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NANYANG JUNIOR COLLEGE Year Two Preliminary Examination 2018 HISTORY Paper 1 The Cold War and the Modern World (1945 – 2000) No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and civics tutorial group on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 5 printed pages. [Turn over 8821/01 12 SEP 2018 3 hours

2 8821/01 H1 History Preliminary Examination 2018 Section A You must answer Question 1. THE END OF THE COLD WAR 1. Read the sources and then answer the questions which follow. Source A We are now living in a new world. And end has been put to the Cold War and to the arms race, as well as to the mad militarization of the country, which has crippled our economy, public attitudes and morals. The threat of nuclear war has been removed. Once again I would like to stress that during this transitional period, I did everything that needed to be done to ensure that there was reliable control of nuclear weapons. We opened up ourselves to the rest of the world, abandoned the practices of interfering in others’ internal affairs and using troops outside this country. We have become one of the key strongholds in te rms of restructuring modern civilization on a peaceful democratic basis. The nations of peoples of this country have acquired the right to freely choose their format for self-determination. Extracted from Gorbachev’s farewell address to the Soviet Union, December 1991. Source B “Actually found a use for these after all” Political cartoon by a Canadian artist, published 2014. [Turn over

3 8821/01 H1 History Preliminary Examination 2018 Source C Question: Have you succeeded in deepening that mutual understanding in the course of today's meeting? President Bush: I think clearly there has been a developing mutual understanding over the years. I'm convinced that our meeting in the United States, at Camp David particularly, furthered that understanding. I think the