CHIJ KC 2024 Prelims QP with MS

Name _____________________________( ) Class:______ This question paper consists of 6 printed pages CHIJ KATONG CONVENT PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS 2024 Secondary 4 Express HUMANITIES (SS, HISTORY) 2261/02 The Making of the 20th Century Modern World, 1910s-1991 Duration: 1 hour 50 min Classes: 403, 404, 405, 406 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and registration number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ink. You may use an HB pencil for any rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid/tape. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. Begin each answer to Section B on a new and separate sheet of paper. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. At the end of the examination, hand in separately: i) Section A ii) Section B iii) Question Paper

CHIJ Katong Convent Preliminary Exams 2024 Elective History 2261/02 Sec 4 Express 2 Section A: Source-Based Case Study Question 1 is compulsory 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. Why did the cartoonist publish this? Explain your answer. [6] (b) Study Sources B and C. How far does Source B prove that Source C was right? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Source D. How useful is this source as evidence that Hitler was responsible for World War 2? Explain your answer. [5] (d) Study Source E. How surprised are you by what the Czech Premier says? Explain your answer. [5] (e) Study all the sources. ‘Hitler’s actions made World War 2 inevitable.’ How far do these sources support this view? Use the sources and your knowledge to support your answer. [8]

CHIJ Katong Convent Preliminary Exams 2024 Elective History 2261/02 Sec 4 Express 3 Did Hitler’s actions make World War 2 inevitable? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you answer some of the questions. World War 2 in Europe broke out in September 1939 when the German army invaded Poland. Scholars believe that this was not a sudden occurrence, but a series of diplomatic decisions by European leaders that reflected their self -interests. They argued that if decisive steps were taken by European leaders to stand up to Hitler, World War 2 may not have happened. Sterner actions to rebuke Hitler for restarting conscription, rearming Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, remilitarising the Rhineland and Anschluss with Austria could have sent Hitler a signal that he was going too far. For his part, Hitler never hid his contempt for the Treaty of Versailles. He loathed its restrictions on Germany and the humiliation that it caused. He took decisive steps upon coming to power in March 1933 that revived Germany’s economy and solved the une mployment issue. Scholars believed that he already set his sights on an aggressive foreign policy even then. His actions only became bolder as he stared down the European leaders as the 1930s unfolded. The 1938 Munich Agreement was the proverbial last straw that broke the camel’s back. Did the actions of Hitler make World War 2 inevitable? Source A: A British cartoon about the German reoccupation of the Rhineland in May 1936. [Turn over

CHIJ Katong Convent Preliminary Exams 2024 Elective History 2261/02 Sec 4 Express 4 Source B: Remarks by Hitler about the Munich Agreement, 1939. * capital of Czechoslovakia Source C: Adapted Russian cartoon published after the Munich Agreement was signed, 1938. Source D: Excerpts from the book ‘Mein Kampf’ written by Hitler while he was in jail after an unsuccessful putsch to overthrow the Weimar Government in 1923. That damned Chamberlain has spoiled my parade into Prague* (October 1938). I had not thought it possible that Czechoslovakia would be served up to me by her friends. We should have started the war in 1938! That was our last chance to keep it localized. But they yielded to us everywhere. Like cowards they gave in to all our demands. That actually made it difficult to seize the initiative for hostilities. We missed a uni que opportunity at Munich. Czech/ USSR No thru road We turn our eyes towards the lands of the east … When we speak of new territory in Europe today, we must principally think of Russia and the border states subject to her. Destiny itself seems to wish to point out the way for us here… In addition, German Austria must return to the Great German mother country, but not for any economic reason. Even if, from an economic perspective, this union were to make no difference; yes, even if it were harmful, it would have to take place nonetheless. Common blood belongs in a common Reich.

CHIJ Katong Convent Preliminary Exams 2024 Elective History 2261/02 Sec 4 Express 5 Source E: A broadcast made to the Czech people by the Czech Premier after he received news of the Munich Agreement. Source F: Percentage of Gross National Product spent on defense by historians. Year Great Britain Germany 1935 3.3 7.4 1936 4.2 12.4 1937 5.6 11.8 1938 8.1 16.6 1939 21.4 23.0 … In Munich, four Great Powers met together and decided to demand of us the acceptance of new frontiers which separate the German-speaking areas from our State. They confronted us with the choice between a desperate and hopeless defence which would have meant the sacrifice of the whole younger generation, their wives and their children, and the acceptance of the conditions forced upon us… We were abandoned. We stand alone. [Turn over

CHIJ Katong Convent Preliminary Exams 2024 Elective History 2261/02 Sec 4 Express 6 Section B: Essays Answer two questions. 2 “Hitler’s domestic policies harmed the Germans more than it helped them.” How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10] 3 “Truman was responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War in Europe.” How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10] 4 “The Vietnam War was part of the Cold War.” How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10] Copyright Acknowledgements: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Source A © https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/m/munich_agreement.asp Source B © https:// Allan Bullock, "Personality in History: Hitler and Stalin," in Modern History Review, November 1993. Source C © Quoted in J.C Fest, Hitler, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974. Source D © http://www.palgrave.com

CHIJ Katong Convent Preliminary Exams 2024 Elective History 2261/02 Sec 4 Express 7 Source E © https://english.radio.cz/first-abdication-edvard-benes-recalled-80th-anniversary-8149403 Source F © Source: Maria McKay, Germany: 1919 - 1945 (Longman, 1974) Suggested Answers (4E Elective History 2024) (b) Study Sources B and C. How far does Source B prove that Source C was right? Explain your answer. [6] L1 Answers based on undeveloped topic. E.g. Source B proves source C right as both show the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Hitler after the Munich Agreement in 1939. 1 L2 They agree, so source B proves source C right. E.g. Source