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Date May 2017 Marks available 15 Reference code 17M.3op1.HL.TZ0.33
Level Higher level only Paper Paper 3 (History of Africa and the Middle East) Time zone TZ0
Command term Examine Question number 33 Adapted from N/A

Question

Examine the reasons for the outcome of the Six Day War and the 1973 War.

Markscheme

Candidates will consider the reasons for the outcome of the Six Day War and the 1973 War. Candidates may offer equal coverage of the Six Day War and the 1973 War, or there may be some imbalance between the two wars. However, both wars will be a feature of the response. Candidates may or may not choose a comparative approach. They may refer to the long- and short- term reasons for the outcome, or alternatively the social, economic and political reasons for the outcomes. Reasons may include the weaknesses of Arab states and their failures to effectively co-operate militarily and diplomatically, superior Israeli military technology, strategy and morale, and the influence and involvement of foreign powers—especially the support of the US for Israel and Soviet pressure on the Arab states to negotiate.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 1: History of Africa and the Middle East » 17: Post-war developments in the Middle East (1945–2000) » Arab–Israeli conflicts: Suez Crisis, Six Day War, 1973 War; effects of conflicts—occupied territories, intifadas, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); attempts at peacemaking up to, and including, Camp David (2000)
HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 1: History of Africa and the Middle East » 17: Post-war developments in the Middle East (1945–2000)
HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 1: History of Africa and the Middle East
HL options: first exams 2017

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