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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The _____ ______ is a term used by historians to refer to Cambodia from the 9th to the 15th centuries, when the nation was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Directly translated from the original Malay, Singapore Means...?

Sheltered Port

Lion City

Small Island

New Harbour

Prosperous State

Answer explanation

The English name Singapore comes from the Malay name Singapura which is believed to have been in turn derived from Sanskrit meaning Lion City, derived from the Sanskrit words 'Simha' or lion, and 'Pura' or city.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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The Englishman credited with founding modern Singapore in 1824 was...?

Captain Scott

Charles Darwin

James Cook

Sir Stamford Raffles

Captain William Bligh

Answer explanation

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles 1781 – 5 July 1826 was a British colonial official who served as one of the British Governors of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816, and was heavily involved in the capture of the Indonesian island of Java from the Dutch. The running Singapore was mostly done by William Farquhar, but Raffles got the credit.

4.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In the nineteenth century, Penang, Malacca and Singapore were collectively known as the...​ ​ (a)  

The Straits Settlements
Malayan Triangle
Gateway to the East
The Three Pearls of the Orient
The Spice Islands
Rubber, Tin & Tea

5.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Match the colonists to the countries:

Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam (Indochina)

Holland

Burma

France

Indonesia

Britain

The Philippines

Spain

Malaysia & Singapore

Britain

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Sukarno was leader of independent Indonesia from...?

1952

1965

1945

1957

Answer explanation

Sukarno or Soekarno 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970)was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The guerrilla war fought in British Malaya from 1948-1960 is known as the ​Malayan ​ (a)  

Emergency
Civil War
Conflict
War of Independence
Crisis
Revolution

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