HSC Modern History Practice Exams with Worked Solutions

The 20 practice exams inside the HSC Modern History Mastery Pack, each set out like the real paper with a separate worked-solution guide. Open any paper to see what it covers.

1. Practice Exam 1100 marks · 6 questions
   • Treaty of Versailles and its legacy
   • Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946
   • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
   • Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
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2. Practice Exam 2100 marks · 7 questions
   • Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946 (Core Study: League of Nations, rise of dictatorships, Nazism, search for peace)
   • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941 (National Study: Bolshevik consolidation, Lenin, Stalin's rise, collectivisation, Five-Year Plans, Great Terror)
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945 (Peace and Conflict: origins, course and end of WWII in Europe)
   • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989 (Change in the Modern World: Mao, Gang of Four, Deng, 1989 protests)
   • HSC Modern History Stage 6 skills: source analysis, historiography, extended response with evidence
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3. Practice Exam 3100 marks · 7 questions
   • Collectivisation and the Five-Year Plans
   • Source analysis and historiography
   • Power and Authority 1919-1946
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
   • Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
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4. Practice Exam 4100 marks · 8 questions
   • Power and Authority 1919-1946
   • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941 (Great Terror focus)
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
   • Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
   • HSC source analysis and historiography skills
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5. Practice Exam 5100 marks · 6 questions
   • Nazi consolidation of power 1933-34
   • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
   • Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
   • Source analysis and historiography
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6. Practice Exam 6100 marks · 6 questions
   • Propaganda and terror in Nazi Germany
   • Power and Authority 1919-1946
   • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
   • Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
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7. Practice Exam 7100 marks · 6 questions
   • Origins of World War II in Europe
   • Power and Authority 1919-1946
   • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
   • Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
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8. Practice Exam 8100 marks · 7 questions
   • Power and Authority 1919-1946 (Core Study source analysis)
   • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941 (National Study extended response)
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945 (Peace and Conflict extended response)
   • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989 (Change extended response)
   • NESA HSC Modern History source analysis and historiography skills
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9. Practice Exam 9100 marks · 6 questions
   • Power and Authority 1919-1946 (Core Study — source analysis)
   • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941 (National Study)
   • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945 (Peace and Conflict)
   • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989 (Change in the Modern World)
   • Source analysis, historiography and extended response skills
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10. Practice Exam 10100 marks · 6 questions
    • Power and Authority 1919-1946 (Core Study)
    • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941 (National Study)
    • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945 (Peace and Conflict)
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
    • Source analysis, historiography and extended response skills
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11. Practice Exam 11100 marks · 6 questions
    • Power and Authority 1919-1946 (Core Study)
    • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941 (National Study)
    • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945 (Peace and Conflict)
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989 (Change in the Modern World)
    • Deng Xiaoping's reforms and Tiananmen Square 1989
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12. Practice Exam 12100 marks · 6 questions
    • Power and Authority 1919-1946 (Core Study)
    • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941 (National Study)
    • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945 (Peace and Conflict)
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989 (Change in the Modern World)
    • HSC Modern History source analysis and extended response skills
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13. Practice Exam 13100 marks · 7 questions
    • Lenin, War Communism and the NEP
    • Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946
    • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
    • Source analysis and historiography skills
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14. Practice Exam 14100 marks · 7 questions
    • Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919–1946 (search for peace and security)
    • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1941
    • Conflict in Europe 1935–1945
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966–1989
    • NESA Modern History source analysis and extended response skills
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15. Practice Exam 15100 marks · 6 questions
    • Power and Authority 1919-1946: League of Nations and collective security
    • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941: Lenin to Stalin
    • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945: origins and course of WWII in Europe
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989: Deng Xiaoping and Tiananmen
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16. Practice Exam 16100 marks · 8 questions
    • Appeasement and the failure of collective security 1919-1946
    • Soviet consolidation and Stalinist transformation 1917-1941
    • Origins and course of World War II in Europe 1935-1945
    • Maoist revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
    • Source analysis, historiography and extended response skills
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17. Practice Exam 17100 marks · 6 questions
    • Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946: Nazi consolidation and source analysis
    • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941: Stalin, the Great Terror, and collectivisation
    • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945: origins and end of WWII in Europe
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989: Mao, Deng, and political change
    • NESA Modern History skills: source evaluation, historiography, and extended response
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18. Practice Exam 18100 marks · 6 questions
    • Power and authority in dictatorships 1919-1946 (Nazi Germany, League of Nations, peace settlements)
    • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941 (Stalin's rise, purges, collectivisation, Five-Year Plans)
    • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945 (origins, course and end of WWII in Europe)
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989 (Mao, Gang of Four, Deng, 1989 protests)
    • Source analysis, historiography, and extended response skills (NESA Stage 6 Modern History)
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19. Practice Exam 19100 marks · 6 questions
    • Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946
    • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941
    • Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
    • The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966-1989
    • Source analysis and historiography skills
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20. Practice Exam 20100 marks · 6 questions
    • Historiography of Stalinism
    • Source analysis skills: usefulness, reliability, perspective
    • Extended response essay writing with historiographical integration
    • NESA Band 6 criteria: argument, evidence, analysis, structure
    • Power, authority, conflict and change in the modern world 1919-1989
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