Number Number May 2025 Edexcel: AS Level History
8HI0/2G Paper 2 – Depth Study, Option
2G.1: The Rise and Fall of Fascism in
Italy, c.1911–1946 & Option 2G.2: Spain,
1930–1978: Republicanism, Francoism
and the Re-establishment of Democracy –
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PAPER 2: Depth study
Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46
Option 2G.2: Spain, 1930–78: republicanism, Francoism and the
re-establishment of democracy
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•• The total mark for this paper is 40.
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This May 2025 Pearson Edexcel AS Level History (8HI0/2G) document merges the official
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question paper and mark scheme for Paper 2 – Depth Study, covering Option 2G.1: The Rise
and Fall of Fascism in Italy, c.1911–1946 and Option 2G.2: Spain, 1930–1978 –
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Republicanism, Francoism and the Re-establishment of Democracy. It provides full
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Choose EITHER Option 2G.1 (Question 1) OR Option 2G.2 (Question 2), for which
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you have been prepared.
Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46
Answer Question 1, parts (a) and (b).
You should start the answer to part (a) on page 4.
You should start the answer to part (b) on page 7.
1 (a) Study Source 1 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
Why is Source 1 valuable to the historian for an enquiry into the nature of the
Corporate State in fascist Italy?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.
(8)
AND
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(b) Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How much weight do you give to the evidence of Source 2 for an enquiry into the
impact of the Libyan War of 1911–12 on Italy?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.
(12)
(Total for Question 1 = 20 marks)
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, Choose EITHER Option 2G.1 (Question 1) OR Option 2G.2 (Question 2), for which
you have been prepared.
Option 2G.2: Spain, 1930–78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment
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of democracy
Answer Question 2, parts (a) and (b).
You should start the answer to part (a) on page 4.
You should start the answer to part (b) on page 7.
2 (a) Study Source 3 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
Why is Source 3 valuable to the historian for an enquiry into the use of censorship
in Spain in the years 1938–56?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.
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AND
(b) Study Source 4 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
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How much weight do you give to the evidence of Source 4 for an enquiry into the
role of women in Spain during the Civil War?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.
(12)
(Total for Question 2 = 20 marks)
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