2024 ACSI Prelim

Name: ________________________________ ( ) Class: ________________ Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS 2024 YEAR 4 EXPRESS HUMANITIES HISTORY Tuesday 6 August 2024 1 hr 50 min INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES • Do not open this test paper until instructed to do so. • Answer all parts of Question 1 from Section A. • Answer Questions 2 and 3 from Section B. • If you use more than one sheet of writing paper, fasten them together. Detach the cover page of this question paper and attach it to the TOP of your answers. • Be careful to number all questions attempted correctly. • The maximum mark for this examination paper is [50 marks]. Section A: __________/30 marks Section B: __________/20 marks Total marks obtained: __________/ 50 marks Parent/ Guardian’s Signature and Date: ____________________ This question paper consists of 6 pages, including the cover page.

2 Section A: Source-Based Case Study Question 1 is 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 infer from the source about the role of the Soviet Union in the Korean War? Explain your answer. [4] (b) Study Source B. Does this source prove that the North Koreans were respon sible for starting the Korean War? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Source C. How useful is this source as evidence of the Soviet Union’s ambitions? [6] (d) Study Sources D and E. Does Source D make you surprised about Source E regarding the origins of the Korean War? Explain your answer. [6] (e) Study all the sources. ‘The North Koreans should be blamed for the outbreak of the Korean War.’ How far do these sources support this view? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. [8]

3 Should the North Koreans be blamed for the outbreak of the Korean War? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you answer some of the questions. From 1945 to 1948, relations between North and South Korea were hostile but relatively quiet. Kim Il Sung and Syngman Rhee disliked each other intensely. Each felt that he should be the ruler of a reunified Korean Peninsula. However, soon after, fierce fighting broke out frequently around the 38 th parallel. Kim tried several times to persuade Stalin to support an attempt to reunify Korea, and Stalin eventually agreed after allying with China. The US State Department also took a proactive stance to deal with the communist threat. On 25 June 1950,