Dunman Sec S2 History 2023 EOY

DUNMAN SECONDARY SCHOOL CANDIDATE NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION 2023 SECONDARY 2 EXPRESS HISTORY 27 September 2023 Additional Materials: Writing Paper 1 hour 15 minutes String READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class, index number and question number on all the work that you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use correction fluid. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer all questions. At the end of the examination, submit the following SEPARATELY: • Section A • Section B The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part of a question. The total number of marks for this paper is 35. This document consists of 5 printed pages.

2 HISTORY/EYE/2EXP/2023 - Section A: Source-Based Question [15 marks] Study the sources and Question 1 carefully, and then answer all parts of the question. For each question part, you should use the source(s) indicated to help you answer the question. In answering the questions, you should also use your knowledge of the topic to interpret and analyse the sources. 1(a) Study Source A. What can you infer about the Sook Ching Operation? Explain your answer, using details from the cartoon. [4] (b) Study Source B. Why was Source B published? Explain your answer. [5] (c) Study Sources C and D. How different are Sources C and D? Explain your answer. [6]

3 HISTORY/EYE/2EXP/2023 The Japanese Occupation Source A: A cartoon by Singaporean cartoonist Liu Kang.The caption of the source reads “Those chosen to be massacred were often made to dig their own graves before they were killed by the Japanese soldiers”. Source B: Adapted from a comment by Army Chief of Japanese Army in the Syonan Times 23 Feb 1942. It is hereby declared that the recent arrests of hostile and rebellious Chinese have been carried out. It goes without saying that they are indeed so -called traitors. Thus, it is most important to sweep away these disloyal Chinese elements. The Japanese Army had never dreamt of having to use har sh methods so suddenly. It was the unfriendly Chinese and their cooperation with Japan’s enemy against us that deserved the anger of the Japanese army. If the Chinese had accepted Japanese rule, the army would have treated them well. Japanese Soldiers

4 HISTORY/EYE/2EXP/2023 Source C: Adapted from a view expressed by