ACSI 2025 H(E) QP

1 Name: ________________________________ ( ) Class: ________________ Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2025 YEAR FOUR (O-levels) Humanities History 2261/02 Thursday 14 August 2025 1 hr 50min INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES • Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so. • Section A: Answer all parts of Question 1. • Section B: Answer two questions. • If you use more than one sheet of writing paper, fasten them together. Attach the answer cover page to the TOP of your answers. • Be careful to number all questions attempted correctly. • The maximum mark for this examination paper is [50 marks]. Section A: __________/30 marks Section B: __________/20 marks Total marks obtained: __________/ 50 marks Parent/ Guardian’s Signature and Date: ____________________ This question paper consists of 6 pages, including the cover page.

2 Section A: Source-Based Case Study Question 1 is compulsory 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. What can you infer from Source A regarding British reason for adopting an appeasement policy? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Source B. How reliable is th is source to a historian studying British foreign policy in Europe? Explain your answer. [5] (c) Study Source C. How useful is this source as evidence of British responses towards the government’s policy of appeasement? Explain your answer. [6] (d) Study Sources D and E. How far does Source E prove that Source D was right about Hitler’s intentions in Europe? Explain your answer. [6] (e) Study all the sources. “The British were justified in their pursuit of the appeasement policy” How far do you agree with this view? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. [8]

3 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you answer some of the questions. Appeasement in Europe The policy of appeasement was a key feature of British and French foreign policy in the 1930s, particularly in response to the aggressive expansion of Nazi Germany. Rooted in the desire to avoid another devastating conflict like World War I, appeasement involved making concessions to Hitler in the hopes that his demands would be satisfied and peace maintained. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain believed that these concessions would secure "peace for our time." Was British pursuit of appeasement justified, or did it merely delay and worsen the inevitable conflict? Source A: A British soldier shared his World War I experience