2023 Nan Hua Sec 4 Prelim Humanities (History) QP

This paper consists of 6 printed pages. Page 1 of 6 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2023 Subject : Humanities (History) Paper : 2273/02 Level : Secondary Four Express Date : 22 August 2023 Duration : 1 hour 40 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your index number and name on all the work you hand in. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions in the answer booklet provided. Begin each question on a new page. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer one question. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total mark for this paper is 50. NAN HUA HIGH SCHOOL

Nan Hua High School Preliminary Examination 2023 History 2273/02 Page 2 of 6 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. What do you think the address aimed to achieve? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Sources B and C. Does Source B prove that Source C cannot be trusted? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Source D. How useful is Source D as evidence of the Cuban Missile Crisis ? Explain your answer. [5] (d) Study Sources E and F. Having read Source E, are you surprised by Source F? Explain your answer. [6] (e) Study all the sources. ‘The Soviet Union played the most important role in de-escalating tensions in the Cuban Missile Crisis .’ How far do these sources support this view? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your view. [8]

Nan Hua High School Preliminary Examination 2023 History 2273/02 Page 3 of 6 Who played the most important role in de-escalating tensions in the Cuban Missile Crisis? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you answer some of your questions. When a Soviet missile was spotted on a launch site in Cuba on 14 October 1962, Kennedy announced on 22 October a naval blockade to prevent further Soviet missile shipments. As messages were exchanged between Kennedy and Khrushchev, a U-2 spy plane was shot down in Cuba on 27 October by Soviet forces . Aware that t he shooting was unauthorised, both Kennedy and Khrushchev realised that the crisis could spiral out of control at any moment . On 28 October Khrushchev informed Kennedy that the missiles in Cuba would be returned to the Soviet Union. In return, Kennedy committed the United States to never invading Cuba and secretly promised to withdraw the Jupiter missiles stationed in Tu