VCS155 Lecture 5 - The Concept of the Malay World

What is the similar term of Alam Melayu in Indonesia?

• Dunia Melayu

• Nusantara

• Nusa

• Tara

Nusantara come from the Old Javanese words which is .................. and ...................

• nusa (island), antara (between)

• nusa (between), antara (island)

• tanah (island), melayu (between)

• dunia (island), melayu (between)

Native languages in the islands of Taiwan and Madagascar are called as .................. languages

• Malayalam-Polynesian

• Taiwanese-Polynesian

• Malayo-Polynesian

• Malar-Polynesian

The Malays originated from ................

• Tibet, China

• Yunnan, China

• Kazakhstan, China

• Guangzhou, China

A Portuguese historian, ................., referred to the Malays as Saletes (Orang Selat, or people of the Straits)

• Godinho de Eredia

• Godinho de Arandle

• Godinho de Exquisite

• Godinho de Alaromma

Present day Malays of the Peninsula and the coasts of the Malay Archipelago are described anthropologically as .............

• deutero-Nusantara

• deutero-Chinese

• deuteri-Melayu

• deutero-Malays

Islam came to the Malay world by .............. and .............

• seafaring, land

• seafaring, war

• travel, war

• land, war

The merchants came to Nusantara in search for ............

• spices

• gold

• mat

• silk

Records shows that prior to the .............., the Arab community has existed in the north of ............. and at ............ , southern Vietnam and Canton.

• 8th century, Sumatera, Phang-Rang

• 6th century, Sumatera, Phang-Rang

• 7th century, Yunnan, Phang-Rang

• 9th century, Yunnan, Phang-Rang

In the manuscript of ............... , it is stated that Islam was brought and introduced in North Sumatera by Syeikh Abdullah Arif, ca. 1112 CE.

• Hikayat Aceh

• Hikayat Jambi

• Hikayat Nusantara

• Hikayat Alam Melayu