Founding of Singapore

What does EIC stand for?

• East Indies Corporation

• East India Corporation

• East Indies Company

• East India Company

Why was the East India Company (EIC) started?

• To conduct trade in Asia

• To rule India

• To rule Singapore

• To trade in Singapore

Why did the EIC want more presence in Southeast Asia?

• Because of the trade between India and China

• Because of spice trade

• Because of the trade between India and China AND the spice trade

• None of the above

At the start of the 19th century, most of the Melaka Straits and the waters surrounding Singapore were controlled by ______________.

• the Dutch

• the British

• India

• China

The only port the British had before 1786 was _________.

• Penang

• Bencoolen

• Singapore

• Melaka

Bencoolen was unsuitable because _____________________.

• it was on the western part of Sumatra and not along the main trading route.

• it was too far from China.

• it was too far from India.

• it did not have drinking water.

Penang was unsuitable as a trading port because

• it was too far north for the British to control the Straits of Melaka.

• it was too far north for the British to protect British ships.

• it was too far north for the British to control the Straits of Melaka and to protect British ships.

• it was too far north.

Singapore was ideal as a trading port because

• it had a natural sheltered harbour.

• it had a good supply of drinking water.

• its location at the southern tip of the Straits of Melaka meant the Singapore could be a halfway port between India and China.

• All of the above.