SMSS Sec 4E Prelim E History 2023 QP + Answer Key

This document consists of 6 printed pages. ST. MARGARET’S SCHOOL (SECONDARY) Preliminary Examinations 2023 CANDIDATE NAME CLASS REGISTER NUMBER HUMANITIES (HISTORY) Paper 2 The Making of the Contemporary World Order, 1900s—1991 Secondary 4 Express / 5 Normal (Academic) 2273/02 23 August 2023 1 hour 40 minutes Additional Materials: NIL READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, registration number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid on your answer scripts. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer one question. At the end of the examination, fasten scoresheet, Sections A and B together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total of the marks for this paper is 50.

2 Section A: Source-Based Case Study Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates. 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 you are told to use. In answering the questions, you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. 1 a) Study Source A. What can you learn from this source about the lives of the Soviets under the Great Terror? Explain your answer. [5] b) Study Sources B and C. How similar are these sources as evidence about Stalin’s Soviet Union? Explain your answer. [5] c) Study Sources D and E. Does what Source E says make you surprised about what was said in Source D? Explain your answer. [6] d) Study Source F. How useful is this source as evidence about the Great Terror? Explain your answer. [6] e) Study all the sources. ‘The Great Terror was necessary for Stalin to control the Soviet Union.’ How far do these sources support this statement? Explain your answer. [8]

3 [Please turn over Stalin’s Great Terror BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you answer some of the questions. The period of Great Terror was initiated by Stalin in mid-1934 and lasted till 1938 to preserve control over the Soviet Union. This period consisted of three major features: the show trials of leading members of the Politburo and senior army officers, purg es of a vast number of Communist Party members, and the arrest of ordinary citizens suspected to be ‘enemies of the state’. These methods were successful in eliminating many of Stalin’s opponents. It was estimated that at least 10 million people died during Stalin’s Great Terror. Subseque