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Name:_________________________( ) Class:_____________ PRELIMINARYEXAMINATIONGENERALCERTIFICATEOFEDUCATIONORDINARYLEVEL HUMANITIES(HISTORY) Paper 2: TheMakingof the20 th CenturyModernWorld,1910s-1991 2261/02 16Aug2024 1hour 50minutes READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Writeyour name, register number, andclassonall theworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueor blackpenonbothsidesof thepaper.Donot usehighlighters, glueor correctionfluid. SectionAAnswer all partsof Question1. SectionBAnswer twoquestions. Thenumber of marksisgiveninbrackets[ ] at theendof eachquestionor part question.Thetotal number of marksfor thispaper is50. At theendof theexamination, fastenall your worksecurelytogether.Youmaykeepthequestionpaper. Thisdocument consistsof 7printedpagesand1blankpage.

2 SectionA: Source-BasedCaseStudy Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all thequestions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to thosesources you weretoldtouse. Inansweringthequestions, youshoulduseyour knowledgeofthetopictohelpyouinterpret andevaluatethesources. 1 (a) StudySourceA. Howuseful is this source as evidence about theMunichAgreement?Explainyour answer. [6] (b) StudySourceB. WhywastheChristmascardproduced?Explainyour answer. [5] (c) StudySourcesCandD. Does Source Dprove Churchill’s statement in Source Cwrong?Explainyouranswer. [6] (d) StudySourcesEandF. Howfar would the cartoonists who drewthese twosourceshaveagreedwitheachother?Explainyour answer. [5] (e) Studyall sources. “The Munich Agreement was a mistake.” Howfar dothesourcessupport thisview?Explainyour answer. [8]

3 Policyof Appeasement BACKGROUNDINFORMATION Readthiscarefully. It mayhelpyoutoanswer someof thequestions. Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain’s policytowards Nazi Germany in the 1930s. It ismost closelyassociatedwithBritishPrimeMinisterNeville Chamberlain and involved the use of negotiation and diplomacy to secure Hitler’scooperation. The most prominent example of appeasement wouldbetheMunichagreement– a settlement reached by Germany, France, Britain and Italy that permitted Germanannexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. At the time, it was a popular and seeminglypragmaticpolicy. However, some see it as allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked and viewitas a sign of weakness. One of appeasement’s harshest and most vocal criticswasWinstonChurchill –akeymember of theoppositionLabour party. Wasthepolicyof appeasement awisedecisionor agraveerror injudgement? SourceA FromaspeechbyNevilleChamberlainduringaparliamentarydebateabout theMunichAgreement, October 1938. In my viewthe strongest force of all, one which grewandtookfreshshapesandforms,the force not of any one individual…that unmistakable sense of unanimity among thepeoplesof theworldthat war must somehowbeaverted. Ever since I assumed my present office my main purpose has been to work for thepacification of Europe, for the removal of those