MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

HISTORY
COMBINED HUMANITIES

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20th Century World History, 191 Os-1991

October/November 2008
1 hour 30 minutes

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Answer Papers

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Section A
Answer all parts of Question 1.
Section B
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Section A (Source-Based Case Study)
Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates.
Study 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 you were told to use. In answering the questions,
you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources.
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(a) Study Source A.

What can you tell from this source about Nazi policies towards women? Explain your answer.
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(b) Study Source B.
How useful is this source as evidence about Nazi 'family policies' during the 1930s? Explain
your answer.
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(c) Study Sources C and D.
How similar are the messages of these sources? Explain your answer.

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(d) Use all the sources.

'Nazi family policies were very effective.' How far do the sources support this judgement?
Explain your answer.
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How effective were the Nazi 'family policies' during the 1930s?
Source A: A British historian writing in 1998.
The Nazi government forced professional women, such as doctors and lawyers, to give up their
jobs and produce children. Whilst the women stayed at home it was the role of men to earn
money to keep the family. However, after six years of Nazi rule there were more women in work
than in 1933.
Source B: A German cartoon from the 1930s with the caption 'Introducing Frau Mueller who up to
now has brought twelve children into the world'.

Source C: A letter to Hitler from several women, published in a German newspaper in 1934.
Today man is educated against marriage. We see our daughters growing up in the vague hope
of getting a man and having children. A son, even the youngest, laughs in his mother's face. He
regards her as his servant. We are pleased to support your government's policies to change
these attitudes.
Source D: An advertisement for a wife published in a German newspaper in 1935.
52 year old Aryan doctor. Fought in First World War. Wishes to settle down. Wants male children
through marriage to a young, healthy, Aryan virgin. She should be undemanding, thrifty, used to
heavy work, broad hipped, with flat heels and no earrings.

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Section B (Structured Essay Questions)
Answer any one question.
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This question is about peace settlements after World War 1.

(a) Was the tough peace settlement imposed on Germany in 1919 necessary? Explain your
answer.
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(b) The following were equally important reasons why Germany hated the Treaty of Versailles:
(i)

limitations on its armed forces;

(ii)

reparations;

(iii)

the loss of land.

Do you agree with this statement?

Explain your answer referring only to (i), (ii) and (iii).
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This question is about the causes of World War 2.

(a) Was the appeasement policy of the late 1930s justified? Explain your answer.

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(b) The following were equally important reasons why war broke out in Europe in 1939:
(i)

Hitler's aggressive foreign policy;

(ii)

the failure of the League of Nations;

(iii)

the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

Do you agree with this statement?

Explain your answer referring only to (i), (ii) and (iii).
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This question is about the Cold War.

(a) Was the breakdown of the wartime alliance between the USA and USSR inevitable after the
war ended in 1945? Explain your answer.
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(b) The following were equally important reasons for the collapse of the USSR:
(i)

the weaknesses of the Soviet economy;

(ii)

the reforms of Gorbachev;

(iii)

relations with other Eastern European countries.

Do you agree with this statement?

Explain your answer referring only to (i), (ii) and (iii).

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