CWSS 2022 Prelim

COMMONWEALTHSECONDARYSCHOOL MID-YEAREXAMINATION2022 HUMANITIES(SOCIALSTUDIES,HISTORY)HUMANITIES(SOCIALSTUDIES,LITERATUREINTAMIL) Name:_____________________________________( ) Class:___________ SECONDARYFOUREXPRESS/SECONDARYFIVENORMAL(ACADEMIC)Paper1:SocialStudies AdditionalMaterials:AnswerPapers 2273/ 012289/ 015MAY20220800- 09451hour45minutes READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Writeyour name, indexnumber andclassonthequestionpaper andonanyseparateanswersheetsused.Writeindarkblueor blackpen.Donot usestaples, paper clips, andglueor correctionfluid. SectionAAnswer all questions SectionBAnswer bothquestions Fastenandsubmit your answersfor SectionsAandBseparately.Thenumber of marksisgiveninbrackets[ ] at theendof eachquestionor part question. Thispaperconsistsof6printedpages. [Turnover

2 CommonweatlhSecondarySchool2022MYE SECTIONA(Source-BasedCaseStudy) Answerallquestions. BeingpartofaGlobalizedWorld StudytheBackgroundInformationandthesourcescarefully, andthenanswerallthequestions. Youmayuseanyofthesourcestohelpyouanswerthequestions,inadditiontothosesourceswhichyouaretoldtouse.Inansweringthequestions,youshoulduseyourknowledgeoftheissuetohelpyouinterpretandevaluatethesources. 1 StudySourceA WhywasSourceA created?Explainyouranswerwithdetailsfromthesource. [5] 2 StudySourcesBandC. Doyouthinkthesoftwareengineerin SourceCwouldhaveagreedwiththeauthorinSourceB? Explainyouranswer. [6] 3 StudySourceD. Howusefulis SourceD in showingtheeffectsof COVID-19on bigcompanies?Explainyouranswer. [7] 4 StudySourcesEandF. AfterreadingSourceF, doyoutrustSourceE?Explainyouranswer. [7] 5 “Globalisationhasmadetheglobaleconomymorevulnerabletocrisis.” Usingthesourcesinthiscasestudy, explainhowfaryouwouldagreewiththisstatement.Explainyouranswer. [10]

3 HowhastheCOVID-19pandemicaffectedtheglobaleconomy? BACKGROUNDINFORMATION Readthiscarefully. Itmayhelpyoutoanswersomeofthequestions. InDecember2019,thefirstknownoutbreakoftheCOVID-19virusstrainwasreportedfromWuhan,China.Sincethen,theWorldHealthOrganisationhasdeclareda globalpandemicandcountriesallaroundtheworldwereaffectednotjustin termsofhealthcare,butalsoeconomically. Globalsupplychains(networkbetweencompaniesandtheirsupplierstoproduceanddistributea productto thefinalbuyer)weredisrupted.Multiplenationallockdownsaroundtheworldin 2020slowedoreventemporarilystoppedtheflowofrawmaterialsandfinishedgoods,disruptingmanufacturingasa result.Reductioninbusinessactivitieshadalsoledto an increasein unemploymentfor variousindustries,withthehardesthit beingsmallandmediumenterprises(SMEs)as wellas brickandmortarcompanies(companiesthatdonotoperateovertheinternet).Atthesametime,variouspartiesrangingfromgovernments,privatecompaniesto individualshaverespondedindifferentwaysandtovaryingsuccess. StudythefollowingsourcestoassesshowtheCOVID-19pandemichasaffectedtheglobaleconomy. SourceA:TakenfromtheInternationalChamberofCommerce’s(ICC*)officialwebsite. ICChaslauncheda callforurgentanddecisiveactiontoSaveOurSMEs*andcombattheeconomicrepercussionsoftheCOVID-19