UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 184, 31 December 1942, Page 9

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 1942 HISTORY Note. -Answer both questions in Section A, and one each from Sections B, C and D. The questions are of equal value. [Time allowed: Two hours] [SECTION A. (Answer both questions in this Section)] 1. Answer the questions on the printed sheet provided, and attach it to your answer book. 2. (a) Explain briefly (not more than three lines) what is meant by: A Trade Union; A general strike; the Middle East; A non-aggression pact; The Popular Front in France. (b) Explain briefly (not more than three lines) the circumstances and importance of the following:-The Great Trek, 1836; The Durham Report; The return of Sir George Grey to New Zealand, 1861; The Alabama arbitration; The American Lease-Lend Act. [SECTION B. (Answer one question in this Section.) ] 3. Explain the importance in British politics of one of the following:-The Reform Bill, 1832; Lord Shaftesbury; Keir Hardie; Lloyd George. 4. Explain the importance of the Education Act of 1870. [SECTION C, (Answer one question in this Section. )] 5. What is meant by Responsible government? EITHER: (a2) Trace the steps by which it was attained in New Zealand. OR: (6) Explain how the principle was applied to South Africa after the Boer War. 6. What steps have been taken towards giving India self-government? What have been the main criticisms of the constitution of 1935? 7. Compare the "social. legislation" of the Seddon Government and that: of the period since 1935. [SECTION D. (Answer one question in this section.)] 8. (a) Explain briefly the economic problems of modern Japan, and show how they have affected her foreign policy. OR: (b) What were the relations between Great Britain and China from 1839 till 1939? How far and for what reasons had foreign concessions’: in China been given up by 1939? 9. Discuss the relations between Great Britain and the United States of America 1900-1941, 10. (a) Why,-in your opinion, did Great Britain and Germany become increasingly hostile between 1890 and 1914? OR: (b) Explain British suspicion of Russia in the 19th century. The following are the questions referred to in Section A (I.) above. Candidate’s Number. HISTORY-No. 11. QUESTION 1 (Answer very briefly, all the questions on ‘this sheet) (a) On the outbreak of the French Revolution, which English statesman became the most prominent critic, and which became the most prominent supporter of the revolutionary BIOVEMENE? © cc ccccccedccccdcscacoevedeccsegasccoceccscecctnccee ete ccesemeasehoes Heehsocdescadcccrsveeccssscsece (b) What foreign statesman was most concerned in the of Gi. ) ‘the Holy Alliance Gi.) the "Concert of Europe’? .....sceccecececesceeeeteencetentaccenssessssenssreuesastessasseerareeesnse (c) With what nation-wide agitations do you associate (i) Cobden "and Bright; Gi.) Daniel O’Coandll?........ cicverectoccccecccccyepccvccrctoctevehnesesoctccagescamiaie penenends ccescesaspeseacocs (d) Who committed the "Bulgarian atrocities," and what sqengaees British Genmounced them? ......cccsccccccccccccsecccsceccccccsevcccccsesioccsscesesccvestetpesaes susheeseseseessss lets (e) In which of the following British colonies were there important * gold 19th century; New Zealand; Quebec; Queensland; Victoria; > Colony; notables New South WealeaPvcicesscvcivvvscecvecssccectveseteporcccescscccsescecesdvecscecseccvetapeescebebpersedeesetes (ft) Was the Boma decanyes Alliance abandoned at the request of Japan. or of the British Commonwealth? ...........sceccceccenecescccccccecsnegessecceereeneeeces Mek agventdcguskieneagae tees (é) Give the aa of two persons prominently connected, di your period, with ~ development of each of the following:-(i.) Science, (ii.) Art, (iii.) Literature ..............0(h) What British statesman was sent to India in March, 1942, in an attempt to an agreement with representative Indians about the government ‘of the country? Do he ee him Liberal, Labour, or Conservative? Seeeerccesesesces Peesereeee CORO e ae eee Petter reas eeeeeeretsaese® és (i) Who ght ag ace British representative:--At the Congress of Berlin, 1878?......sseccsses At the Munich Conference, 1938?.. Satestadbedh ss cebecey (j) — Are the f countries classed as colonies, "mandated " territories, or states?:-Iraq; Palestine; ES PEP T Te TRTT ere ee Sig ess ss Mia Seamtaes ona ay oka (k) naan three principal N.Z. exports (i.) 19605 Ci} tn BOAO. Sis vicccks cadencisdacs eb et eescke (1) Were the following actions carried out (i.) by ‘mutual _nereement at (ii.) by the action of one power in defiance of the rest?:--Remilitarisation of the Fortification of the area a ego es MK gcc ae ees pear te viedddcdcanenceddeeuacagesteetences hsgcanbneiineal= tas (m ame two ere isa aad important of population of non-British descent. Name the principal non-British people in each case...,........... Here eehe. syllabus for tits grprsination: said \ [History two-hour : ereone from’ to the present defined © follows: Outlines of the hea social hist of Great Britain: growth of the ' reference to the development of New d; survey of of the relations. of Britain with foreign powers, including problems relating to the Pacific.]