DHS_2008 Prelim - H2 History Paper 2

DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOL Year 6 Preliminary Examination 2008 ______________________________________________________________________ HISTORY 9731/02 Paper 2 History of Southeast Asia c1900-1997 9 September 2008 3 hours Additional Materials: Answer Paper C o v e r P a g e ______________________________________________________________________ READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. 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 securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. This document consists of 4 printed pages.

2 Section A ASEAN AND THE CAMBODIAN CRISIS 1 Read the sources, and then answer the question. Source A When Vietnam invaded Cambodia, the Vi etnamese really believed that the ASEAN response would be no more than passing, sterile rhetoric. ASEAN decided that it had to do something to help out a partner, Thailand, who was immediately threatened. We were convin ced that if we did not stand up to Vietnamese aggression, we would be the next victims. Even when ASEAN submitted a resolution calling on the Vietnamese to withdraw from Cambodia, the Vietnamese really thought t hat ASEAN would make a lo t of noise and then we would accept the situation. To the surprise of the Vietnamese and their friends, nothing of that happened. The fact that ASEAN is able to mobilise more support in the UN against the combined lobbying of Vietnam and its communist allies is proof that ASEAN is not ineffectual. It is an ASEAN effort. Interview given in 1985 by S. Rajaratnam, former Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Source B The solidarity that was achieved over Cambodia was often on paper, while behind the scene the member countries tug ged and pulled in different directions. In fact, a reason behind ASEAN success ha s been its ability to gently trim its common sails to accommodate the different wind currents rather than let them plunder asunder. Development of a tw o-tier approach in which individual members conduct one set of policies to wards Vietnam while ASEAN, as an organization, enunciates another has hel ped to maintain a common public posture. An excerpt from an academic article published in a Western journal in 1990 Source C ASEAN countries have succeeded in forg ing a greater consensus of views on major issues. This has made it possible for the Association to speak with one voice at international fora, thus pres enting a united front on matters of significance for the region. One notable example of this is the common stand taken by the ASEAN countries on the c ontinued Vietnamese military occupation of Kampuchea