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CEDAR GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL Preliminary Examination Secondary Four [Turn over HUMANITIES Paper 1 Social Studies 2272/01 2273/01 26 August 2019 1 hour 45 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Paper Cover Page READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your index number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in black or blue pen. Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer both parts of Question 2. Write all answers on the answer paper provided. 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. This document consists of 6 printed pages and a Cover page.

2 Cedar Girls’ Secondary School 2272/01, 2273/01/S4/Prelim2019 [Turn over SECTION A (Source-Based Case Study) Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates. 1 Living in a Diverse Society Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and 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 issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. (a) Study Source A. What is the author’s message? Explain your answer, using details of the source. [5] (b) Study Source B. Why did the cartoonist draw the cartoon? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Sources C and D. How far does Source C show that Source D was wrong about discrimination in France? Explain your answer. [7] (d) Study Sources E and F. Does Source E help in your understanding of the problems raised in Source F? Explain your answer. [7] (e) ‘France’s policy of assimilation has been effective in helping its new immigrants’. Using the sources in this case study, explain how far you would agree with this statement. [10]

Cedar Girls’ Secondary School 2272/01, 2273/01/S4/Prelim2019 [Turn over 3 Has the assimilation policy created social tension in 21st century France? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. France’s assimilation policy requires all citizens to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority in the country. It was meant to create a homogenous society where immigrants are no different from the native French. However, with an increased number of immigrants, particularly from the North African region, its assimilation policy is under threat – minority communities, including Muslims, are reluctant to remove their religious symbols in public. They also do not consider themselves as fully ‘French’. As a result, the immigrants have difficulties fitting in and are also discriminated in schools, at th