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Malaysia history 1800-1874

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which territory in Straits Settlements was first acquired by the British?

a)

Penang

b)

Melaka

c)

Singapura

d)

Labuan

2.

Which territory was the earliest state in the Malay Peninsula to develop agricultural production for export, notably rice?

a)

Sekinchan

b)

Kedah

c)

Penang

d)

Krian, Perak

3.

Export from Kedah included .....

a)

Elephant

b)

rice

c)

tin

d)

pepper

e)

all the above

4.

Which territory in Straits Settlements was last acquired by the British?

a)

Penang

b)

Singapore

c)

Melaka

d)

Dinding

5.

"Between 1600 and 1874, it built the most powerful corporation the world had ever known, complete with its own army, its own territory, and a near-total hold on trade of a product now seen as quintessentially British: Tea." The statement above is refer to.....

a)

North Borneo Chartered Company

b)

The British East India Company

c)

Sime, Darby & Co

d)

Boustead & Co

6.

The establishment of Penang in 1786 had

a)

stimulated the Kedah economy

b)

increased the demand of rice from Kedah

c)

expanded the market for cattle and poultry from Kedah

d)

became a competitor for Kedah's international trade

e)

All the above

7.

In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824

a)

the Malay Peninsula and Singapore were placed under British influence while Sumatra and islands south of the Singapore Strait under Dutch control.

b)

the Johor-Riau Empire was dissected into two parts in 1824 – the Johor Sultanate led by Sultan Hussein and the Riau Sultanate under Sultan Abdul Rahman.

c)

the British and the Dutch agreed to swap territories and Bencoolen was thereafter, exchanged with Malacca in 1824.

d)

merely defined the sphere of influence, not sovereignty/ownership of the Dutch and British in this region

e)

consisted all the above

8.

Penang was once the capital of Straits Settlements.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The agency house was a particular type of mercantile firm which evolved to engage in the business of international trade.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Straits Settlements came under direct British control as a Crown colony in 1826

a)

True

b)

False