NCHS 2025 HIST PRELIM P2 QP+MS

Name: Register Number: Class: PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2025 SECONDARY FOUR HISTORY 2174/02 Paper 2 29 August 2025, Friday 1 hour 50 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. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. Please start your answer for Section B on a fresh page. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work for Sections A and B separately. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total marks for this paper is 50. This paper consists of 6 printed pages including the cover page. For Marker’s Use

2 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 Sources A and B. In what ways are Sources A and B different as evidence about why the Soviets started the Berlin Blockade? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Source C. How surprised are you by this cartoon? Explain your answer using details from the source. [6] (c) Study Source D. Does Source D prove that the US was determined to help the people of West Berlin? Explain your answer. [5] (d) Study Source E. Why did the cartoonist draw this at that time? Explain your answer. [6] (e) Study all the sources. ‘The Soviets were to blame for the Berlin Blockade.’ How far do these sources support this view? Use the sources and your knowledge to support your answer. [8]

3 The Berlin Blockade BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you answer some of the questions. At the Potsdam Conference in 1945, Germany was divided into four zones of occupation, one for each Allied power under the Four -Powers Agreement. Berlin, located within the Soviet Zone, was also split into four. In 1947, t he United States and Britain merged their zones for economic recovery, with France joining on 21 June 1948. Around the same time, a new currency was introduced in the Western zones. Alarmed by these developments, the S