AQA A-level HISTORY 7042/1J Component 1J The British Empire, c1857–196| QUESTION PAPER & MARKING SCHEME/ [MERGED] Marking scheme June 20237 Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E4 7042/1J A-level HISTORY

AQA A-level HISTORY 7042/1J Component 1J The British Empire, c1857–1967 Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E4 7042/1J A-level HISTORY Component 1J The British Empire, c1857–1967 Wednesday 24 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7042/1J. • Answer three questions. In Section A answer Question 01. In Section B answer two questions. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice • You are advised to spend about: – 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A – 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B. 2 IB/M/Jun23/7042/1J Section A Answer Question 01. Extract A The expansion of the British Empire was fuelled by the Victorians’ love of adventure and a desire for new knowledge. The interior of Africa held the most enticing mysteries left in the world. The public at home shared the thrill of discovery of the man on the spot. The Victorians loved a hero and imperial explorers and quarrelsome scientists filled this role. These men wrote long, and often dramatic, accounts of their experiences for their public and government at home to demonstrate the possibilities of these ‘new’ regions for the Empire. The possibilities seemed unlimited, as the new Victorian technology, the steamship, the telegraph and, above all, the railway, promised for the first time the real opening up of the interior of Africa to these explorers, and by extension to Britain. As a result of the explorers’ discoveries, men began to ‘think big’ and planning was on a continent-wide scale for Britain’s expanded rule