General Thoughts: Modern History (2 Viewers)

[DemiClorissa]

I thought it was d the vegetation?

 

[120419]

How da uck could it be the uniforms? they get dirty in like 2 minutes anyway. Probably the vegetation as Ypres was a mudbath but the lack of date made it a shithouse source, maybe the mask option in my opinion though

And i swear the 10 marker was supposed to be D and E, not C and E. C was so overused, and totally useless for that much analysis

 

[DemiClorissa]

nailed it. but one question, what did everyone pick for the question that asks what indicates the war was still in the early stage???? the source c question

i thought it was D? with the vegetation

 

[lordquas]

state rank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sculzyoner]

I said A) becuase their uniform was new

that question was pretty hard. i said that because trench life was harsh and not as pretty as it looked in the picture meaning the war must have just started?? not sure if its right though

fucking staged photo ... whatta rort

 

[WIK123]

i thought it was D? with the vegetation

Yeah same, because the Photo was in Ypres and we all know how badly the terrain was after the Battle of Somme, due to the constant shelling. I reckon its D, because new uniforms make no sense as new soldiers were always coming to the front, and new trenches were built throughout the war.

 

[Sculzyoner]

the photo wasn't even at Ypres ... it was at some training base somewhere ... but for the purpose of the question is had to be newly built trenches

 

[KingDakai]

the photo wasn't even at ypres ... It was at some training base somewhere ... But for the purpose of the question is had to be newly built trenches

whaaaaaaaaaat!?!

 

[y510920]

yea some people think it is the vegetation because ypres was a mud bath....but then it was the early stage of the war....hopefully a double answer lol

 

[evanstroeve]

yea that one got me thinking abit, vegetation...not necessary....just that little part of grass doesnt mean much, clean uniform....could be from the reserve trench line, trench...they always build trenches, so i picked the gauze mask cause i thought the gas mask was only introduced in 1918, before that time they piss on their mask. i dunno

It wasn't really a mask. It was a gauze mat thing wasn't it? The gas mask did come later, but gauze was used earlier in the war because they had limited knowledge about how to combat gas masks? I said the gauze, so whatever that was. I think C

 

[y510920]

the photo wasn't even at Ypres ... it was at some training base somewhere ... but for the purpose of the question is had to be newly built trenches

but the stimulus specifically wrote in ypres???

 

[13abie]

It was D (vegetation) because the question asked how does this show the EARLY stages of the way, and the gas masks and goggles didnt come until later when the phosgene, chlorine and mustard gas was used.

The exam was pretty good, the peronality question took a little bit of thinking for Speer and the Conflict in the Pacific questions weren't exactly predictable, otherwise things went well hoping for raw of 95+.

Out of interest did anyone else do conflict in the Pacific? It seems kinda unpopular

 

[kev-is-red]

the photo wasn't even at Ypres ... it was at some training base somewhere ... but for the purpose of the question is had to be newly built trenches

What rubbish. They were building trenches throughout the war, so the state of the trenches gives no indication to when the photo was taken.

Passchendaele, Verdun and the Somme all happened between 1916-1917.

 

[Sculzyoner]

but the stimulus specifically wrote in ypres???

yeh i know ... the BOS have just done that so you can talk about reliability i.e. it looks like the photo is staged, therefore it hinders its reliability ...

 

[spaceflower]

The exam was pretty good, the peronality question took a little bit of thinking for Speer and the Conflict in the Pacific questions weren't exactly predictable, otherwise things went well hoping for raw of 95+.

Out of interest did anyone else do conflict in the Pacific? It seems kinda unpopular

I thought conflict was pretty predictable. I thought there would be something on foreign policy as they had never asked about it before.

 

[y510920]

It was D (vegetation) because the question asked how does this show the EARLY stages of the way, and the gas masks and goggles didnt come until later when the phosgene, chlorine and mustard gas was used.

The exam was pretty good, the peronality question took a little bit of thinking for Speer and the Conflict in the Pacific questions weren't exactly predictable, otherwise things went well hoping for raw of 95+.

Out of interest did anyone else do conflict in the Pacific? It seems kinda unpopular

i did conflict in the pacifc, nailed it, allied occupation, cant be anymore easy. plus i prepared it

 

[ilianapeters]

How da uck could it be the uniforms? they get dirty in like 2 minutes anyway. Probably the vegetation as Ypres was a mudbath but the lack of date made it a shithouse source, maybe the mask option in my opinion though

And i swear the 10 marker was supposed to be D and E, not C and E. C was so overused, and totally useless for that much analysis

Why has no one said anything about this!? Wasn't it C & D not C & E...
oh my god if not.

 

[burkefan]

Why has no one said anything about this!? Wasn't it C & D not C & E...
oh my god if not.

I just asked my friend when I saw C and E. It was C and D... thank god!

 

[MichelleV]

I was conflicted between the vegetation and the gas masks for that question.

It specifically stated that they were wearing goggles and gauze, NOT gas masks. Gas masks weren't developed until later, in the early days they just pissed on a cloth and stuck it owner their faces.

So I went with that, rather than vegetation.

And the fact they didn't say which Ypres battle is was annoyed me. Wasn't their 3 of them technically? How can we know for sure that specific picture was the 1st battle and not the 3rd? :/

I honestly wont know anymore, and I guess everybody is going to argue until we know for sure what one it was :/

 

[kev-is-red]

Fire alarm went off 20 minutes into the exam, but we got five minutes extra so it was alright.