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The changing nature and extent of trade: Edexcel A‑Level History questions

Every Edexcel A-Level History exam question on The changing nature and extent of trade, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q7

    June 2025 · Paper 35.1

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    June 2024 · Paper 35.1

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  4. Q7

    June 2023 · Paper 35.1

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  5. Q7

    June 2022 · Paper 35.1

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  6. Q7

    November 2021 · Paper 35.1

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    October 2020 · Paper 35.1

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    June 2019 · Paper 35.1

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    June 2018 · Paper 35.1

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    June 2018 · Paper 35.1

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    June 2017 · Paper 35.1

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All 11 questions on The changing nature and extent of trade, as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 35.1, Q7 (20 marks): ‘The impact of the Americas on the expansion of British trade in the years 1776–1914 was limited.’ How far do you agree with this judgement?
  2. June 2024, Paper 35.1, Q7 (20 marks): ‘The power of the Royal Navy provided the most significant stimulus to Britain’s increasing commercial success in the years 1763–1878.’ How far do you agree wit
  3. June 2024, Paper 35.1, Q8 (20 marks): ‘Developments in the Americas, rather than developments in the Far East, had a more significant impact on the pattern of trade in the years 1763–1898.’ How far
  4. June 2023, Paper 35.1, Q7 (20 marks): How far do you agree that the development of trade with India had the most significant impact on the pattern of trade in the years 1807–1914?
  5. June 2022, Paper 35.1, Q7 (20 marks): How far do you agree that the opening up of Shanghai to trade in 1842 was the most significant event in the development of British trade routes in the years 176
  6. November 2021, Paper 35.1, Q7 (20 marks): How significant was the development of trade in the Far East in the expansion of British trade in the years 1763–1890?
  7. October 2020, Paper 35.1, Q7 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that trade with the Americas played the most significant part in the expansion of British trade in the years 1776–1914?
  8. June 2019, Paper 35.1, Q8 (20 marks): How far do you agree that the abolition of the slave trade in 1807 had the most significant impact in changing the pattern of trade in the years 1763-1914?
  9. June 2018, Paper 35.1, Q7 (20 marks): How far do you agree that the acquisitions of Singapore (1819) and Hong Kong (1842) made the most significant contribution to the development of British commerc
  10. June 2018, Paper 35.1, Q8 (20 marks): ‘ The repeal of the Navigation Acts in 1849 was the most important contribution of government policy to the development of the prosperity of the British Empire
  11. June 2017, Paper 35.1, Q7 (20 marks): How far do you agree that the purchase of the Suez Canal shares provided the most significant stimulus to British trade in the years 1763–1914?

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