EJC_H1_Hist_Prelim_Paper

EUNOIA JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2020 General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Higher 1 HISTORY The Cold War and the Modern World (1945-2000) 8821 31 August 2020 3 hours Additional Materials: Answer Booklet READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, civics group and question number on the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the pages in the Answer Booklet. Write your answer to each question in the booklet. Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. Start each answer on a fresh page in the Answer Booklet. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. At the end of the examination, all work must be handed in. If you have used any additional booklets, please insert them inside the 12-page Answer Booklet. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 5 printed pages and 1 blank page.

2 [Turn over] Section A You must answer Question 1. The Korean War 1 Read the sources and answer the questions which follow. Source A The emerging picture of post -Cold War scholarship on the Korean War fleshes out Khrushchev’s point that the idea for the attack was Kim Il Sung’s. Kim doggedly pressed Stalin to approve the invasion. Stalin seemed interested, but asked Kim to come back with a more detailed plan before he decided. When Kim returned, Stalin expressed concern about possible American reaction, but neither seriously questioned nor discouraged Kim. Kim, in order to get a definite answer from Stalin, made a strong case just to persuade Stalin to agree, and succeeded in the end. The North Koreans then used military support from the USSR and China throughout the war, which included advice on military tactics and political or negotiating strategy, encouragement of the North to keep fighting after the Incheon reversal, approval of training for North Korean pilots, and a generous supply of Chinese troops provided by Mao as part of active support, to their advantage, withstanding the American-led military campaign. From an academic article written by an American political scientist, published in 2014. Source B Kim stated that when he was in Moscow, Comrade Stalin said to him that it was not necessary to attack the south. In case of an attack on the north by the army of Syngman Rhee, then it is possible to go on the counteroffensive to the south of Korea. But sin ce Syngman Rhee is still not instigating an attack, it means that the liberation of the people of the southern part of the country and the unification of the country are being drawn out. He (Kim Il Sung) thinks that he needs again to visit Comrade Stalin and receive an order and permission for offensive action by the Peoples’ Army for the purpose of the libe