DHS Y3 History 2022 Vietnam SBQ Holiday practice answer

DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOL HUMANITIES & AESTHETICS PROGRAMME YEAR 3 DHP D1 2022 Y3 HOLIDAY PRACTICE: VIETNAM Name: ____________________ ( ) Class: ______ Date:_____________ Section A: Source-Based Case Study . Study 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 were told to use. In answering these questions, you should use your knowledge of the topic to interpret and evaluate the sources. 1. (a) Study Source A. What can you infer about the French colonial rule in Vietnam? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Sources B and C. How similar are these sources? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Source D. How useful is Source D in helping you understand life in Vietnam under the French government? Explain your answer. [7] 1

Was life good under the French colonial rule in Vietnam? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. Vietnam was part of French Indochina which also included Cambodia and Laos. All the three areas were placed under the control of a Governor-General based in Hanoi. The French tried to strike a balance between changing and keeping the Vietnamese way of life. They transformed Vietnam culturally by imposing the French language and customs and at the same time, also allowed the Vietnamese to maintain their own institutions and customs, if compatible with French interests. How far do you think life was good under the French colonial rule? Study the sources below and answer ALL the questions. Source A: An American cartoonist view of life under the French colonial rule in the 1900. 2

Source B: An extract from a letter by a former mandarin, 1907. The fate of the Vietnamese people today is indeed miserable and insecure, indeed not different from buffaloes and horses. People can tie them up, whip them at will. They have a mouth but dare not speak. They are but to die without a lament. Weighing down on them is the power of the Protectorate government compounded by the cruelty of the Vietnamese mandarinate… A few more years from now villages will be deserted, old and young would have died, if not of hunger, then of imprisonment or exile, if not from drifting long the highways. Source C: An e xtract from an article in a French magazine, 1887. The city of Hanoi is getting more beautiful every day. European construction is gradually replacing grass huts in the main streets. The European quarter now offers a lively atmosphere, especially in the evenings. This neighbourhood will become more important thanks to the recently approved construction projects. There will be an entirely different ambience when there is an English style garden with much greenery and decorative planting. Source D: An extract from a French Traveller’s impression of Tonkin in a French Souvenir Book,1921-1922. The natives embrace all branches of economic activity. The Tonkinese, perfect imitators, manufacture everything that the population needs for daily use to supply households. Indigenous craftsmen are grouped into streets named after their craft, and they can be quite picturesque. As in all major cities, Hanoi’s hotel industry is very prosperous. Throughout the city there are large hotels and modest garnished to accommodate passenger of all budgets. 3

Source E : A poem by a Vietnamese in response to foreign intervention, ca 1900. Taxes were increased greatly and were to be paid in money, not in kind. With each passing year these taxes mounted, The cost of all articles rose rapidly, even those of betel, tea and areca nuts. The constables, the commissars, the police, the agents of security services, all officials competed to harm the people. All over the country, city-dwellers Paid their taxes on their persons and their houses. They had to purchase licenses for peddling. There were taxes on theatres, singers, Dogs, pigs, and shops selling mutton. In their exploitation the French did not miss a single item. Source Acknowledgements: Source A: Vann, Michael, G. & Clarke, Liz (2019). The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt. Oxford University Press, pg 56. Source B: Source C: Source D: Vann, Michael, G. & Clarke, Liz (2019). The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt. Oxford University Press, pg 192. Vann, Michael, G. & Clarke, Liz (2019). The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt. Oxford University Press, pg 128. Vann, Michael, G. & Clarke, Liz (2019). The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt. Oxford University Press, pg 150. Source E: Vann, Michael, G. & Clarke, Liz (2019). The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt. Oxford University Press, pg 180-181. 4

SUGGESTED MARK SCHEME 1 a) Study Source A. What can you infer about the French colonial rule in Vietnam? Explain your answer. [5] Leve l Descriptors Marks 1 Description of source, without answering question. E.g. The source tells us about life of the Vietnamese. 1 2 Valid inference, unsupported/unexplained. E.g. I can infer that the French government looked after their own interests more than the locals. I can infer that the French governed the people with force. 2-3 3 Valid inference, supported/explained. Award 4 marks for 1 inference explained. Award 5 marks for 2 inferences explained. E.g. I can infer that the French rule did not care for the people as they looked after their own interests more than the interests of the Vietnamese. The local people in Source A said that “the French taxed the Vietnamese and then used that money to build themselves a fancy city. ” This means that the French government took money from the poor and used it to build a fine city for them to live comfortably. Taxation was unfairly imposed on the Vietnamese as the poor peasants had to pay the same amount as the rich peasants. The poor locals did not have a good life under the French rule. I can infer that the French government used fear and intimidation to control the people. The source states that “ while the colonial state used overwhelming military force to keep control of the city, there were many crises brewing in the streets of Hanoi.” This means that the French rule was oppressive as they had used the military to ensure there was no opposition against them. As a result, the people resented the French government in Vietnam. 4-5 5

1 (b) Study Sources B and C. How similar are these sources? Explain your answer. [6] Level Level Descriptors Marks L1 Describes the source(s), with no interpretation, or comparison OR Provenance/Source Type only E.g. Both are similar as they are about the French government’s power. Both are different as Source B is a letter but Source C is from a magazine. 1 L2 Identify similarity and/or difference, without evidence and/or explanation. E.g. Both are similar as they are about the French government’s power to bring about ch