Edexcel A-Level & IGCSE History Questions by Topic | GuideMyGrades
Questions by Topic
Edexcel IGCSE and A-Level History. IGCSE has one booklet per paper section, grouping every question on each depth study, investigation and breadth study. A-Level has one booklet for every option on Papers 1, 2 and 3. The mark scheme is included in every booklet, so you can see exactly how the marks were awarded.
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Find your topic below and open its booklet. The mark scheme is built into every one.
There are free booklets for 13 subjects, every one with the mark scheme built in. Browse every subject
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History, specification 4HI1, Papers 1 & 2 (all variants), drawn from real papers set 2019–2025. Inside each booklet, questions are grouped by depth study, investigation or breadth study, oldest paper first.
Pearson Edexcel AS and A Level History, specifications 8HI0 and 9HI0. There is one booklet for every option on Papers 1, 2 and 3, 40 in all, and each gathers that option’s real exam questions with the mark schemes included. Find the options your school studies below; Paper 3 is A Level only.
The crusades, c1095–1204
England, 1509–1603: authority, nation and religion
Britain, 1625–1701: conflict, revolution and settlement
Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform
Russia, 1917–91: from Lenin to Yeltsin
In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96
Germany and West Germany, 1918–89
Britain transformed, 1918–97
Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106
England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry II, 1154–89
Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55
The Dutch Revolt, c1563–1609
France in revolution, 1774–99
Russia in revolution, 1894–1924
The unification of Italy, c1830–70
The unification of Germany, c1840–71
Mao’s China, 1949–76
The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90
India, c1914–48: the road to independence
South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’
The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46
Spain, 1930–78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy
The USA, c1920–55: boom, bust and recovery
The USA, 1955–92: conformity and challenge
Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509
Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603
The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598
The witchcraze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750
Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society
Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939
Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914
The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918
Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928
Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923
The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality
Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited
The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991
The making of modern China, 1860–1997
Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009
Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004
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