2024 HKDSE History Practice Paper | DSE Mock

According to Source A, identify three challenges faced by Japan in the early 1930s.

According to Source B, identify three criticisms of the Late Qing Reforms (New Policies).

According to Source C, identify three demands made by France regarding post-WWI Germany.

According to Source D, identify three features of the development of representative government in Hong Kong in the 1980s.

Source A: An extract from a memorial by Viceroy Zhang Zhidong in 1901: 'To save our nation, we must reform our education. Traditional academies must be transformed into schools teaching both Chinese classics and Western sciences. However, Chinese learning must remain the foundation, while Western learning serves practical purposes. We must not abandon our moral ethical codes while embracing Western technologies.' According to Source A, what was the Qing government's attitude towards educational modernisation? Identify two clues from the source to support your answer. (4 marks)

Source B: An extract from an editorial in a Japanese newspaper in 1889: 'The promulgation of the Constitution of the Great Empire of Japan is a momentous step. Yet, we must observe that while the Diet is established, the Emperor's authority remains supreme and inviolable. Ministers are responsible to the Emperor, not to the Diet. True representative government is still a distant goal, but this is a necessary first step towards being recognized as an equal by Western powers.' According to Source B, what was the author's perspective on the Meiji Constitution of 1889? Identify two clues from the source to support your answer. (4 marks)

Source C: A British political cartoon published in 1919. In the cartoon, a large, heavy steamroller labeled 'Reparations' is being pushed by Allied leaders (Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau) towards a collapsed, exhausted figure representing Germany. The caption reads: 'We must squeeze them until the pips squeak, but mind we don't break the machine itself.' According to Source C, what was the British/Allied attitude towards Germany regarding war reparations? Identify two clues from the cartoon to support your answer. (4 marks)

Source D: An extract from a speech by US President Harry Truman in 1947: 'The peoples of a number of countries of the world have recently had totalitarian regimes forced upon them against their will. I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. Our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid.' According to Source D, what was the US foreign policy objective towards communism during the early Cold War? Identify two clues from the source to support your answer. (4 marks)

With reference to Sources A and B, and using your own knowledge, to what extent did the Late Qing Reforms (1901-1911) facilitate rather than prevent the downfall of the Qing dynasty? (Note: Assume Source A is an extract from an imperial edict in 1908 promising a constitution in nine years, and Source B is a revolutionary manifesto from 1911 criticizing the 'Royal Cabinet'.)

With reference to Sources C and D, and using your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree that the rise of Japanese militarism in the 1930s was primarily caused by external economic crises? (Note: Assume Source C is a diary entry of a Japanese peasant in 1930 describing the impact of the Great Depression, and Source D is an excerpt from the Meiji Constitution of 1889 highlighting the Emperor's supreme command over the military.)

With reference to Sources E and F, and using your own knowledge, evaluate the view that the League of Nations was a total failure in maintaining collective security during the interwar period (1920-1939). (Note: Assume Source E is a 1925 League of Nations report on the successful settlement of the Greek-Bulgarian border dispute, and Source F is a British political cartoon from 1936 depicting the League's helplessness during the Abyssinian Crisis.)

With reference to Sources G and H, and using your own knowledge, to what extent did external factors play a more significant role than internal factors in driving Hong Kong's industrialisation in the 1950s and 1960s? (Note: Assume Source G is an official trade statistic showing the drastic decline of Hong Kong's entrepot trade after the 1951 UN embargo on China, and Source H is a memoir of a Shanghai industrialist who relocated his textile factories and capital to Hong Kong in the late 1940s.)

To what extent did the Late Qing Reforms (1901-1911) lay the foundation for China's modernisation in the early Republican period (1912-1927)? Explain your answer with reference to political, educational and military developments.

Assess the relative importance of internal factors and external factors in driving Hong Kong's transformation into an international financial centre between 1970 and 1997.

'International isolation, rather than domestic economic crises, was the primary factor leading to the rise of Japanese militarism in the 1930s.' Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.

Assess the view that the failure of collective security in the 1930s was primarily due to the self-interested foreign policies of Britain and France.

To what extent was the ideological divergence between the United States and the Soviet Union the decisive factor in the escalation of the Cold War in Europe from 1945 to 1949? Explain your answer.

Assess the effectiveness of regional economic integration in Western Europe in promoting economic growth and political stability from 1951 to 1993.

Compare and contrast the agricultural and industrial modernization strategies of China during the Maoist period (1949-1976) and the Dengist period (1978-1997).