KWUN TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL
Yearly Examination 2019-2020
History
Class: S.3A/B/C/D Max. Mark: 40
Name: _____________________ Date : 13-7-2020
Class No.: ________ Time: 8:30-9:15
Instructions to students:
1. Answer all questions.
2. Put all your answers in the spaces provided on the ANSWER SHEET.
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A. Multiple choice questions (7 marks)
Choose the best answer for the following questions.
1. Which of the following ideologies were adopted by totalitarian governments in the 1930s?
i. Nazism ii. Fascism iii. Democracy
A. i and ii B. ii and iii
C. i and iii D. All of the above
2. Which of the following was not the impact of the Second World War?
A. Science and technology made rapid progress. B. All countries faced economic problems.
B. The Unites States became a superpower. D The League of Nations was established.
3. In August 1939, Germany and ____________ signed a non-aggression pact.
A. Britain B. France
C. Poland D. The Soviet Union
4. Which policy was imposed on Hong Kong during the Three Years and Eight Months
i. Food rationing ii. Forced repatriation of HK people to China
iii. Military notes iv. Renaming Hong Kong streets
A. i, ii and iii B. i, ii and iv
C. i, iii and iv D. All of the above
5. How did the United States, Britain and France respond to the Berlin Blockade?
A. They declared war on the USSR
B. They airlifted supplies to West Berlin.
C. They imposed economic sanctions against the Soviet Union.
D. They made no response.
6. Churchill first used the term ____________ to describe the division between the Eastern and the
Western Europe?
A. Truman Doctrine B. Marshall Plan
C. Iron Curtain D. Molotov Plan
7. Which of the following descriptions about the Vietnam War was correct?
A. The war ended when the US troops withdrew from Vietnam.
B. Vietnam became a democratic country after the Vietnam War.
C. The war ended because the USSR stopped sending military aid to North Vietnam.
D. South Vietnam received aid from China.
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B. Arrange the events below in time order. (5 marks)
Put the letters (a) – (e) in the boxes (1) to (5). Start with the earliest event.
a. Cuban Missile Crisis
b. Berlin Blockade
c. Korean War
d. Vietnam War
e. Marshall Plan
C. Data-based Questions (18 marks)
Attempt the following data-based questions
1. Study Sources A and B, and answer the following questions. (10 marks)
Source A
The following extract is about a policy taken by Nazi Germany during the Second World War
With German victory in the early stage of the Second World War, many Jews were gathered in
German occupied territories. In 1941, Hitler adopted the Final Solution. The Jews were arrested and
sent to concentration camps. Young males were forced to work like slaves until they died. Old and
weak males, females and children were simply taken to gas chambers.
Source B
A cartoon about an election in Germany in 1936
You vote for me?
(a) Which policy of Nazi Germany is reflected in Source A? Explain your answer with reference to
Source A. (1 + 1 marks)
(b) Who is the person on the left hand side of Source B? Cite ONE clue to explain your answer.
(1+ 1 marks)
(c) “The Nazi rule in Germany led to people's suffering.” Do you agree? Explain you answer with
reference to Sources A and B, and using your own knowledge. (2 + 2 + 2 marks)
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2. Study Source C, and answer the following questions. (8 marks)
Source C
The following US poster was published in 1942.
(a) Identify the countries represented by the two men in Source C. (1 + 1 marks)
(b) What is the purpose of the poster? Explain your answer with reference to Source C. (2 marks)
(c) Before 1942, the USA adopted the isolationist policy. In response to the countries represented by
the two men in Source C, how and why did the USA change her policy? Explain your answer with
reference to Source C and your own knowledge. (4 marks)
D. Short Questions (10 marks)
1. How did the Great Depression lead to the Second World War? (4 marks)
2. Identify the differences of the political, social and economic lives between the capitalist countries
and the communist countries during the Cold War. (6 marks)
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KWUN TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL
Yearly Examination 2019-2020
History Answer Sheet
Class: S.3A/B/C/D Max. Mark: 40
Name: _____________________ Date : 13-7-2020
Class No.: ________ Time: 8:30-9:15
A. Multiple choice questions (7 marks)
Choose the best answer for the following questions.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
B. Arrange the events below in time order. (5 marks)
Put the letters (a) – (e) in the boxes (1) to (5). Start with the earliest event.
1 (The earliest) 2 3 4 5 (The latest)
C. Data-based Questions (18 marks)
Attempt the following data-based questions
1.
(a) _________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________(1 +1 marks)
(b) _________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________(1 +1 marks)
(c) _________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________(6 marks)
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2.
(a)
-- Left: ________________ (1 mark)
-- Right: ________________ (1 mark)
(b) ________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
(c) ________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (4 marks)
D. Short Questions (10 marks)
(1) _________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (4 marks)
(2) _________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (6 marks)
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KWUN TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL
Yearly Examination 2019-2020
S3 History Marking Scheme
A. Multiple choice questions (7 marks)
Choose the best answer for the following questions.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
A D D D B C A
B. Arrange the events below in time order. (5 marks)
Put the letters (a) – (e) in the boxes (1) to (5). Start with the earliest event.
1 (The earliest) 2 3 4 5 (The latest)
c E b a D
C. Data-based Questions (18 marks)
Attempt the following data-based questions
(a) Which policy of Nazi Germany is reflected in Source A? Explain your answer with reference to
Source A. (1 +1 marks)
-- Genocide / Anti-Jewish policy (1 mark)
Explanation (1 mark)
-- “The Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
-- “Young males were forced to work like slaves until they died.
-- “Old and weak males, females and children were simply taken to gas chambers.”
(b) Who is the person on the left hand side of Source B? Cite ONE clue to explain your answer.
(1+ 1 marks)
-- Hitler (1 mark)
Explanation (1 mark)
-- He looked like Hitler
-- The symbol the Nazi Party is next to him.
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(c) “The Nazi rule in Germany led to people's suffering.” Do you agree? Explain you answer with
reference to Sources A and B, and using your own knowledge. (6marks)
L1: Either use the sources or own knowledge to explain whether the Nazi rule in Germany led to
people’s suffering. (max. 3 marks)
L2: Use both the sources and own knowledge to explain whether the Nazi rule in Germany led to
people’s suffering. (max. 6 marks)
Example
Agree
-- The Jews were arrested, forced to do hard work and sent to concentration camp. Their life was
misreable. (Source A)
-- As Hitler and a soldier stationed at the polling station, it was hard for the man to exercise his free
will. It meant people did not have democratic right.(Source B)
-- People lost freedom, such as religious freedom and academic freedom. (Own knowledge)
-- People could not fight for a better working condition since the trade unions were controlled by the
Nazi Party (Own knowledge)
*Students in general will agree to the statement. However, marks may be awarded to answers that hold
the opposite view and are presented logically.
Question (2)
(a) Identify the countries represented by the two men in Source C. (1 + 1 marks)
-- Left: Japan (1 mark)
-- Right: Germany (1 mark)
(b) What is the purpose of the poster? Explain your answer with reference to Source C. (2 marks)
Purpose
-- To defame Japan and Germany as an aggressor
-- To boost the sentiment of the American against Japan and Germany
Explanation
-- The two men representing Japan and Germany look very cruel. They grabbed at the globe and it
seemed they wanted to seize resources there.
-- The poster printed “our home is in danger”. It implied the dangerous situation was brought by
Germany and Japan. Thus, the cruel image of Japan and Germany would provoke the anger of the
Americans and lead them to support fighting against japan and Germany.
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(c) Before 1942, the USA adopted the isolationist policy. In response to the two men, how and why
did the USA change her policy? Explain your answer with reference to Source C and your own
knowledge. (4 marks)
Why the USA changed her policy:
-- Because Germany and Japan looked very aggressive and they were going to attack the USA. (Source
C)
How the USA changed her policy
-- The USA was on the side of the Allied Powers and fought against Japan in 1942. She even dropped
atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima to defeat Japan. (Own knowledge)
-- The USA joined the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference to discuss the post-war
arrangement. (Own knowledge)
D. Short Questions (10 marks)
1. How did the Great Depression lead to the Second World War? (4 marks)
-- The Great Depression seriously affected the economy of Britain and France. They was not strong
enough to fight with the totalitarian states. Therefore, they adopted the appeasement policy and it
encouraged the totalitarian states to start the Second World War. (2 marks)
-- The Great Depression seriously hit the economy of the totalitarian states. In order to solve her
economic problems, she adopted the expansionist foreign policy and it led to the Second World War.
(2 marks)
2. Identify the differences of the political, social and economic lives between the capitalist countries
and the communist countries during the Cold War. (2 + 2 + 2 marks)
-- Politically speaking, capitalist countries adopted multi-party politics and respected for freedom of
speech, while communist countries adopted one-party communist rule and no opposition was
allowed. (2 marks)
-- Economically speaking, private ownership was allowed and it emphasized on distribution based on
contribution. Communist countries promoted state ownership of all means of production, collective
labour and equal distribution of wealth. (2 marks)
-- Socially speaking, people in capitalist countries enjoyed different kinds of freedom. Different classes
were allowed in the society. Communist countries had relatively less freedom. They just
expected one class, the working class in the society. (2 marks)
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