plumiThe origins of the Cold War, 1941–58: Edexcel GCSE History questions
Every Edexcel GCSE History exam question on Key topic 1 The origins of the Cold War, 1941–58, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 12 questions on The origins of the Cold War, 1941–58, as a list
- June 2025, Option P4, Q2 (8 marks): Write a narrative account analysing the key developments in US-Soviet relations in the years 1941–45. You may use the following in your answer: the Grand Allian
- June 2025, Option P4, Q3 (16 marks): Explain two of the following: The importance of Comecon (1949) for the development of the Cold War. The importance of attempts at nuclear arms control in the ye
- June 2024, Option P4, Q3 (16 marks): Explain two of the following: The importance of the Yalta Conference (February 1945) for relations between East and West. The importance of Khrushchev’s Berlin
- June 2023, Option P4, Q2 (8 marks): Write a narrative account analysing US-Soviet relations in the years 1945–47. You may use the following in your answer: Yalta Conference (February 1945) Cominfo
- June 2023, Option P4, Q3 (16 marks): Explain two of the following: The importance of the formation of the Warsaw Pact (1955) for Superpower relations. The importance of Soviet relations with Cuba f
- June 2022, Option P4, Q3 (16 marks): Explain two of the following: The importance of the Marshall Plan (1947) for relations between East and West. The importance of the arms race in the years 1949–
- November 2021, Option P4, Q1 (8 marks): Explain two consequences of the Tehran Conference (1943). Consequence 1 Consequence 2
- November 2021, Option P4, Q3 (16 marks): Explain two of the following: The importance of the Berlin Crisis (1948–49) for the development of the Cold War. The importance of the Prague Spring for relatio
- November 2020, Option P4, Q3 (16 marks): Explain two of the following: The importance of the formation of NATO (1949) for the development of the Cold War. The importance of the summit meetings of 1959–
- June 2019, Option P4, Q2 (8 marks): Write a narrative account analysing the key events of the Hungarian Uprising in 1956. You may use the following in your answer: Imre Nagy Soviet tanks You must
- June 2019, Option P4, Q3 (16 marks): Explain two of the following: The importance of the Potsdam Conference for early Cold War tension between the USA and the Soviet Union. The importance of the re
- June 2018, Option P4, Q3 (16 marks): Explain two of the following: The importance of the USA’s development of the atomic bomb for relations between the superpowers in the years 1945-49. The impor
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