QCE Modern History past exams 2020–2025, by year and topic

The rest of the syllabus

Question-level mapping for these areas is still being verified. Every official paper covering them is in the year table above.

• Unit 1: Ideas in the Modern World — Australian Frontier Wars, 1788–1930s · Age of Enlightenment, 1750s–1789 · Industrial Revolution, 1760s–1890s · American Revolution, 1763–1783 · French Revolution, 1789–1799 · Age of Imperialism, 1848–1914
• Unit 2: Movements in the Modern World — Empowerment of First Nations Australians since 1938 · Independence movement in India, 1857–1947 · Workers' movement since the 1860s · Women's movement since 1893 · May Fourth Movement in China and its aftermath, 1919–1930s · Independence movement in Algeria, 1945–1962 · Anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, 1948–1991 · African-American civil rights movement since 1954
• Unit 3: National Experiences in the Modern World — Australia, 1914–1949 · France, 1799–1815 · New Zealand, 1841–1934 · Germany, 1914–1945 · United States of America, 1917–1945 · Soviet Union, 1920s–1945 · Japan since 1931 · China since 1931
• Unit 4: International Experiences in the Modern World — Australian engagement with Asia since 1945 · Search for collective peace and security since 1815 · Trade and commerce between nations since 1833 · Mass migrations since 1848 · Information Age since 1936 · Genocides and ethnic cleansings since the 1930s · Nuclear Age since 1945 · Cold War, 1945–1991 · Struggle for peace in the Middle East since 1948 · Cultural globalisation since 1956 · Space exploration since 1957 · Rights and recognition of First Peoples since 1982 · Terrorism, anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism since 1984