NCHS Sec 4 HY Prelim P1 (With Answers)

Name: RegisterNumber: Class: PRELIMINARYEXAMINATION2024SECONDARYFOUR HISTORY Paper 1 2174/01 Additional Material: WritingPaper 19August2024,Monday 1hour50minutes READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Writeyour name, classandindexnumber onall theworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueor blackpen.Donot usestaples, paper clips, glueor correctionfluid. SectionAAnswerallpartsof Question1. SectionBAnswer twoquestions.Start your answer for SectionBonafreshpage. At theendof theexamination, fastenall your workfor SectionsAandBseparately. Thenumber of marksisgiveninbrackets[ ] at theendof eachquestionor part question.Thetotal marksfor thispaper is50. Thisdocument consistsof6printedpagesincludingthecover page.

SectionA:Source-basedCaseStudy Question1iscompulsoryforallcandidates. StudytheBackgroundInformationandthesourcescarefully, andthenanswerallthequestions. Youmayuseanyofthesourcestohelpyouanswerthequestions,inadditiontothosesourcesyou are toldto use.In answeringthe questions,youshoulduseyourknowledgeofthetopictohelpyouinterpretandevaluatethesources. 1 (a) StudySourceA. Whatisthecartoonist’sattitudetowardstheNazi-SovietPact?Explainyouranswerusingdetailsfromthecartoon. [5] (b) StudySourcesBandC. Howdifferentarethesetwosources?Explainyouranswer. [6] (c) StudySourceD. HowsurprisedareyoubywhatStalinsaysaboutChamberlain?Explainyouranswer. [6] (d) StudySourceE. Whatisthemessageofthiscartoon?Explainyouranswer. [5] (e) Studyallthesources. ‘StalinwasrighttosigntheNazi-SovietPactin1939.’ Howfardothesesourcessupportthisview?Usethesourcesandyourknowledgetoexplainyouranswer. [8] 2

TheNazi-SovietNon-AggressionPactTheNazi-SovietNon-AggressionPact,otherwiseknownas theMolotov-RibbentropPactwassignedon23rdAugust1939byNaziGermanyandtheSovietUnionshortlybeforeWorldWar II. In thePact,thetwoformerenemiesagreedtotakenomilitaryactionagainsteachotherforthenext10years.WithEuropeonthebrinkofanothermajorwar, SovietleaderJosephStalinviewedthePactasawaytokeephiscountryonpeacefultermswithGermany, whilegivinghimtimetobuilduptheSovietmilitary. TheSovietarmywasseverelyweakenedafterStalin’s GreatPurgein1937,wherehehadimprisonedorexecutedmanymilitarygeneralsandofficersforgoingagainsthim.Ontheotherhand,HitlerwantedtoreclaimthePolishCorridorandthecityofDanzig.HewasconfidentthatthePolishforcescouldbedefeatedeasily. Hence,thePactensuredthatGermanywouldbe ableto invadePolandunopposedby theSovietUnion.However, thePactfellaparton22June1941whenNaziforcesinvadedtheSovietUnion.DidStalinmaketherightdecisionbysigningthisPactin1939? SourceA: 3 ABritishcartoonist’sdepictionoftheNazi-SovietNon-AggressionPact, 21October1939.Thecaptionreads‘Someoneistakingsomeoneforawalk’.

SourceB: It maybeasked:howcouldtheSovietGovernmenthaveconsentedtoconcludeanon-aggressionpactwithsuchtreacherousmonstersasHitlerandRibbentrop?Wasthisnota mistakeonthepartoftheSovietgovernment?Ofcoursenot!ItwasapactthatGermanyproposedtousin 1939.Nosinglepeace-lovingStatecoulddeclineapeacetreatyeventhoughit washeadedbysuchmonstersandcannibalsasHitlerandRibbe