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YISHUNINNOVAJUNIORCOLLEGEJC2PRELIMINARYEXAMINATIONHigher 1 CANDIDATENAME CG INDEXNO HISTORY Paper1TheColdWarandtheModernWorld(1945-2000) NoAdditionalMaterialsarerequired. 8821/01 23August2023 3hours READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Ananswerbookletwillbeprovidedwiththisquestionpaper. If youneedadditionalanswerpaper, asktheinvigilatorforacontinuationbooklet. Writeyourname,classandquestionnumberontheanswerbookletprovided. SectionAAnswerQuestion1. SectionBAnswertwoquestions. Thenumberofmarksisgiveninthebrackets[ ] attheendofeachquestionorpartquestion. Thisdocumentconsistsof5printedpagesand1blankpage. ©YIJC [Turnover

2 SectionA YoumustanswerQuestion1. THEKOREANWAR 1 Readthesourcesandanswerthequestionswhichfollow. SourceA When theanti-fascist WorldWar wasbrought toavictoriousconclusion, thankstothedecisiverole played bytheSoviet army, thesystemof barbarousJapaneseimperialist rulecollapsedinKorea. The way was opened up for building a Korea for the Koreans, for building a newcountry and anewlifeinconformitytoour people'swill anddemands. Thedemocraticreformscarried out in North Korea during this period have put an end to all the colonial and feudalrelationsthat hadlongretardedthedevelopment of our country'seconomyandculture. However, many difficulties lieontheroadof thedemocraticconstructionof thecountry. Thisisbecause the aggressive army of USimperialismis stationed in South Korea, seeking to turnour country into a colony once again. A gang of lackeys are trying to sell out Korea toimperialism as a colony again. Today, the USAmonopolises all power in South Korea and isdoingeverythinginitsfranticeffort tosuppressthedemocraticforces. Let usmarchvigorouslyaheadfor thefreedomandindependenceof our country! SpeechbyKimIl Sungat theFirst Congressof theKoreanWorkers’ Party, 29August 1946. SourceB In Korea, the government forces, which were armed to prevent border raids and to preserveinternal security, were attacked by invading forces fromNorth Korea. The Security Council ofthe United Nations called upon the invading troops to cease hostilities and to withdrawto the38th parallel. This they have not done, but on the contrary have pressed the attack. TheSecurity Council called upon all members of the United Nations to render every assistance tothe United Nations in the execution of this resolution. In these circumstances I have orderedUnited Statesair andseaforcestogivetheKoreanGovernment troopscover andsupport. Theattack upon Korea makes it plain beyond all doubt that communism has passed beyond theuse of subversion to conquer independent nationsandwill nowusearmedinvasionandwar. Ithas defied the orders of the Security Council of the United Nations issued to preserveinternational peaceandsecurity. President Truman’sPressReleaseonKorea, 27June1950. ©YIJC [Turnover

3 SourceC South Korea was disturbed by guerrilla warfare carried on by Koreans who refused to acceptthe Syngman Rhee regime. In order to surmount the crises of his own regime, SyngmanRheerepeatedly advocated