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1 YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMIINARY EXAMINATION 2009 H1 AND H2 HISTORY 9731/01 & 8814/01 INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 24/08/2009 PAPER 1 MONDAY 1400h-1700h Additional materials: 1 piece of cover page YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE YISHUN JUNIOR COL L E GE YISHUN JU NIOR C O LLE GE YISHUN J U NIO R COLLEG E Y I SHU N JUNIO R COL L E GE TIME 3 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name and CTG in the spaces provided on the cover page. Answer FOUR questions, the compulsory source-based question in Section A and any 3 questions in Section B. At the end of the examination, please hand in your answers to Paper 1 with the cover page placed on top of the answer scripts. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers. Each question is 25 marks.

2 Section A You must answer Question 1. UNITED NATIONS AND PEACE EFFORTS DURING THE COLD WAR ERA 1 Read the sources and then answer the question. Source A The UN did not boast a glorious hist ory; only chauvinistic nations boas t of glorious histories. But the UN created Israel, joined the United States in the war against North Korea, helped put an end to colonial empires at Suez, ended the secession of Katanga…It hosted such visionary figures as Dag Hammarskjold, Adlai Stevenson, and Ral ph Bunche….All in all, it could boast a distinguished and action-packed history. While taking part in some of the most tumultuous events of the century, the United Nations had served