Victoria School - 2022 SA 2 LORMS

This paper consists of 7 printed pages, including the cover page. [Turn over Class Register Number Name HUMANITIES (SOCIAL STUDIES) 22/S4SA2/SS FRIDAY 26 August 2022 1 hour 45 minutes VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHO OL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHO OL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTOR IA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL SEMESTRAL EXAMINATON TWO SECONDARY FOUR Additional Material: Writing Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Section A: Answer all questions. Section B: Answer all questions. Begin each question on a fresh page. 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. The total number of marks for this paper is 50. Setters: Mr Khoo Kay Yong & Mr Leo Hock Leng

2 VICTORIA SCHOOL 22/S4SA2/SS Section A (Source-Based Case Study) Answer all questions. Being Part of a Globalised World Study the background information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions, you should use your knowledge of the issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. 1) Study Sources A. What is the message of the cartoonist? Explain your answer using details of the source. [6] 2) Study Sources B and C. Does Source B make Source C surprising? Explain your answer. [7] 3) Study Sources D and E. How similar are these two sources? Explain your answer. [6] 4) Study Source F. Why did the Prime Minister make this comment? Explain your answer. [6] 5) ‘Globalisation is no longer beneficial.’ Using the sources in th is case study, explain how far you would agree with this statement. [10]

3 VICTORIA SCHOOL 22/S4SA2/SS Is the world becoming less globalised? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. Globalisation describes how trade, transportation and technology made the world more connected and interdependent. The last three decades saw an unprecedented movement of people, money, materials, goods and ideas. Trade led to higher incomes, technology enabled users to create and consume digital entertainment. Transportation facilitated the flow of goods from producers to consumers around the world. However, globalisation also meant dangers and disasters spread quickly. Trade can be disrupted by political events such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Profits can be wiped out by financial or political crises. Livelihoods can be negatively impacted by shortages of goods and inflation. Some governments try to protect their own economies further fracturing trade. The world becomes more fragmented in what is termed “deglobalisation.” Study the following sources to assess if globalisation is still beneficial despite the negative effects.

4 VICTORIA SCHOOL 22/S4SA2/SS Source A: A cartoon published on “Call to Change” Facebook page in May 2022.

5 VICTORIA SCHOOL 22/S4SA2/SS Source B: A photo that went viral on social media in Mar ch 2022. The photo was captioned “McDonald's is closing in Russia, here is what my friend did.” Source C: From Russian President Vladimir Putin to leaders of countries that are allied to Russia after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, May 2022. Sometimes when you look at those who leave - from BP to McDonald's - thank God, perhaps? We will occupy their niches: our business, our production - it has already grown, and it will safely sit on the ground prepared by our partners . Mercedes would still be available . It will be a little more expensive but there are people who already dr ive Mercedes and they will still do s o. I can assure you we will bring them in from wherever, from whichever country. We are not going to cut ourselves off from this. We are going through a period of economic difficulty. T hey want to squeeze us out a bit, but in the modern world this is simpl y unrealistic, impossible. Yes, we face problems in supply chains and transport. But everything can be adjusted, everything can be built in a new way and it helps us to become stronger.

6 VICTORIA SCHOOL 22/S4SA2/SS Source D: From a report on a news website, May 2022 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she fears the risk of a world recession less than "the risk that we are going to walk into a world with more fragmentation, with trade blocs and currency blocs, separating what was up to now still a n integrated world economy. The trend of fragmentation is strong," Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess said he was concerned by the discussions of new bloc building . “Europe and Germany depend on open markets. We would always try to keep the world open. This way now of nations or big blocs becoming too self-sufficient there really is a big risk of closing world. And less competitiveness. So we are really looking and hoping for open markets, which are just much better for the world." Global supply chain dependenci es may be seen as problem now, but they also "help people talk to each other," he said. Source E: A comment by Mr Caleb Rajah Selvarajah, a chicken breeder in Johor, speaking to ChannelNewsAsia, May 2022. A lot of small farms that breed chickens for overseas buyers are worried by the government ban on exports. Exporting helps keep the farms running . Malaysia is 114 per cent self -sufficient in the production of chicken . Export means the industry can grow . But without export we will die. T he government’s price keeps chicken prices low, but the costs of chicken feed keep increasing month by month, am I supposed to subsidise the difference?” We will lose out in the long run as Singapore could be looking at other nearby countries to replace chicken from Malaysia. When Malaysia put a temporary ban on the export of eggs during COVID -19 then we were experiencing shortages because we were exporting about four million eggs a month to Singapore. When the ban was lifted, Singapore has reduced its import by half which had caused a surplus of eggs here. Source F: From Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s comment to the Singapore media, May 2022. Governments are under pressure, and sometimes they take unconventional measures, for example, banning exports of products, and several governments have done this. It is regrettable that as a consumer country which imports food, we are adversely impacted. The answer is not what we do now, but what we have been doing now for several years, which has been to build up our buffer stocks and resiliency and diversify our sources . So that whe n any single source is interrupted, we are not unduly affected, and if you can't buy chicken from one pl