What is the role of the United Nations Secretariat?
Examine the roles and responsibilities of the UN Secretary-General to understand his contributions to the maintenance of international peace and security.
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What caused the Taiwan economic miracle?
Consider the contributing factors that explain the economic miracle of Taiwan from the 1970s to 1990s.
How did trade protectionism affect economies in the 1970s?
Consider the causes and consequences of trade protectionism in the 1970s to understand the impacts of the Crisis Decades in affecting the global economy.
What caused the 1980s Third World Debt Crisis?
Examine the underlying factors and the consequences of the Third World Debt Crisis to understand how it affected the global economy.
What caused the energy crisis of the 1970s?
Examine the causes that led to the spike in oil prices that brought the world into the ‘Crisis Decades’.
What caused the Sino-Soviet Split
What led to the Sino-Soviet split? Learn more about the changes in superpower relations with China from 1950 to 1979.
What were the key events of the Cold War?
Consider these featured events that shaped the start of the Cold War to be more proficient in the SBQ section.
Origins of the Cold War – Cartoon Analysis
Are you familiar with these illustrative cartoons? Learn more about these visual sources to be prepared for the SBCS part of the A Level History examination.
What caused the Cambodian-Vietnamese War?
Consider the Cold War climate in affecting the political effectiveness of the United Nations in responding to the 1978 Cambodian Crisis.
What happened in East Timor?
What happened in the East Timorese Crisis in 1991? Consider the interactions between Indonesia and East Timor to analyze the political effectiveness of the United Nations in the post-Cold War period.