IBDP History HL Paper 3 - Europe - Study Notes- New Syllabus
IBDP History HL Paper 3—Europe Study Notes
Choose a regional study and inquiry topic from the History Guide (first assessment 2028). HL students select two regional studies.
Regional Study 1
Regional Study 2
Inquiry topics
Regional Study 3
Regional Study 4
Regional Study 5
Inquiry topics
- Impact of the Congress System on Germany and Italy
- Growth of nationalism and liberalism in Italy (1815–1848)
- Growth of nationalism and liberalism in Germany (1815–1848)
- Impact of the 1848 revolutions in Germany and Italy
- Unification of Italy (1849–1871)
- Unification of Germany and the establishment of the German Empire (1849–1871)
Regional Study 6
Inquiry topics
- Maintenance of peace and stability, and the changing balance of power in Europe (after 1871)
- Causes and impact of German foreign policy before the First World War
- Reasons for the First World War
- Reasons for the defeat of Germany and the other Central Powers
- Impact of the First World War on one European country (to 1923)
- Impact of the Paris Peace Treaties (1919–1923)
Regional Study 7
Inquiry topics
- Impact of the policies of Alexander II (1855–1881), Alexander III (1881–1894) and Nicholas II (1894–1917)
- Causes and impact of the 1905 Revolution
- Impact of policies of repression and reform (1905–1917)
- Reasons for the October/November Revolution and rise to power of the Bolsheviks
- Survival and consolidation of Bolshevik rule
- Impact of Bolshevik rule (to 1924)
Regional Study 8
Inquiry topics
- Benito Mussolini’s rise and consolidation of power (1918–1926)
- Domestic impact of Mussolini’s Italy (to 1940)
- Failure of Weimar Germany, and Adolf Hitler’s rise and consolidation of power (1918–1934)
- Domestic impact of Hitler’s Germany (to 1939)
- Joseph Stalin’s rise and consolidation of power (to 1941)
- Domestic impact of Stalin’s USSR (to 1941)
Regional Study 9
Inquiry topics
- Successes and challenges of the League of Nations in Europe
- Reasons for the Second World War in Europe
- Reasons for Axis defeat and Allied victory (to 1945)
- Impact of the Second World War on one European country (to 1949)
- Reasons for the persecution and mass murder of marginalized groups in Nazi-occupied Europe during the Second World War
- Responses to the persecution and mass murder of marginalized groups in Nazi-occupied Europe (to 1949)
Regional Study 10
Democracy, authoritarianism and conflict in Spain (circa 1920–2020)
Regional Study 11
Inquiry topics
- Impact of policies in post-war USSR (1945–1953)
- Impact of Nikita Khrushchev’s rule (1953–1964)
- Impact of reaction and re-centralization (1964–1982)
- Impact of reform and transformation under Gorbachev (1985–1991)
- Challenges of the transition to post-Soviet Russia (1991–1999)
- Impact of Vladimir Putin on Russia (2000–2020)
Regional Study 12
Inquiry topics
- Emergence of the Cold War in Europe
- Impact of the Cold War on Germany (1945–1991)
- Impact of the Cold War on Western and Northern Europe
- Impact of the Cold War on Central and Eastern Europe
- Impact of European political integration after the Cold War (to 2020)
- Post-Cold War developments in one European country (to 2020)
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