DHS Y3 History WA2 practice paper 2022 (Chinese Revolution)

`DUNMANHIGHSCHOOLHUMANITIESANDARTSPROGRAMMEYEAR3HistoryUnit1Worksheet Name:__________________________( ) Class:________ SBQPRACTICE-1911CHINESEREVOLUTION SectionA(18marks) Question1iscompulsoryforallcandidates. StudytheBackgroundInformationandthesourcescarefully, andthenanswerallthequestions.Youmayuseanyof thesourcesto helpyouanswerthequestions,inadditionto thosesourcesyouweretoldto use.In answeringthequestions,youshoulduseyourknowledgeof thetopicto helpyouinterpretandevaluatethesources. (a) StudySourceA. What isthemessageof thissource?Explainyour answer. [5] (b) StudySourceB. Whywasthissourcepublished?Explainyour answer. [6] (c) StudySourceC. Howuseful isthissourcetoahistorianstudyingthe1911Revolution?Explainyour answer. [7]

Didforeignintrusionleadtooutbreakofthe1911Revolution? BACKGROUNDINFORMATION Readthiscarefully. Itmayhelpyoutoanswersomeofthequestions. TheQingperiodwasoneof rapidandprofoundchangein China.Qingemperorswereconfrontedby numerouschallenges,includingthearrivalof foreignersandChristianmissionaries,internalunrestandrebellionsandtheweakeningof theircentralisedpower. Bythe19thcentury, ChinawasbeingthreatenedandbulliedbyWesternimperialpowers,particularlyBritain,whichdefeatedtheQingintwoOpiumWars. Thisledmanytoaskthequestion,didforeignintrusionleadtotheoutbreakofthe1911Revolution? SourceA: A speechbyFengGuifen,a teacherandofficialin 1861.Inroads,pg40. Whenwespeakof repellingthebarbarians, wemust havetheactual meanstorepel them, andnotjust emptybravado. Weshouldaskwithwhat instrumentswearetousetorepel them…(Theanswer isthat) weshouldusetheinstrumentsof thebarbarians, but not thewaysof thebarbarians. SourceB: A cartoonentitled,“A troublesomeeggto hatch”by an Amerciancartoonistinawesternmagazine,1901. 2

SourceC: Viewsof an American-ChineseHistorian,2000.(Milestonespg 35workbook,RArasumani) The Chinese people believed that the way to change the society was through revolution. TheManchus ruled China for hundreds of years until a man led such a revolution. The most importantevent that Sun had done for China was overthrowing the Manchu Monarchy. In 1905, Dr Sunorganized a revolutionary society to overthrow the Manchus. After ten failed uprisings thatsacrificed countless young lives on 10 October 1911, Sun’s supporters created the Republic ofChina. SourceD: Viewsofa ChineseGeneralwhotookpartin the1911 Revolutiononthesideoftherevolutionaries,1913.(Milestonesworkbook,pg36) Theworldhasa wrongideaaboutSunYatSen.Hehadnothingtodowiththeactualworkofoverthrowingthemonarchy. TheRevolutionwasfinishedwhenhereachedChina.I hardlyhadheardof himanddidnotknowhispoliticalviews.If heeverprovidedanytangibleaidtotherealrevolution,I didnotknowit.Hisreputeislargelyfoundedonfiction. SourceE:Anextractfroma HistoryBookonfalloftheManchuEmpire,1644-1912.FromCatchpole,B.,(1978).AMapHistoryofmodernChina.HeinemannEducationalBooks,p17. When the Manchu Emperors first came to China’s ‘Dragon Throne’, the country’s population wasincreasing at an unprecedented rate. But they