Sec 1 Chapter 2.1 Quiz (homework version)

One reason for Raffles' decision to choose Singapore as a British trading post was to protect trade with _____ and China.

One reason for Raffles' decision to choose Singapore as a British trading post was to counter _____ power in Southeast Asia.

One reason for Raffles' decision to choose Singapore as a British trading post was to make up for the current unsuitable ______ posts.

• military

• trading

• political

• diplomatic

EIC stands for...

The EIC sold ______________ to India and China.

• coffee and silk

• jewelry and tea

• cotton, opium and wool

• furniture and ivory

The EIC bought ______________ from India and China.

• coffee and silk

• tea, silk and porcelain

• cotton, opium and wool

• furniture and ivory

To protect trade with India and China, the British must control the ____________ that connected Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.

• Strait of Hormuz
• Straits of Malacca

• Bering Strait
• Strait of Gibraltar

Singapore was located at the __________ tip of the Straits of Melaka.

• western
• eastern
• southern
• northern

The Dutch East India Company was also known as the ___.

• VIC
• DEIC

• VEC
• VOC

The Dutch East India Company (the VOC), already had complete control of the _____ trade in Southeast Asia.

• silk
• cotton
• tea
• spice