UNIT 3: Neighboring Countries

UNIT 3: Neighboring Countries

by Mikee Escalante

​Malaysia

• ​​Constitutional Monarchy

• ​Part of Southeast Asia

• South China Sea

• Divided into two regions

• ​West Malaysia

• East Malaysia

• Federation of ​13 States

• ​Kuala Lumpur as Capital CIty and Largest City

Multiple Choice

What type of government does Malaysia have?

• Democratic

• Communist

• Consitutional Monarch

• Republican

​West Malaysia

• ​Peninsular Malaysia

• ​Sothern portion and nearby islands

• ​Thailand on the North

• ​Singapore on the South

Fill in the Blanks

What is the other name to call West Malaysia?

​East Malaysia

• ​The northern section of Borneo Island and Offshore Islands

• ​Shares Borneo with Brunei

Malaysia

• ​They were under the colony of Great Britain from 18th to 19th Century

• ​Malay people

• ​Chinese and Indians immigrated to Malaysia

• ​Ethnic Tension in 1957 after the independence

• ​Multi-ethnic & multi-cultural

• ​Half of Population is Ethnically Malay

• ​Large minorities of Malay-Chinese, Malay-Indians & Indigenous Peoples

• ​Islam as ttheir established religion

​Malays

​- People who lived in Malaysia

Multiple Choice

What is the established religion in Malaysia?

• Bhuddism

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hinduism

​Government System

• ​Westminster Parliamentary

• ​The Head of the state is King

​ - Yang di-Pertuan Agong

​ - Elected monarch chosen from

​ the hereditary rulers of the

9 Malay states every 5 years

• ​The head of the government is the Prime Minister

• ​Malaysian is the official language

• ​Ringgit is the official currency

​Government System

• ​Westminster Parliamentary

• ​The Head of the state is King

​ - Yang di-Pertuan Agong

​ - Elected monarch chosen from

​ the hereditary rulers of the

9 Malay states every 5 years

• ​The head of the government is the Prime Minister

• ​Malaysian is the official language

• ​Ringgit is the official currency

Multiple Choice

What is the official Language of Malaysia?

• English

• Malaysian

• Indonesian

• Thai

Multiple Choice

What is the official Currency of Malaysia?

• Rupiah

• Baht

• Kip

• Ringgit

History

• Inhabited for as long as 40,000 years ago

• ​Early history is unclear

• Almost no archeological remains

• Early contacts were made with China

• Traders spread Hindu influences from India

• ​Sumatran Prince founded the kingdom of Malacca

• ​He was converted to Islam

• ​Malacca became center for the spread of Muslim faith

• ​Malaca prospered and expanded

Multiple Choice

Who founded the Kingdom of Malacca?

• Sumatran Prince

• Prince Siddhartha

• Prince Harry

• Datu Puti

​History

• ​Was eventually conquered in 1511 by the Portuguese.

• ​In 1641, they fell to the Dutch who replaced the Portuguese.

• ​In this period of time, Northern Malay Kingdoms were frequently under the influence of Siam (present-day Thailand)

​British Colonial Rule

• ​Came in the 18th Century to trade and check French power in the Indian Ocean

• ​Sultan of Kedah rented out the Island of Pinang to the English East Inda Company in 1786

• ​Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founded Singapore in 1819 under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1819

• ​Britain secured Malacca from the Dutch and gave up its claims to Sumatra and smaller nearby islands

• Singapore, Pinang, and Malacca were then governed by Britain.

• Malaysia​ was occupied by the Japanese during World War II