Sec 1 Founding of Singapore Part 1

‘Temasek’ means ___.

• sea town

• land’s end

• island town

• island port

According to legend, a Sumatran prince named ___ founded the city of Singapore.

• Sang Nila Utama

• Parameswara

• Tamagi

• Raffles

Many records of early Singapore are available from the writings of a Chinese traveler called ___.

• Wang Dayuan

• Goh Keng Swee

• Lee Kuan Yew

• Zheng He

‘Singapura’ means ___ in Sanskrit.

• lion city

• tiger city

• dragon city

• sea town

___ accompanied Raffles on his journey to Singapore.

• William Farquhar

• Frank Swettenham

• Francis Light

• Lord Hastings

When Raffles arrived in Singapore, the only settlers were a few Malays, Chinese and ___.

• Orang Laut

• Dutch

• Europeans

• Indians

The official who acted on behalf of the Sultan of Singapore was the ___.

• Temenggong

• Bendahara

• Laksamana

• Raja

Raffles signed a treaty with ___ to allow the British to set up a trading post in Singapore.

• Tengku Hussein

• Tengku Alam Shah

• Sultan Abdul Rahman

• Sultan Abu Bakar

In 1613, the port of Singapore was burnt down by the ___ so that it would not be a threat to Melaka (Malacca).

• Portuguese

• Dutch

• British

• Malays

The legendary strong man who was supposed to have lived in Singapore was ___.

• Badang

• Hang Tuah

• Hang Jebat

• Adnan Saidi