Malaysia history 1800-1874

Which territory in Straits Settlements was first acquired by the British?

• Penang

• Melaka

• Singapura

• Labuan

Which territory was the earliest state in the Malay Peninsula to develop agricultural production for export, notably rice?

• Sekinchan

• Kedah

• Penang

• Krian, Perak

Export from Kedah included .....

• Elephant

• rice

• tin

• pepper

• all the above

Which territory in Straits Settlements was last acquired by the British?

• Penang

• Singapore

• Melaka

• Dinding

"Between 1600 and 1874, it built the most powerful corporation the world had ever known, complete with its own army, its own territory, and a near-total hold on trade of a product now seen as quintessentially British: Tea." The statement above is refer to.....

• North Borneo Chartered Company

• The British East India Company

• Sime, Darby & Co

• Boustead & Co

The establishment of Penang in 1786 had

• stimulated the Kedah economy

• increased the demand of rice from Kedah

• expanded the market for cattle and poultry from Kedah

• became a competitor for Kedah's international trade

• All the above

In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824

• the Malay Peninsula and Singapore were placed under British influence while Sumatra and islands south of the Singapore Strait under Dutch control.

• the Johor-Riau Empire was dissected into two parts in 1824 – the Johor Sultanate led by Sultan Hussein and the Riau Sultanate under Sultan Abdul Rahman.

• the British and the Dutch agreed to swap territories and Bencoolen was thereafter, exchanged with Malacca in 1824.

• merely defined the sphere of influence, not sovereignty/ownership of the Dutch and British in this region

• consisted all the above

Penang was once the capital of Straits Settlements.

• True

• False

The agency house was a particular type of mercantile firm which evolved to engage in the business of international trade.

• True

• False

The Straits Settlements came under direct British control as a Crown colony in 1826

• True

• False