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Malaysian States History

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who founded Malacca?

a)

Zheng Hi

b)

Parameswara

c)

Sultan Mahmud

d)

Hang Tuah

2.

What does Malacca has that attracted foreign traders and western colonizers?

a)

good tree

b)

strategic waterway

c)

strategic armies

d)

responsible sultan

3.

Which colonizer had influenced the culture in Malacca?

a)

Turkey

b)

Dutch

c)

Britain

d)

Portugis

4.

What is the state capital of Perak?

a)

Kuantan

b)

Kuala Kangsar

c)

Ipoh

d)

Tambun The Lost World

5.

The State Perak means The Silver State.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which Sultanate empire in control of Perak?

a)

Johor

b)

Kedah

c)

Malacca

d)

Selangor

7.

Based on the history of Perak, Dato Maharaja Lela was upset and brutally killed which British Representative?

a)

Francis Light

b)

Stamford Raffles

c)

J.W.W Birch

d)

Frank Swettenham

8.

What country bordering the state of Perlis?

a)

India

b)

Thailand

c)

China

d)

Indonesia

9.

What is the state capital of Perlis?

a)

Kangar

b)

Georgetown

c)

Shah Alam

d)

Ipoh

10.

It is said that Perlis named after a Thai phrase "Phra Loi" which means?

a)

coconut fell

b)

coconut washed ashore

c)

coconut floats

d)

coconut in the ocean

11.

Below are the name Perlis could have been derived from except

a)

peroleh

b)

perelus

c)

perlite

d)

perung

12.

What is the state capital of Penang?

a)

Johor Bahru

b)

Kuala Kangsar

c)

Francistown

d)

Georgetown

13.

Which Sultanate Empire ruled Penang?

a)

Kedah

b)

Johor

c)

Perlis

d)

Pahang

14.

Fearing the attack from the Siamese, the Kedah Sultan made an agreement to hand over Penang to which British company to secure alliance?

a)

Indian East British Company

b)

British East India Company

15.

Penang was discovered by which merchants in the 15th century?

a)

Indian

b)

Chinese

c)

African

d)

Western

16.

Which Javanese Kingdom ruled Terengganu in the 13th century?

a)

Sulawesi

b)

Majapahit

c)

Gangganegara

d)

Srvijaya

17.

The capital state of Terengganu is

a)

Redang Island

b)

Perhentian Island

c)

Kuala Terengganu

d)

Kuantan

18.

Early Kelantan had links to the Sri Vijaya and Majapahit Kingdom.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What happened to Kelantan after the fall of Malacca in 1511?

a)

united

b)

invasion

c)

divided

d)

colonized

20.

Which is the largest state in Pahang?

a)

Selangor

b)

Negeri Sembilan

c)

Pahang

d)

Johor

21.

Below are the famous tourism attractions in Pahang except

a)

Cameron Highlands

b)

Genting Highlands

c)

Tioman Island

d)

Pangkor Island

22.

Negeri Sembilan is

a)

the largest state

b)

the second largest state

c)

the third largest state

d)

the fourth largest state

23.

Which ethnic people settled in Negeri Sembilan in the 14th Century?

a)

Iban

b)

Kadazan

c)

Orang Asli

d)

Minangkabau

24.

What factor made the state of Johor successful?

a)

The politic

b)

The Sultan's governance

c)

The waterway

d)

The Sultan's son

25.

Who was known as the Father of Modern Johor?

a)

Sultan Abu Bakar

b)

Sultan Ali Bakar

c)

Sultan Abdullah

d)

Sultan Mahmud 1

26.

Which Sultanate empire took control of Selangor in the 15th century?

a)

Kedah

b)

Johor

c)

Malacca

d)

Terengganu

27.

Sabah holds the oldest rainforest in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

What is the biggest and only flora can be found in the Sabah rainforest?

a)

tree

b)

flytrap

c)

rafflesia

d)

mangrove tree

29.

What is the longest river in Malaysia

a)

Sibu River

b)

Libu River

c)

Bibu River

d)

Nibu River

30.

What is the name of the Industrial town in Sarawak

a)

Mintulu

b)

Bintulu

c)

Wintulu

d)

Pintu;u