This topic overlaps with your SL Paper 2: Fidel Castro is a dictator from another region that you can write about in your essays on Topic 3: Origins and development of authoritarian and single-party states. Questions on Cuba also feature on Topic 5: The Cold War as well as Paper 3. Here is the specified content for Paper 3:
(Paper 3) Syllabus specified content:
Cold War in either Canada or one Latin American country: reasons for foreign and domestic policies and their implementation
Populist leaders in Latin America: rise to power; characteristics of populist regimes; social, economic and political policies; the treatment of opposition; successes and failures (suitable examples could be Perón, Vargas or any relevant Latin American leader)
The Cuban Revolution: political, social, economic causes; impact on the region
Rule of Fidel Castro: political, economic, social and cultural policies; treatment of minorities; successes and failures
Military regimes in Latin America: rationale for intervention; challenges; policies; successes and failures
Civil Rights:
Role of governments in civil rights movements in the Americas (Overlaps with Castro's social policy)
Your study of Castro should be undertaken in particular depth. Wider reading/consultation with a range of sources is essential. This unit is as much about how you learn at Higher Level as it is about what you learn
Possible Exam Questions:
A question about explaining the reasons for Castro's rise to power
A question about analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of Castro's domestic policies (social, political, economic)
A question about analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of one aspect of Castro's domestic policies (social, political or economic)
A question about analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of Castro's foreign policy
A question about analyzing the impact of the Cold War on Cuba and/or the region
A question about analyzing the relationship between America and Cuba
A question about analyzing and evaluating Castro's Civil Rghts policies
(Paper 3) Syllabus specified content:
- Cold War in either Canada or one Latin American country: reasons for foreign and domestic policies and their implementation
- Populist leaders in Latin America: rise to power; characteristics of populist regimes; social, economic and political policies; the treatment of opposition; successes and failures (suitable examples could be Perón, Vargas or any relevant Latin American leader)
- The Cuban Revolution: political, social, economic causes; impact on the region
- Rule of Fidel Castro: political, economic, social and cultural policies; treatment of minorities; successes and failures
- Military regimes in Latin America: rationale for intervention; challenges; policies; successes and failures
Civil Rights:Your study of Castro should be undertaken in particular depth. Wider reading/consultation with a range of sources is essential. This unit is as much about how you learn at Higher Level as it is about what you learn
Possible Exam Questions: