YISS E-Hist 2025 Prelim QP

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[2] YI THE FIRST PRESIDENT SCHOOL Humanities (History) Sec 4 Exp Prelim Examination2025 Section A: Source-Based Case Study Question 1 is 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.Why do you think this cartoon was published? Explain your answer. [5](b)Study Source B.How useful is this source as evidence about the Munich Agreement? Explain your answer. [5](c)Study Source C.How surprised are you by what this source says? Explain your answer. [6](d)Study Sources D and E.Does Source E prove that Source D was wrong about the Munich Agreement? Explain your answer. [6](e)Study all sources.‘Chamberlain was right to sign the Munich Agreement.’ How far do these sources support this view? Use the sources and your knowledge to support your answer. [8]

[3] YI THE FIRST PRESIDENT SCHOOL Humanities (History) Sec 4 Exp Prelim Examination2025 The Munich AgreementBACKGROUND INFORMATIONRead this carefully. It may help you answer some of the questions.In March 1938, Hitler annexed Austria (the Anschluss), and soon after turned his attention to the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, claiming to protect ethnic Germans living there. As tensions rose in Europe, Britain followed a policy of appeasement—aimed at avoiding war by conceding to some of Hitler’s demands. This approach led to the Munich Conference of September 1938, where Chamberlain agreed to allow Hitler to take the Sudetenland. Chamberlain believed that this c