?

Answer 21

1. Poltiical impact of annexation on korea
2. Social impact of annexation on korea
3. Economic impact of annexation on korea
4. Japan use of forced labor
5. comfort women

Question 22

Evaluate the reasons for Korean division after 1945.

Answer 22

1. Causes for division 38th parallel
2. korean war?

Question 23

“The successful suppression of opposition was the most important reason for the establishment of Jiang Jieshi’s rule in Taiwan between 1947 and 1950.” Discuss. (2022)

Answer 23

1. Policies during jiang roc
2. Causes Martial law
3. White terror 1950