Thanks!! I'll definitely have another look at totalitarianism. Also, i was wondering about essay questions. My teacher's always told us that if the question is a "to what extent", we have to discuss the topic stated 60% of the time, and other factors can account for 40%. Is this just for "to what extent", or pretty much all questions? One of my trial questions was "Asses the role of the Truman Doctrine in shaping the origins of the Cold War". I chose the other question as to me, the wording made it sound like we could only discuss the Truman Doctrine, but one of my friends said that wasn't the case?
Just my two cents on your questions (already answered amazingly by Mada438!)
In regards to totalitarianism, my HSC (last year) asked a question kinda similar to that so I wouldn't bank on that being one of the questions for Germany,
With the 'to what extent' question, I guess it could apply to all questions. With the Truman Doctrine question you could definitely address other points in the origins of the Cold War section :-) If you think about it this way, the Truman Doctrine wasn't the only thing that shaped the origins of the Cold War -- there were heaps of other things!
Hope this helps and best of luck for Monday!
ALSO-- if you have any questions, keep them coming!! I'll be checking in really frequently today and tomorrow :-)