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The best coloniser of them all!

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which year did the British formally adopt a policy of intervention in Malaya?

a)

1871

b)

1873

c)

1874

d)

1891

2.

Before 1874, the British East India Company (EIC) in Malaya was interested in... [Choose the best answer]

a)

trading bases, making profits and making Britain powerful

b)

making Britain powerful

c)

making profits

d)

trading bases and making profits

3.

Which of the following countries are part of the Straits Settlement?

a)

Melaka, Perak, Sumatra

b)

Melaka, Perak, Singapore

c)

Melaka, Penang, Singapore

d)

Meleka, Pahang, Singapore

4.

Which of the following is not a reason why the British decided on a policy of intervention in Malaya?

a)

Anarchy in the Malay States

b)

Economic interest

c)

European rivalry

d)

Spread religion

5.

Who is Sir Andrew Clarke?

a)

First Resident of Perak

b)

Governor of the Straits Settlement

c)

Secretary of State of Colonies

d)

Trader from the British East India Company

6.

Why did the British want tin from Perak?

a)

Tin ccould be used to store food for a longer period of time.

b)

Tin was cheaper to produce in Perak than in Britain.

c)

Tin was of good quality in Perak.

d)

All of the above.

7.

Who were involved in the Larut Wars?

a)

Ghee Hins and Hai Sans

b)

Ghee Sans and Hai Hins

c)

The British and the locals in Perak

d)

Yuxing and Malcolm

8.

Who appealed to the British for support, agreeing to accept a British Resident as advisor if they recognised him as Sultan?

a)

Raja Abdullah

b)

Raja Ali

c)

Raja Ismail

d)

Raja Yusuf

9.

When was the Pangkor Treaty signed?

a)

1873

b)

1874

c)

1875

d)

1876

10.

The “men on the spot" are...

a)

British missionaries in Malaya

b)

British officials stationed in Malaya

c)

British traders in Malaya

d)

Local Malay chiefs who negotiated with the British