Introduction
• the Americas • Africa and the Middle East. Where relevant, you need to be able to identify these regions and discuss developments that took place within them. They are shown on the map below, which also indicates the states covered by this book. Remember that if you are answering a question that asks you to choose two different states or leaders, each from a different region, you must be careful and choose correctly. Every year, some examination candidates attempting such questions select two states from the same region. This limits them to a maximum of 8 marks out of the 15 available for Paper 2 questions. The four IB regions are shown on this map, along with some of the states covered by this book.
Germany Italy
China
Cuba
The Americas
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Asia and Oceania
Africa and the Middle East
Europe
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USSR until 1991)
The four IB regions and some of the states covered in this book
Of course you may well study some other examples of authoritarian states specifically identified in the IB History Guide – such as Kenya and Kenyatta or Egypt and Nasser in Africa and the Middle East; the Soviet Union and Stalin in Europe; or Indonesia and Sukharno in Asia and Oceania. You may even study relevant regions that are not specifically mentioned here but are still acceptable, such as Russia and Lenin.
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