Dear 2B,
The answers are as follow. Make the best use of your weekend. It's the last leg, girls. Give it your best.
1) The name of the man who built the
Ferdinand de Lesseps
2) What were the four external events that affected
Industrial Revolution – brought steamships to Singapore and increased trade.
Suez Canal – shortened the trade route from Europe to Asia and increased the volume of ships coming to Singapore.
World War One – Rush for food
Great Depression – Unemployment, immigrants sent back home.
3) The Malays and Indians were not as badly treated as the Chinese during the Japanese Occupation. Why was this so?
They were not treated as badly as the Chinese as they were seen as anti-British and as potential allies against the British. India was rebelling against colonial rule at that point of time and so were Malay dominant countries such as Indonesia. Therefore, the Japanese wanted to work with the Malays and Chinese to keep the British out.
4) The name of the Japanese military police who ruthlessly killed people.
Kempeitai
5) What were some of the post war problems
Shortage of housing – the intensive bombardment during the Japanese Occupation had destroyed most houses and thousand were left homeless.
Shortage of food – Food was in acute shortage. The harbour, as a result of the Japanese bombardment, was blocked with sunken ships and trade had come to a standstill.
Diseases, deaths and poor living conditions – with infrastructure destroyed, pipes were faulty, water was contaminated, leading to a sharp rise in diseases and deaths.
6) What were the solutions the BMA tried to implement? Give one solution for each problem.
Shortage of housing – built new homes
Shortage of food – cleared harbour and resumed trading
Poor living conditions – repaired faulty pipes, introduced vaccination
7) Who were the men involved in the two Merdeka talks? Were they successful? How?
Ist Merdeka talks – David Marshall, not successful because he did not demonstrate that he is capable of handling the Communists and he was too aggressive in demanding for independence
2nd Merdeka talks – Lim Yew Hock, successful. Impressed the British with the way he handled the Communists. Singapore granted internal self government.
8) Why were the Communists against the merger?
They were against the merger because Malaya was a fiercely anti-Communist nation and the Communists knew that if the merger went underway, they will be wiped out. They were also unhappy with the terms of the merger as they felt that merging with predominantly Malay Malaya will mean the Chinese in Singapore will lose their equal standing.
9) Name two riots that took place before the merger. Who were the culprits?
The student union riots and the national service riots, the Communists.
10) Which Malaysian political party did PAP have conflicts with?
Alliance
11) What was ‘Malaysian Malaysia’ about? Explain.
An idea propagated by PAP, in opposition to the ‘Bumi Putra’ policy of Malaysia where the Malays are given preferential treatment. ‘Malaysian Malaysia ‘ is about equal rights to all and promotes meritocracy and not communalism.
12) Why was
It was upset because it felt that Sabah and Sarawak rightfully belonged to Indonesia.
13) What is the name of the Malaysian leader during the merger?
Tunku Abdul Rahman
14) What were the racial riots of 1963-64 about?
It was the culmination of the tension between the Alliance party and PAP over the ‘Malaysian Malaysia’ policy. The Malays started to feel they deserved more rights and the Chinese disagreed. As a result, two vicious racial riots broke out in Singapore.
15) When did
1965
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