How to answer 'analyse' questions When answering questions with the command term analyse you should try to identify the key elements and their relative importance.
To analyse means to break something down. It is important you read the question carefully to see what it is asking you to analyse of break down.
Example from Paper 3 Civil Rights Analyse the effectiveness of a Native American organisation in one country in the region after the 1960s.
To answer this question successfully, you need to discuss what constituted success or effectiveness and what constituted failure. What were the aims of the organisation and did they achieve them. Also you should consider who they were effective for. In other words, was AIM effective for Native Americans or the US population or both?
Example from Paper 3 Cold War Analyse why the Eisenhower government overthrew the democratically elected president of Guatemala in 1954.
To answer this question successfully, you need to discuss the various reasons why the USA hated Jacob Arbenz and his government. It is important to place events into their historical context, so you will need to mention key events in the Cold War that might have led the US to make the choices they did.