1. WORLD HISTORY SECTION II
Note: This exam uses the chronological designations B.C.E. (before the common
era) and C.E. (common era). These labels correspond to B.C. (before Christ) and
A.D. (anno Domini), which are used in some world history textbooks.
Part A
(Suggested writing time—40 minutes)
Percent of Section II score—33 1/3
Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-9.
(The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your
answer on the lined pages of the Section II free-response booklet.
This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical
documents.
Write an essay that:
! Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents.
! Uses all of the documents.
! Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many appropriate ways as
possible. Does not simply
summarize the documents individually.
! Takes into account the sources of the documents and analyzes the authors’
points of view.
! Identifies and explains the need for at least one additional type of document.
You may refer to relevant historical information not mentioned in the documents.
1. Analyze the Chinese attitude toward civil liberties during the 20th century
Historical Background: China has been dominated by many forces for example the
Mongol Empire northern China since 1127 C.E.
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2. Document #1
Source- "Marriage." Encyclopedia of Modern China. Ed. David Pong. Vol. 2.
Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2009. 561-563. Gale World History In Context.
Web. 8 Dec. 2010.
“Since the reform era, China has experienced a transformation in the methods used
by young people to locate partners. Prior to the 1970s, the choice of a partner was
rarely left to the individual. Parents and other respected elders in the community
made the match. Sometimes, the Communist Party organization was involved in
the matchmaking. In earlier times, the “matchmaker” played a vital role in
people’s marriages. A matchmaker was usually an elderly woman, who was
financially involved in arranging the marriage. That is to say, the matchmaker was
paid for her services by families of young men looking for wives. Her work
usually depended on her local relationships and persuasive skills. There are still
some professional matchmakers in rural areas of China today, and matchmaking is
also undertaken voluntarily by middle-aged women of the locality who do not take
fees for the task.”
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3. Document #2
Source- "Monetary and currency policies/regulations: Overview." EIU: Country
Finance: China. Economist Intelligence Unit N.A. Incorporated, 2010. Gale
World History In Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2010.
“Although the government maintains relatively strict exchange controls, the
general trend over the past decade has been towards gradual liberalisation of
China's foreign-exchange (forex) market. The country reached its most significant
milestone in December 1996 when it officially made the renminbi convertible on
the current account. Convertibility on the capital account is not expected in the
near future.”
Document #3
Source- Bentley , Jerry H., and Herbert F. Ziegler . Traditions&Encounters: A
Global Perspective on the Past. 3rd ed. . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Print.
“The mongols outlawed intermarriage between Mongols and chinese and
forbade the Chinese from learning the Mongol language. Soon after their
conquest some of the victors went so far as to suggest that the Mongols
exterminate the Chinese people and convert China itself into pastureland
for their horses. The Mongols also resisted assimilation to Chinese
cultural traditions. “
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4. Document #4
Source- "Chinese Exclusion repeal Act of 1943" (Chap 344, 17 Dec. 1943),
57 United States Statutes at Large, pp. 600-601.
"There shall be no further immigration of Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands
except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by
the laws of the United States; and no Chinese, by reason of anything
herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United States from the
Hawaiian Islands."; section 101 of the Act of April 30, 1900 (31 Stat. L. 141,
161); those portions of section 1 of the Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. L.
588, 611), which read as follows: "And nothing in section four of the Act of
August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two (twenty-second Statutes at
Large, page two hundred and twenty-five), shall be constructed to prevent
the Secretary of the Treasury from hereafter detailing one officer employed
in the enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Acts for duty at the Treasury
department at Washington. * * * and hereafter the Commissioner General
of Immigration, in addition to his other duties, shall have charge of the
administration of the Chinese exclusion law”
Document #5
Source- Dorn, James A. "TRADE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE CASE
OF CHINA ." the Cato Journal . 1996. Web. 9 Dec. 2010. <http://
www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj16n1-5.html>.
“Protectionism violates human rights. It is an act of plunder that deprives
individuals of their autonomy--an autonomy that precedes any government
and is the primary function of just governments to protect (see Bastiat
[1849] 1964). The danger of buying into the argument that restricting trade
with China will increase human rights is that such an argument diminishes
the significance of the moral case for free trade, politicizes economic life,
and weakens the market-liberal vision--a vision that needs to be
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strengthened in order to protect civil society and human liberty.”
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