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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