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WJEC GCSE History topic questions

Practice questions per spec point, written in board paper style with mark-scheme answers.

  1. AO1Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the periods studied4 questions →
  2. AO2Explain and analyse historical events and periods using second-order concepts5 questions →
  3. AO4Analyse, evaluate and make substantiated judgements about interpretations of the past5 questions →
  4. C1.A.1Germany in transition 1919–1939: Weimar Republic, rise of Hitler, Nazi state7 questions →
  5. C1.A.2The USA: a nation of contrasts 1910–1929: Roaring Twenties, immigration, prohibition, the Klan, the 1929 crash6 questions →
  6. C1.A.3Russia in revolution 1914–1924: Romanov fall, 1917 revolutions, civil war and consolidation6 questions →
  7. C1.B.1The Elizabethan age 1558–1603: religious settlement, Mary Queen of Scots, the Armada, exploration and society6 questions →
  8. C1.B.2The development of the USA 1929–2000: Depression, New Deal, civil rights, the Cold War abroad6 questions →
  9. C1.B.3The development of Wales and England in the inter-war years 1919–19396 questions →
  10. C2.A.1Changes in patterns of migration into Britain c.1500 to the present day6 questions →
  11. C2.A.2Changes in crime and punishment in Britain c.500 to the present day6 questions →
  12. C2.A.3Changes in health and medicine in Britain c.500 to the present day6 questions →
  13. C2.B.1Changes in entertainment and leisure in Britain c.1500 to the present day6 questions →
  14. C2.B.2Changes in policing and protest c.1750 to the present day6 questions →
  15. C2.B.3Changes in warfare c.1500 to the present day6 questions →
  16. C3.SK1Skill: site-specific source evaluation — provenance, content and inference5 questions →
  17. C3.SK2Skill: linking the site to its wider historical context5 questions →
  18. C3.SK3Skill: writing a substantiated judgement using site evidence and contextual knowledge5 questions →
  19. C3.SK4Site changes annually — example sites have included castles, industrial heritage and battlefields5 questions →