TMJC_2020_J2H2_P1_Qn_Prelims

TAMPINES MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION CANDIDATE NAME CIVICS GROUP H2 HISTORY Paper 1 Shaping the International Order (1945-2000) 9752/01 18 September 2020 3 hours Additional materials: 12 Page Answer Booklet READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST An answer booklet will be provided with this question paper. You should follow the instructions on the front cover of the answer booklet. If you need additional answer paper, ask the invigilator for a continuation booklet. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. ___________________________________________________________________ This document consists of 5 printed pages.

2 Tampines Meridian Junior College 2020 JC2 Preliminary Examination H2 History SECTION A You must answer Question 1. COLLAPSE OF THE USSR 1 Read the sources and answer the questions which follow: Source A As chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet, I consider it my duty to warn of the growing danger of an exacerbation of interethnic relations and the associated consequences for society. Everyone must obey the laws of the country in which he lives. And the state will uphold these laws with all the means at its disposal. What is seen as key to resolving the problems that have accumulated? All the necessary preconditions must be ensured for economic and social progress, the free development of language and cultur e. The social interests of all republics are firmly interwoven within the framework of the union, and a unified national economic complex based on a countrywide division of labor and production sharing has been established. The richer and brighter the blossoming of each nation is, the stronger our Soviet unity is. A television address by Gorbachev, 3 July 1989. Source B The Sinatra Doctrine signaled the death knoll of the Soviet Union at the relatively tender age of 74. But even before the Soviet Union expired, Moscow’s decision to stop propping up flailing Communist governments from Warsaw to Sofia altered the national security playing field in Eastern Europe. Whether or not the Sinatra Doctrine’s ripple effect alone caused the downfall of the Soviet Union less than two years later is questionable but the rhetoric certainly took on a catalytic role. As the haze surrounding the Sinatra Doctrine cleared, it became obvious that the Soviet leaders did not expect their East European dominoes to forgo Communism immediately or in such dramatic fashion as they did over the next few months. But that’s what happened. Most just crumbled – like the Berlin Wall. An analysis given in 2009 by a former Foreign Service Officer who served from 1970-1998.

3 Tampines Meridian Junior College 2020 JC2 Preliminary Examination H2 History Source C A US Air Force artistic concept