BEDOK GREEN SEC 4NA SS Prelim

Name: Register Number: Class: 4NA BEDOK GREEN SECONDARY SCHOOL Preliminary Examination 2019 4NA SOCIAL STUDIES 2175/01 2176/01 2177/01 1 August 2019 1 h 45 min Candidates answer on Writing Paper. Additional Materials: Writing Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a pencil for any diagrams, graphs, tables or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer both parts of Question 2. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. For Examiner’s Use A B Total 50 This document consists of 6 printed pages including the cover page. © BGSS 2019 No part of this document may be reproduced in any form or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of Bedok Green Secondary School. [Turn Over

2 SECTION A (Source-Based Case Study) Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates. 1 Exploring Citizenship and Governance Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions , you should use your knowledge of the issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. (a) Study Source A. What is the message of the cartoon ? Explain your answer , using details of the cartoon. [5] (b) Study Sources B and C. How far do the se sources agree about the UK having a second referendum ? Explain your answer. [7] (c) Study Source D. Are you surprised by this source? Explain your answer. [6] (d) Study Sources E and F. Does Source E prove that Source F is right? Explain your answer. [7] (e) How far do the sources in the case study show that the UK should have a second referendum? Explain your answer. [10]

3 Should the UK have a second referendum? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. On 23rd June 2016, people of the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU) in a referendum*. This scenario is also termed as Brexit, short form for ‘British Exit’ from the EU. Members of the EU share many of the same laws and open their borders to each other. The country is divided – 52% of the people wanted to leave (they are termed as ‘Leavers’), and 48% voted to remain in the EU (known as ‘Remainers’). After almost two years of discussions, the UK is unable to come into an agreement with the EU on the terms of withdrawal. Many are now doubtful of the government’s capabilities. Ther e is also reduced confidence in economic opportunities within the UK. In light of the disagreements throughout the Brexit process, there has been a lot of of debate about how the government should move forward. One option is to ask the public to vote again, in a second referendum. *A referendum is a vote on a political issue in which all members of a country can decide on. Source A: A cartoon circulated online after Brexit in 2016. The man represents a British voter.

4 Source B: An excerpt from an article written in 2019 by a Member of Parliament (MP) in the UK , published in The Economist, a weekly news magazine with subscribers worldwide. Having a second referendum is an insult to the decision of the people. I have heard from both ‘Leavers’ an d ‘Remainers’ saying that if a second referendum were held, they would never vote again. In their view, wh at would be the point if the government does not take our previous votes seriously? A retired general said to me recently that Britain has always been known for our “confidence and competence”. We are demonstrating neither quality at present. A second referendum would help to restore neither. It is our MPs who can and must now do that. Source C: Extracted from a 2018 BBC interview with John Major, the former Prime Minister of U.K. The BBC is a British public service broadcaster. A second vote will go against the majority’s decision – but is it necessary? I think it is. If you look back at promises the politicians made before the first referendum , a great many of them were fantasy promises. It’s painfully obvious they are not going to be met. Many of the things they said were absolutely unattainable. Source D: Written by a ‘Remainer’ on an online forum, 2019. For a lot of people, the last v ote was a bit like coming home fro m the pub and buying stuff on eB ay. Not a lot of sober consideration went into it and many people thought it wasn’t important, or thought it as a joke , a way to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the government. So the main pro of having a second referendum is to check, three years later and armed with a lot more information, that it is still what the UK wants to do. If it isn’t, the UK will have dodged a bullet. If it is, the UK will enjoy or suffer the results safe in the knowledge that it is indeed “the will of the people”. A lot of dissenting voices will be silenced.

5 Source E: An opinion of a British citizen written online, during discussions to hold a second referendum. What is the point of planning a s econd referendum?! Does it mean that if the results of the second referendum is unfavourable to the politicians, we will have a third and fourth referendum?! This is death to democracy! It’s like spitting in the faces of people who voted the first time round. Once the faith in democracy is lost, it will never be returned. That is not what I want for my grandchild, and the thought of it breaks my heart. Source F: An article written by a lecturer in public policy of a university , 17 January 2018. There were numerous credible objections raised against the first Brexit referendum – that people were n ot given full information about what their vote meant; that complicated issues were boiled down to a simple yes or no answer. These concerns remain for a second referendum, which is currently as problematic as the first one. The people decided. Now, it’s about coming up with a result that is best for all, which requires expert negotiation and high -level poli tical decision -making. I t is asking for politicians to do what they were hired to do: to represent the interests of all their constituents.

6 SECTION B (Structured-Response Questions) Question 2 is compulsory for all candidates. 2 Being Part of a Globalised World Study the extracts carefully, and then answer the questions. Extract 1 One of the ways that globalis ation has connected with world is through the global economy. Due to Singapore’s small domestic market and limited resources, Singapore has to look globally to attract innovative and entrepreneurial resources to grow our economy. In the next few decades, as Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) continues to grow, local Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) can take advantage of newer and bigger ma rkets outside of Singapore. Extract 2 Countries can tap on the global economy for trade to sustain economic growth, and can benefit through opening up job opportunities and introducing new skills to local people. Extract 3 Multinational corporations, with their massive economies of scale, may dominate local companies and drive them out of business. If it becomes cheaper to operate in another co