ECZ · GCE Exam Companion
GCE History
History 2167 covers Central and Southern African societies, colonial rule and independence alongside world diplomacy, conflict, development and international cooperation.
The papers
Paper 1
Central and Southern African history
The later reference papers use compulsory short-answer tasks in two sections, followed by one essay choice for each region, for 100 marks in 2 hours 15 minutes. The 2016 paper instead asks for three extended answers, with no more than two from one section, in 1 hour 30 minutes.
Paper 2
World history and contemporary issues
The later papers combine compulsory structured tasks on the periods before and after 1945 with one essay choice from each period, for 100 marks in 2 hours 15 minutes. The 2016 version requires three extended answers with a section limit; these practice banks use original written questions, not multiple choice.
Topics
How often each topic came up across the 8 GCE papers from 2016 to 2022 that we studied. Start with the topics that come up most.
- 1. Migrations and Central African Kingdoms FreeIn 3 of 8 papers
- 2. Portuguese Contact and Missionary ActivityIn 3 of 8 papers
- 3. Company Rule and African ResistanceIn 4 of 8 papers
- 4. Zambian Nationalism and Constitutional ChangeIn 5 of 8 papers
- 5. Southern African Societies and Cape SettlementIn 3 of 8 papers
- 6. State Building and Conflict in Southern AfricaIn 3 of 8 papers
- 7. Minerals, Segregation and Southern African LiberationIn 3 of 8 papers
- 8. European Diplomacy and the Scramble for AfricaIn 5 of 8 papers
- 9. The First World War and the Peace SettlementIn 5 of 8 papers
- 10. Russia and China in RevolutionIn 5 of 8 papers
- 11. Dictatorship, Depression and the New DealIn 5 of 8 papers
- 12. The League of Nations and the United NationsIn 5 of 8 papers
- 13. The Cold WarIn 5 of 8 papers
- 14. The Middle East and Post-war Asian DevelopmentIn 4 of 8 papers
- 15. Regional Cooperation and DecolonisationIn 6 of 8 papers
- 16. Contemporary Social and Environmental ChallengesIn 5 of 8 papers
Bright Minds practice questions in the GCE style, not official ECZ examination questions.