Due 22.04 - Japanese Rule - Year 8

Which one was NOT a problem that was created by Japanese rule?

• food shortages

• hard labour

• having to learn British in schools

• Chinese people targeted

All three ethnic groups were forced to assist the Japanese war effort by providing finance and labour. Some 73,000 Malayans were thought to have been forced into working on the (a)   -Burma Railway, with an estimated 25,000 dying

How many Malayans died during the construction of the Thai-Burma Railway?

• 10,000

• 50,000

• 75,000

• 25,000

Many Malaysian ghost stories take place in _____ locations—places believed to be haunted—because of terrible events from the Japanese occupation

• keras

• tenang

• hidup

• jelas

Why did the Japanese target the Chinese community?

• They thought they were sending support to China to fight against the Japanese.

• They were sending supplies to the British.

• There was a large Chinese army in Malaysia fighting against the Japanese.

• The Chinese were getting support from the Americans.

There were ​ (a)   shortages in Malaya because the ​ (b)   were taking the supplies and food to help fuel the ​ (c)   effort.

• war
• food
• Japanese
• British
• farming
• rubber

The (a)   invaded Malaya in 1941, the same time as the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Where is Japan?

Which resources did Japan want the most from Malaya?

• Rubber

• Tin

• Coal

• Iron

Which topic have you found the most interesting so far...?

• The History of Sugar

• The Industrial Revolution

• Women and Equality

• Malaysia in WWII