What did the people in Singapore experience during J.O?

What was the Japanese military police called?

• Gestapo

• Kempeitai

• Kamikaze

• KGB

Answer explanation

The Kempeitai was feared by the local population in Singapore because they arrested those who were suspected of being anti-Japanese. Anti-Japanese suspects would be beaten or tortured until the Kempeitai received the information they wanted.

Which of the following is the best reason why the Japanese used force to control Singapore?

• The Japanese were harsh and cruel by nature.

• The Japanese Emperor instructed the army to use harsh methods.

• The Shinto religion in Japan stated that losers of war should be harshly treated

• The Japanese rulers had to impose harsh punishment to deter criminals and anti-Japanese elements.

Why was the Operation Sook Ching carried out? (Choose the best answer.)

• To identify and eliminate anti-Japanese elements among the local population.

• To impose fear and intimidation on the Chinese community in Singapore.

• To pick out abled-body and strong Chinese males aged between 18 and 50 to get them to serve in the Japanese army.

• To recruit labour to build the Kempeitai building.

Why did the Japanese target Chinese businessmen in Singapore?

• The Chinese businesses were very obnoxious.

• The Japanese Emperor had a strong dislike for businessesmen.

• Businessmen were looked down upon in traditional Japanese culture.

• They had contributed generously to China when China was fighting Japan.

Which of the following is NOT a method which the Japanese employed to win support of the local population in Singapore?

• Use propaganda

• Brought in Japanese women to marry local men.

• Provide benefits to the locals

• Impose Japanese culture.

The Japanese introduced rationing because

• There was a shortage of food and essential items.

• The local population in Singapore were obese and in poor health.

• The local population was ill-disciplined

• The Japanese wanted to show the local population who was in charge.

Which of the following best describes 'inflation'?

• Rise in stress level in the local population.

• Rise in supply of goods and services of daily and common use.

• Rise in traders providing goods and services of daily and common use.

• Rise in prices of most goods and services of daily and common use.

The black market refers to:

• A channel that local resistance movements communication.

• An ordinary market place where legal trading is conducted.

• A situation in which goods are bought and sold illegally at high prices.

• A place where young children are kidnapped and sent to for human trafficking.

Which of the following is a method the Japanese used to control Singapore

• Carrying out Operation Sook Ching

• Imprisoning Allied soldiers

• Using propaganda

• All of the above.

What benefits did the Japanese give to win the support of the locals?

• Free schooling.

• Free school textbooks.

• Distribution of rice, sugar and salt to the less fortunate during Hari Raya Puasa.

• All of the above.