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Which option separates cause and consequence?

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MCQ

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Topic

BC Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972

Question

  1. A. Kennedy should be explained before judging consequences.
  2. B. A source comment with no provenance.
  3. C. A long-term cause treated as a result.
  4. D. A similarity presented as a difference.

Answer

Evidence check: Kennedy should be explained before judging consequences. is the best answer. It fits Part three: Transformation of the Cold War within BC Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972 and directly supports Study tensions over Cuba, including Castro's revolution, Bay of Pigs, missile crisis, Castro, Khrushchev, Kennedy, USA fears, reaction to missiles, dangers and. Check this by using evidence, provenance, date, event, individual, policy, consequence; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.

Explanation

The correct option is Kennedy should be explained before judging. This MCQ is about Which option separates cause and consequence, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 1 Section B: Wider world depth studies and uses the same evidence base as Study tensions over Cuba, including Castro's revolution, Bay of Pigs, missile crisis, Castro, Khrushchev, Kennedy, USA fears, reaction to missiles, dangers and. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A source comment with no provenance.; 2) A long-term cause treated as a result.; 3) A similarity presented as a difference.. To decide between them, students should identify, support, test, reject the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.

Common mistake

Avoid confusing Kennedy

A common mistake is to write about Kennedy as a general opinion, or to mix up cause, consequence, change and continuity in 1945-1972.

Anchor the answer to Part three: Transformation of the Cold War, use precise evidence, and state whether Kennedy is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.

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