CJC Preliminary Examinations 2012 Paper 1 - Question Paper

1 CATHOLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS 2012 HISTORY 9731/01 8814/01 Paper 1 International History, 1945 – 2000 22 August 2012 No Additional Materials are required. 1300 – 1600 h (3 hours) READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and home tutorial group on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. . INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES All questions in this paper carry equal marks. Start each answer on a fresh sheet of paper. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. This question paper consists of 4 printed pages

2 © CJC 2012 | HISTORY 9731/01 & 8814/01| PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Section A You must answer Question 1. THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT 1. Read the sources and then answer the question. Source A The United Nations established the UN Special Commission on Palestine (UNSCOP) to find a solution to the growing c onflict between the indigenous Palestinian population and the large number of Zionist Jews who sought their own state in the former British mandate for Palestine (1920 – 1946). UNSCOP recommended partitioning Palestine into Jewish and Arab states and placi ng Jerusalem under international administration. The General Assembly accepted this formula in Resolution 181 (UN Partition Plan), which the Security Council endorsed. Zionist leaders accepted the plan but Palestinians and regional Arab leaders rejected it as the “theft” of Palestinian land. On May 14, 1948, Zionist leaders declared the independence of Israel within the borders assigned by Resolution 181. The Arab states… responded with military intervention. Robert Pubantz, “The UN’s longest Collective Security Crisis: the Arab-Israeli Dispute”, 2006. Source B Lester Pearson, Canada‘s Foreign Minister, campaigned for creating the UNEF… (which) proved particularly effective. The diligent efforts of Pearson… as well as many others oversaw deployment o f the UN-sponsored emergency force designed to bring peace to Suez while vowing to respect Egyptian sovereignty. In return, Nasser agreed to honour the canal‘s significance as an international artery of world trade. As a result, the international commu nity—including Britain and France —recognized Egypt‘s jurisdiction while Egyptian officials enforced nearly unfettered access to the Canal Zone. Steps taken towards enacting an Arab -Israeli peace agreement proved more complex. Deployment of the UNEF meant that a considerable portion of Egyptian -Israeli national security concerns became the UN‘s responsibility. Though slow to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, Israeli forces respecte