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Total marks – 75 Section I 25 marks • Attempt Questions 1–3 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section II 50 marks • Attempt TWO questions from

Questions 4–31 • Allow about 80 minutes for this section

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Modern History Preliminary 2008

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Section I – The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 25 marks Attempt Questions 1–3 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the questions in the spaces provided. Refer to the source booklet to answer Questions 1–3.

Marks Question 1 (5 marks) (a) Using Source B, name THREE countries that were Central Powers. 3

(b) Name TWO countries that were part of the Entente. 2

Question 2 (10 marks) Explain the international situation that led to the outbreak of war in 1914. Use Sources A and B and your own knowledge to answer this question. 10

Space for your answer continues on page 3






End of Question 2



Marks Question 3 (10 marks) Assess how useful Source C would be for a historian studying the causes of World War One. In your answer consider the perspectives provided by the source and its reliability. 10




End of Section I



Section II – Case Studies 50 marks Attempt TWO questions from this section Each question is worth 25 marks Allow about 40 minutes for each question Answer each question in a separate writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. Marks Question 4 – Case Study A1: The trans-Atlantic slave trade (25 marks) Describe the economic, political and social impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on Indigenous peoples. 25

OR

Question 5 – Case Study A2: The Reign of Terror in France, 1792–1795 (25 marks) Explain the events that led to the Reign of Terror. 25

OR

Question 6 – Case Study A3: The social consequences of industrialisation in

Britain in the early nineteenth century (25 marks) Describe the impact of industrialisation on British society. 25

OR

Question 7 – Case Study A4: The decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty (25 marks) To what extent did Tsar Nicholas contribute to the fall of the Romanov dynasty? 25

OR

Question 8 – Case Study A5: Yankees and Confederates in the American states in

the mid-nineteenth century (25 marks) To what extent was the issue of slavery a cause of the Civil War? 25

OR

Question 9 – Case Study A6: Bismarck and the unification of the German states

(25 marks) Describe the main features and impact of Bismarck’s foreign policy. 25

OR



Marks Question 10 – Case Study A7: The Paris Commune 1871 (25 marks) Explain how and why the Paris Commune was set up in 1871. 25

OR

Question 11 – Case Study A8: Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragette

Movement (25 marks) Describe the political and social gains achieved by the suffragette movement by the end of World War I. 25

OR

Question 12 – Case Study A9: The 1916 Easter Rebellion in Ireland and its

consequences (25 marks) To what extent were individuals, such as Patrick Pearse or James Connolly, significant to the events and impact of the Easter Rebellion? 25

OR

Question 13 – Case Study A10: Bodyline bowling and the 1932–1933

Anglo-Australian Test series (25 marks) Explain how and why the controversy over bodyline bowling developed. 25

OR

Question 14 – Case Study A11: The failure of the League of Nations (25 marks) Explain how the Corfu Incident and the Greco-Bulgarian dispute reflect problems within the League of Nations. 25

OR

Question 15 – Case Study A12: The Civil Rights Movement in the USA in the

1950s and 1960s (25 marks) Assess the role of Martin Luther King within the Civil Rights Movement. 25

OR

Question 16 – Case Study A13: The struggle for Indigenous rights in Canada in the late twentieth century (25 marks)

Describe the impact of colonisation on the Indigenous peoples of Canada. 25

OR



Marks Question 17 – Case Study A14: Post-Communist Russia (25 marks) Explain the significance of the war in Chechnya to the development of the Russian Federation. 25

OR

Question 18 – Case Study B1: The Indian Mutiny 1857 (25 marks) Explain the causes of the Indian mutiny. 25

OR

Question 19 – Case Study B2: The Meiji Restoration: nature and impact (25 marks) Describe the political and military changes that took place as a result of modernisation. 25

OR

Question 20 – Case Study B3: The Boxer Rebellion in China (25 marks) To what extent did the Boxer Rebellion help to bring about the end of the Qing Dynasty? 25

OR

Question 21 – Case Study B4: The making of modern South Africa 1890–1910

(25 marks) Explain the impact of the Boer War on the development of South Africa. 25

OR

Question 22 – Case Study B5: The Netherlands East Indies in the early twentieth

century (25 marks) Describe the economic importance of the outer islands of the East Indies. 25

OR

Question 23 – Case Study B6: The origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1880s–1947

(25 marks) Describe the origins and aspirations of Zionism. 25

OR

Question 24 – Case Study B7: Decolonisation in Indochina 1945–1954 (25 marks) Describe the reasons for the development of Vietnamese nationalism. 25

OR



Marks

Question 25 – Case Study B8: Nuclear testing in the Pacific 1950s to 1960s (25 marks)

Explain the geographic, ideological and political motives for the testing of nuclear weapons by western powers in the Pacific. 25

OR

Question 26 – Case Study B9: The Cuban Revolution and its impact in

Latin America (25 marks) Explain why a revolution took place in Cuba in 1959. 25

OR

Question 27 – Case Study B10: Allende, Pinochet and the 1973 military coup

in Chile (25 marks) Describe the role of Pinochet and the USA in the overthrow of the Allende government. 25

OR

Question 28 – Case Study B11: Ayatollah Khomeini and Muslim fundamentalism

(25 marks) Describe the impact of the Khomeini regime on Iran. 25

OR

Question 29 – Case Study B12: Aung San Suu Kyi and the pro-democracy movement

in Burma (25 marks) Describe the response of the military leaders of Burma to the rise of the pro-democracy movement. 25

OR

Question 30 – Case Study B13: Tibet’s fight for survival in the modern world

(25 marks) Explain the reasons for the rise of the movement for Tibetan independence. 25

OR

Question 31 – Case Study B14: The Chinese Government and Tiananmen Square

(25 marks) Describe the origins and nature of the events in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. 25

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Sample Examination Paper

MODERN HISTORY SOURCE BOOKLET

Directions to school or college To ensure maximum confidentiality and security, examination papers used for trial examinations must NOT be removed from the examination room or used with students for revision purposes until Friday 26 September, 2008. It is the responsibility of the purchasing educational institution to ensure this unseen sample examination is kept in a safe and secure place until the expiry of the aforementioned security period. Pearson Australia Pty Ltd takes no responsibility for security breaches beyond its control. The purchasing educational institution and its staff are permitted to photocopy and/or cut and paste examination papers for educational purposes, within the confines of the educational institution, provided that: (1) the number of copies does not exceed the number reasonably required by the educational institution to satisfy their teaching purposes; (2) copies are not sold or lent. All care has been taken to ensure that this sample examination paper is error free and that it follows the style, format and material content of the current NSW syllabus. Candidates are advised that the authors of this examination paper cannot in any way guarantee that the actual Board Of Studies Examination will have a similar content or format. Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright. The publisher would welcome any information from people who believe they own copyright to material in this publication.



Source A – European Empires in 1914

Population of country

Population of colonies Area in km2 of colonies

Great Britain 40.8 million 390 million 27 million

France 39.6 million 63 million 11 million

Germany 63 million 15 million 2.5 million

Austria-Hungary 50 million none none

Russia 139 million none none Source B The Entente Powers comprised a military alliance – driven by a variety of inter-related treaties – of France, Great Britain and Russia. In opposition to the Entente alliance were the Central Powers, another alliance of great powers: Austria-Hungary and Germany. This ensured that pre-war Europe was essentially dominated by two armed camps. The Entente alliance sprang from the military concerns of Germany’s neighbours to east and west – Russia and France; accordingly in 1894 they signed an alliance based upon fears of growing German power. Britain subsequently forged alliances with both Russia and France once it became clear that Germany intended to build a navy to match the Royal Navy in the late 1890s … In contrast Germany had a long-standing alliance with the fading Austro-Hungarian empire dating back to the 1870s. Other treaties (for example both sides allied to Italy at various stages) combined to ensure a tangled alliance system in 1914; by the close of the war the Central Powers had been extended to incorporate Bulgaria and Turkey.

Extract from Alliances – Entente and Central Powers

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com Source C ‘… we have conquered for ourselves a place in the sun. It will now be my task to see to it that this place in the sun shall remain our undisputed possession, in order that the sun’s rays may fall fruitfully upon our activity and trade in foreign parts, that our industry and agriculture may develop within the state … As head of the Empire I therefore rejoice over every citizen, whether from Hamburg, Bremen, or Lübeck, who goes forth with this large outlook and seeks new points where we can drive in the nail on which to hang our armor.’

Extract from a speech given by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the North German Regatta Association, 1901



Mapping grid Question Marks Content Outcome Band

Section I – The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

1(a) 3 The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century P1.2, P2.1, P4.1, 2–4

1(b) 2 The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century P1.2, P2.1, P4.1, 2–4

2 10 The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

P1.2, P2.1, P4.1, P3.2, 2–6

3 10 The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

P1.2, P2.1, P4.1, P3.2 2–6

Section II – Case Studies

4 25 The trans-Atlantic slave trade P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

5 25 The reign of terror P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

6 25 The social consequences of industrialisation in Britain in the early nineteenth century

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

7 25 The decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

8 25 Yankees and Confederates in the American states in the mid-nineteenth century

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

9 25 Bismarck and the unification of the German states

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

10 25 The Paris Commune 1871 P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

11 25 Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragette Movement

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

12 25 The 1916 Easter Rebellion in Ireland and its consequences

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

13 25 Bodyline bowling and the 1932–1933 Anglo-Australian Test series

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

14 25 The failure of the League of Nations P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

15 25 The Civil Rights Movement in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6



Question Marks Content Outcome Band

16 25 The struggle for Indigenous rights in Canada in the late twentieth century

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

17 25 Post-Communist Russia P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

18 25 The Indian Mutiny 1857 P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

19 25 The Meiji Restoration: nature and impact

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

20 25 The Boxer Rebellion in China P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

21 25 The making of modern South Africa 1890–1910

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

22 25 The Netherlands East Indies in the early twentieth century

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

23 25 The origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1880s–1947

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

24 25 Decolonisation in Indochina 1945–1954

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

25 25 Nuclear testing in the Pacific 1950s to 1960s

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

26 25 The Cuban Revolution and its impact in Latin America

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

27 25 Allende, Pinochet and the 1973 military coup in Chile

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

28 25 Ayatollah Khomeini and Muslim fundamentalism

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

29 25 Aung San Suu Kyi and the pro-democracy movement in Burma

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

30 25 Tibet’s fight for survival in the modern world

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6

31 25 The Chinese Government and Tiananmen Square

P1.2, P2.1, P3.4, P4.1, P4.2 2–6



Marking guidelines Section I – The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Question 1(a)

Criteria Marks

• One mark for each country correct 3 Suggested answers: Any THREE of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria. Question 1(b)

Criteria Marks

• One mark for each country correct 2 Suggested answers: Any TWO of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy. Question 2

Criteria Marks

• Provides a comprehensive explanation that demonstrates breadth of relevant knowledge combined with specific use of the TWO sources 9–10

• Provides a clear explanation with appropriate use of TWO sources with reference to own relevant knowledge 7–8

• Uses relevant knowledge and makes specific reference to at least ONE source but with a limited explanation 5–6

• Limited use of knowledge and sources, relying largely on simple description or narration 3–4

• One or two references to the stalemate from sources or own knowledge 1–2



Question 3

Criteria Marks

• Makes a clear judgment which demonstrates an understanding of perspectives in the source in their context of the usefulness to the specific investigation in the question

• Provides an effective discussion of perspectives and reliability in the wider context of the historical investigation

9–10

• Makes a judgment about the usefulness of the source to the specific investigation but may be uneven in its treatment of the perspectives

• Provides some discussion of perspectives and reliability in the wider context of the historical investigation

7–8

• Provides a limited discussion of the usefulness of the source to the specific investigation including reference to perspectives and reliability 5–6

• Generalises about usefulness of the source and/or reliability/or perspectives

• May paraphrase source 3–4

• Some reference to the use of sources generally OR

• Simple description or paraphrase of the source 1–2



Section II – Case Studies Questions 4–31

Criteria Marks

• Addresses the question asked with a sophisticated and sustained discussion, which demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the issue(s) raised in the question

• Presents a logical, coherent and well-structured response drawing on a clear identification of relevant key features of the period

• Supports interpretation with detailed, relevant and accurate historical information and makes use of appropriate terms and concepts

21–25

• Addresses the question asked with a sound discussion, which demonstrates a well-developed understanding of the issue(s) raised in the question

• Presents a logical and well-structured response drawing on relevant key features of the period

• Provides detailed, relevant and accurate historical information and makes use of appropriate terms and concepts

16–20

• Addresses the question asked with a relevant but largely narrative or descriptive response (may incorporate a simple argument and/or contain implied understanding of the issue(s) raised in the question)

• Presents a generally well-structured response, with some identification of the key features of the period

• Provides adequate, relevant and accurate historical information incorporating some historical terms

11–15

• Presents a narrative or descriptive response, which is largely relevant but may be generalised and/or incomplete

• Presents a structured but simple response, with some mention of relevant key features of the period

• Provides limited accurate historical information incorporating some historical terms

6–10

• Attempts a narrative or description which may be only generally relevant and/or seriously incomplete

• May be disjointed and/or very brief • Provides very limited historical information

1–5

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