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WorksheetsMalaysia history 1800-1874
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which territory in Straits Settlements was first acquired by the British?
Penang
Melaka
Singapura
Labuan
Which territory was the earliest state in the Malay Peninsula to develop agricultural production for export, notably rice?
Sekinchan
Kedah
Penang
Krian, Perak
Export from Kedah included .....
Elephant
rice
tin
pepper
all the above
Which territory in Straits Settlements was last acquired by the British?
Penang
Singapore
Melaka
Dinding
"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.....
North Borneo Chartered Company
The British East India Company
Sime, Darby & Co
Boustead & Co
The establishment of Penang in 1786 had
stimulated the Kedah economy
increased the demand of rice from Kedah
expanded the market for cattle and poultry from Kedah
became a competitor for Kedah's international trade
All the above
In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824
the Malay Peninsula and Singapore were placed under British influence while Sumatra and islands south of the Singapore Strait under Dutch control.
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.
the British and the Dutch agreed to swap territories and Bencoolen was thereafter, exchanged with Malacca in 1824.
merely defined the sphere of influence, not sovereignty/ownership of the Dutch and British in this region
consisted all the above
Penang was once the capital of Straits Settlements.
True
False
The agency house was a particular type of mercantile firm which evolved to engage in the business of international trade.
True
False
The Straits Settlements came under direct British control as a Crown colony in 1826
True
False
