HISTORY ADVANCED HIGHER Candidates should answer two questions from Part 1 and all the questions in Part 2 of their chosen field of study. Field of Study (1) Northern Britain from the Romans to AD 1000 (2) Scottish Independence (1286“1329) (3) The Renaissance in Italy in the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries (4) Georgians and Jacobites: Scotland (1715“1800) (5) œThe House Divided: The USA (1850“1865) (6) Japan: From Medieval to Modern State (1850s“1920) (7) Germany: Versailles to the Outbreak of the Second World War (8) South Africa (1910“1984) (9) Soviet Russia (1917“1953) (10) The Spanish Civil War (1931“1939) (11) Britain at War and Peace (1939“1951) Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Part 2 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 Page Page LI X259/13/01 6/3560 *X259/13/01* © (1) Northern Britain from the Romans to AD 1000 Part 1 Answer TWO questions. Each question is worth 25 marks. 1. To what extent does settlement evidence suggest that late pre-Roman Iron Age society was peaceful? 2. What factors best explain Roman attempts to conquer North Britain? 3. How important was St. Ninian in influencing the development of Christianity in Northern Britain? 4. œThe most likely interpretation of the symbol stones is that they are memorials to the dead. How accurate is this judgement on the purpose of Pictish symbol stones? 5. To what extent was the creation of Alba a result of cultural domination by the Scots over the Picts? [X259/13/01] Page two (2)