2012_RVHS_HIST_H2_P2

This document consists of 4 printed pages. [Turn over HISTORY Paper 2 History of Southeast Asia c1900 - 1997 9731/02 12 September 2012 3 hours No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your index number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work for each section securely. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 6 Preliminary Examinations in preparation for General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Higher 2 Name: ____________________________ Class:________

2 © RVHS Prelims 2012 Section A You must answer Question 1. 1 Read the sources and then answer the question. When answering Quest ion 1 candidates are advised to pay particular attention to the interpretation and evaluation of the sources both individually and as a group. Source A The 1971 Declaration on the Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality constituted ASEAN's first collecti ve expression of its political goals and direction. The First ASEAN Summit in 1976 adopted the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia and the Declaration of ASEAN Concord. The 1992 adoption of the Framework Agreement on Enhancing ASEAN Eco nomic Cooperation is an important milestone in achieving ASEAN economic integration. It launched the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme as the main mechanism for AFTA. The establishment of the ASEAN Regional Fo rum in 1994 is a historic event for the Asia -Pacific. The ARF is the first and only Asia-Pacific forum for political and security dialogue and cooperation. An excerpt taken from an interview with Rodolfo C Severino, Jr, Secretary-General of ASEAN. Source B Weaknesses and tensions have been exposed in ASEAN as a result of its enlargement and the economic crisis in East Asia. Some members of the group, notably the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, are raising human rights issues in other ASEAN countries that were previously regarded as strictly the internal affairs of the nation concerned. ASEAN countries vary greatly in size, systems of government and levels of economic development. Burma, Laos and Vietnam - which shunned ASEAN during the Cold War - joined in the past few years and remain staunchly authoritarian. The economic crisis and ASEAN's enlargement - which will be complete when Cambodia joins at a special ceremony in Hanoi on April 30 - are both contributing to the group's tarnished image and current weakness. Taken from the International Herald Tribune,