Meridian Sec S2 History 2023 EOY

MSS 2E EOY 2023 Humanities (History) Name: Class: Sec _____ Index No.: _______ MERIDIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATIONS 2023 HUMANITIES HISTORY 5 October 2023 SECONDARY 2 EXPRESS 1 hour 15 minutes Additional Material: Writing Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Section A Answer all questions on foolscap paper. Section B Answer 2 questions on foolscap paper. Write all answers on foolscap. Tie the papers together using the string provided. The marks for each question is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 35. For Examiner’s Use Total Marks ∕ 35 This question paper consists of 5 printed pages, including this page. [Turn over 222EEE

MSS 2E EOY 2023 Humanities (History) 2 Section A: Source-Based Case Study [16 marks] Study the sources and question 1 carefully, and then answer all the parts of the question. For each question part, you should use the source(s) indicated to help you answer the question, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the question, you should use your knowledge of the issue to help you interpret and analyse the sources. 1 (a) Study Source A. What is the message of this source? Use details from the source to explain your answer. [4] (b) Study Source B. Why did Mr Lee Kuan Yew make this speech in Source B? Explain your answer. [5] (c) Study Sources C and D. How different are the two sources in explaining the cause of separation? Explain your answer. [6]

MSS 2E EOY 2023 [Turn over Humanities (History) 3 Why did Singapore separate from Malaysia in 1963? Source A: A cartoon showing the diverse team of PAP government doing a traditional Chinese performance. Published in Straits Time in June 1960. Source B: Adapted from a speech by Mr Lee Kuan Yew at the Federal Parliament in May 1965. Singapore, an upcoming attraction $968 million worth of development Lee Kuan Yew Yes, there are Chinese millionaires in big cars and houses. Should we then make a few Malay millionaires with big cars and big houses? How does it help the rest of the Malays? Instead of telling people that they are poor because opposition members oppose Malay rights, we must ensure that all Malaysian citizens have the right to a high level of training and education. This is what must be done, isn’t it? Not to feed them the idea that all they have to do is get Malay rights for a few special Malays and their problem would be solved. Dr Goh Keng Swee, Minister of Finance

MSS 2E EOY 2023 Humanities (History) 4 Source C: Remark made by then Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Goh Keng Swee in July 1965 to Tun Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. Source D: An extract on the separation from The Economist, published in March 2015. Well, we leave Malaysia, become an independent state, and you will be relieved of all these troubles, and we would also be relieved of troubles from you. All these tensions that have built up, communal tensions, will all be over. Quite honestly, I am not sure. But I’ve had enough of Malaysia. I just want to get out. I could see no future in it; the political cost was dreadful and the economic benefits, well, didn't exist." Singapore joined the federation in 1963, which from then on was called Malaysia. However, Singaporean politicians were angered at provisions written into Malaysia’s constitution, which granted the federation’s ethnic-Malay majority special privileges. Malaysian leaders, on the other hand, felt that Singapore’s predominantly Chinese populace threatened their country’s Malay heritage, and feared the new state would suck wealth from the mainland. So Malaysia’s parliament voted to expel Singapore in 1965.

MSS 2E EOY 2023 [Turn over Humanities (History) 5 Section B: Structured Essay Question [20 marks] Answer only two out of the 3 questions. 2 This question is about the Japanese Occupation of Singapore. (a) Describe the daily experience of the locals during the Japanese Occupation. [4] (b) Explain how the Japanese established their control in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation. [6] 3 This question is about the merger of Singapore and Malaya. (a) Describe Tunku Abdul Rahman’s concerns about the merger with Singapore. [4] (b) Explain how the desire for Singapore’s independence led to the merger with Malaya. [6] 4 This question is about the post-independence of Singapore. (a) Describe the security threats Singapore faced internally after independence. [4] (b) Explain how the Singapore government dealt with the security problems faced after independence. [6] End of Paper Copyright acknowledgements: Source A Adapted from online source,https://www.jstor.org/stable/24492454 Accessed on 27 Jul 2021. Source B Adapted from Lee, K.Y., The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2012. Source C Tan, S. S., ‘Goh Keng Swee: A Portrait’, Toppan Security Printing, 2007 Source D Adapted from online source, https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2015/03/22/how-singapore-gained- its-independence, Accessed on 13 July 2021

MSS 2E EOY 2023 Humanities (History) 6 Sec 2EX History EOY Answer Scheme 1 (a) Study Source A. What is the message of this source? Use details from the source to explain your answer. [4] L1 Describes source/ Lifts directly from source PAP had members from different races. 1 L2 Makes weak inference, supported PAP promoted racial harmony. From the cartoon, I can see that the performance was put up by different races amongst the performers. 2 L3 Makes valid inference(s), supported. Supported means the evidence is relevant. Award 3 marks for 1 valid inference with evidence only. Award 4 marks for evidence explained. The source tells me that the PAP government believed strongly in multiracialism. From the cartoon, I can see that the performance was put up by different races amongst the performers. There are Malay participants as seen in the men in songkok, there is also a Sikh in turban and Lee Kuan Yew who is Chinese as the leader in the performers. This shows that the government believed in ensuring that the government must be multiracial so as to represent the different communities in Singapore. Being multiracial was the key to success for a good governance in Singapore. Or The source tells me that the PAP government was focused on the economic development of Singapore. The cartoon shows that while the whole performance by PAP members was taking place in the center of the stage, the show was in the background. In the foreground was Dr Goh holding a sign showing the upcoming development in Singapore which requires “$968million”. This meant that Singapore needed to attract attention to the work of the PAP so that it was able to attract investments and gather the required support and capital for the upcoming projects responsible for the economic devel