f | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS A | General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level HISTORY 2171/02 Paper 2 October/November 2007 2 hours 15 minutes Additional Materials: Answer BookleVPaper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs, or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Section A ‘Answer Question’t and one othér question: Section B Answer one question, Section C “ ’ Answer one question. : = At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. eee eee BER UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE SUCLES 2007 8 Inrernational Examinations [iievcver2 Section A History of Brunei, 1800-1967 Answer Question 1 and one other question from this section. 1 Read the extracts and then answer the questions which follow. Increased British interest in Brunei in the nineteenth century Extract A: Early British interest From 1840 all the Sultans of Brunei were affected by the British presence in Brunei. James Brooke first arrived in the region in 1839. He soon became involved in the internal affairs of Brunei and as a result the Sultan confirmed him as Governor of Sarawak in 1842, Later he was the Raja there. At first Brooke was acting in his own personal interest but his presence soon led 5 to the British government being involved too. Treaties were signed between the two governments involving both Labuan (1846) and a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce (1847). 5 Also in the 1840s the USA showed interest in the area and in 1850.it too made a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with Brunei. ' 10 Extract B: The British North Borneo Company As the Brooke family. was increasing its interest in-Sarawak, the area further east (now Sabah) was receiving attention from westerners.too..In 1865 Charles Lee Moses secured a lease of land from the Sultan and there followed a series of events which led to the formation of the British North Borneo Company in 1881. (a) Name three Sultans ‘affected by the British presence in Brunei’ between 1840 and 1905. (Extract A, line 1.) [3] (b) Why was James Brooke ‘confirmed... as Governor of Sarawak in 1842'? (Extract A, lines 3-4.) (4) (c)_ Explain the importance of the Treaty of Labuan (1846). (Extract A, lines 6-7.) 14) (d) Why did Brunei make Treaties of Friendship and Commerce with Britain and the USA? (Extract A, lines 7-10.) (6) (e) Describe the ‘series of events which led to the formation of the British North Borneo Company in 1881’. (Extract B, lines 13-14.) {8} ©UCLES 2007 Pr7ungionNn72 3 The Residential System and its results after 1905-6. (2) Name the three traditional land rights before 1906. 13] (b) What were the functions of the State Council established after the Supplementary Protectorate Agreement (1905-6)? {6} (c) What part did the Ulama take in the government of Brunei under the Residential System? [4] (d) Describe the work of the Sanitary Boards and Town Planning bodies. (4) (e) Describe developments in law and order and policing under the Residential System. (8) Nationalism before and after the Second World War. (a) Name three leaders of Barisan Pemuda (BARIP).. (3) (b) How did Bruneian students who attended MPSI (Sultan Idris Teacher Training College in Perak) influence the development of Malay nationalism in the 1930s? [6] (c) What was Kesatuan Melayu Brunei (KMB)? (4) (4) Why was the British Military Administration (BMA) unpopular with Malays in Brunei? (4) (e) Describe the activitiés of Barisan Pemuda (BARIP). . (8) ©UCLES 2007 217 VO2IONEI? [Turn over4 Section B History of Malaya, 1800-1963 Answer either Question 4 or Question 5. 4 The Founding of Singapore (1819) and the Straits Settlements. (a) Name the three members of the Straits Settlements. (3) (b) Why did Britain want a new base in the Malay Archipelago in 1819? 6] (c) What were the special advantages of Singapore island as the site for a British settlement? [4] (4) What changes in government took place in the Straits Settlements between 1826 and 1832? [4] (e) Why were the Straits Settlements no longer governed from India after 18672 (8) 5 Political Developments in Malaya, 1948-57. (@) Give three ways that the Malays showed their opposition to the Malayan Union (1946-47). [3] (b) How did Britain obtain agreement to set up the Federation of Malaya in 1948? (4 (c) Why did the Alliance°win most of the’ seats in the 1955 elections in the Federation of Malaya? eee: (6) (a) What did the Reid Commission do? [4] (e) How did Tunku Abdul Rahman help to bring independence for the Federation of Malaya? [8} ©UCLES 2007 217102107075 Section C History of Southeast Asia, 1800-1950 Answer one question from this section. 6 — Indonesia: Dutch policies in the nineteenth century. (a) Name three crops cultivated under the Culture System. (3) (b) How were the people of Indonesia affected by the Culture System? (6) (c) Why was the Liberal Policy introduced? 4] (d) Describe the economic developments during the time of the Liberal Policy. (8) {e) Why did the Liberal Policy end? (4) 7 Thailand: Thailand in peace and war, 1935-50. (a) Name three territories gained by Thailand during the Second World War. 3) (b) Why did Ananda become King of Siam in 1935? . [4] (€)_How did Pibul Songgram deal with the Chinese population’ of Thailand? [4] (d), Describe the foreign policy of Thailand between 1940 and 1947. (6) (e) Why did Pibul Songgram return.to power in the Thai government in 1948? (8) 8 Philippines: The Philippines under Spanish rule in the nineteenth century. (a) Name three Filipino leaders who criticised the way Spain ruled the Philippines. (3) (b) Why did nationalist ideas spread in the Philippines before 1868? (6) (c) Why was the Cavite Mutiny (1872) important? : (4) (d) Describe the Katipunan Revolution which began in the Philippines in 1896. 18) {e) How did the USA become involved in the Philippines in 1898? 4) ©UCLES 2007 21719210107