RI Y4 History FE 2019

NAME: CLASS: NO: RAFFLES INSTITUTION 2019 FINAL EXAMINATION Subject Level Date Time HISTORY YEAR 4 17 July 2019 (Wednesday) 0800 - 0945 (1 h 45 min) INSTRUCTIONS 1. This paper carries a total of 40 marks. 2. lIt consists of TWO sections: SectionA (Source-based Question) Section B (Essay Question) 25 marks 15 marks 3. Pupils are to answer ALL the questions in Sections A and B. 4. Begin each new section on a fresh sheet of writing paper. 5. Write in dark blue or black ink on both sides of the paper. 6. Indicate the sections and label the questions correctly. 7. Hand in the answers to Sections A and B SEPARATELY . THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 5 PRINTED PAGES EXCLUDING THE COVER PAGE. 247

Section A: Source-based Question [25 marks] Study the sources carefully, and answer all the questions. In addition to the sOurces which you are instructed to use, you may use any of the other sources to help you answer the questions if necessary. In answering the questions, you should ISe your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. 1 (a) Study Source A. Whose perspective do you think this cartoon re fl ects? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Sources B and C. To what extent are the twO sources different? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Source D. How surprised are you by Sir John Simon's comments? Explain your answer. [7] (d) Study Sources E and F. How useful is Source E as evidence in helping you understand Japanese expansionism in the early 1930s? Explain your answer. 1 249

Was Japan justi fi ed in occupying Manchuria in 1931? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you answer some of the questions. Following the Meiji Restoration, Japan began pursuing an increasingly aggressive foreign policy. As early as 1894-95, the Japanese asserted their interests in China through amed con fl ict, and continued to impose demands on China even in the midst of the First World War. In September 1931, armed clashes between the Kwantung Army (Imperial Japanese Army) and Chinese forces along a section of the South Manchurian Railway Line led to the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. China appealed to the League of Nations, which responded by sending the Lytton Commission to assess the situation in Manchuria. The report from the Lytton Commission was released in October 1932, and Japan protested vehemently at its fi ndings. Source A: A cartoon created in 1931 in response to the Manchurian Crisis. JAPAMESE GOVT . PROMISES WORLD COUAT L. OF N, COVENANT SHAo PORT TREAT KELLQGE DACT NINE POWER TREATY ARAN 2

Source B: An extract from the report of the Lytton Commission, October 1932. The Japanese... had a carefully prepared plan to meet the case of possible hostilities between themselves and the Chinese. On the night of September 18h-19th [1931] this plan was put into operation with swiftness and precision. The Chinese... had no plan of attacking the Japanese troops, or of endangering the lives or property of Japanese nationals at this p