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mmikh99:
is it helpful to look at past exams and try to guess the topic or at least eliminate what won't be on the coming exam? For example, last year there was a question on the Cheka for Russia, so it mostly likely won't be on the exam this year.

patriciarose:
there's only one past exam for the current study design, so there's no guarantee the questions won't be similar to the ones they asked prior to 2016, when the old study design was still in use. so i don't think you physically can guess the topic haha, and in terms of eliminating, i don't think that really works because even if the specific question doesn't mention the cheka, you can still discuss them in your answer if it's relevant (and it probably will be). since a lot of the questions kind of leave it up to you to figure out what you want to talk about, there's no point not learning about the cheka because the exam asked about it last year so it won't explicitly ask for them this year; you'd be shooting yourself in the foot by excluding them because they tied into so many events in russia AOS2.

the only thing you might be able to work out is if the questions will be narrow or wide – for example, the essay prompt might have been focused on a particular event or person last year, which suggests it'll probably be more general this year. but idk whether that's worth bothering about unless it makes you feel better to have a general idea of something which may or may not come true haha.

K888:

--- Quote from: mmikh99 on August 10, 2017, 07:05:29 pm ---is it helpful to look at past exams and try to guess the topic or at least eliminate what won't be on the coming exam? For example, last year there was a question on the Cheka for Russia, so it mostly likely won't be on the exam this year.

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My two cents:

This worked for me, with the past study design, because I had years of past exams to go off. I correctly guessed the timeframes for the 3 or 4 pointer questions and doc study for China, which was super helpful. But it's really hard to do with new study designs, and as patriciarose said, even if the question doesn't specifically mention the Cheka, you could likely still end up writing about them. You're better off making sure you know everything well, but perhaps if time gets tight with revision, it'll give you something you might not have to revise as closely.
The key with predicting questions for Revs (if you're gonna do it) to me, is to pick the timeframe, not the specific question. I don't know how you study it in your class, but we studied things in timeframes/groups of years that fit together (one example being say, 1949-1953, 1953-1957, and so on for China).

One key point though - VCAA like to stick things in that have historically been done poorly. So make sure you read over the examiner's report, as you might find that they'll incorporate some stuff that was done poorly last year in this year's exam (will likely not be overt, though). :)

TheCommando:

--- Quote from: patriciarose on July 28, 2017, 11:08:53 pm ---it would have been counterproductive for the bolsheviks to allow the provisional government to be toppled (by anyone other than themselves, that is) because they were made much stronger by the government and military being at odds with each other. they had a better chance of overthrowing the provisional government than the whole army, basically.

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Thanks! sorry for the late reply but also,
If they were made much stronger by the government and millitary being at odds with one another it doesnt make sense that they will effectively attempt to kill of the army either way to act in a major counter revolutionary manner

how i think about it now was that Kornilov as well was a threat to the Soviets as he was a version of the old who he absolutely despised the bolshevicks and soviets and was a counter revolutionary threat due to his radical ideas and his position and ability

TheCommando:
'The Bolshevik alternative was to vest both managerial and control powers in the state'
So this was the bolsheviks response to factory commitee leaders attempting to impose their syndical model (where workers union control the means of production). My question is does this mean lenin instead wanted to the industries and factories to be controlled by the government instead of the workers which angered left wing people in his party

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