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The Dutch East Indies
Singapore and Malaysia
The British in Burma
The Siam Kingdom
The Anglo-Afghan War
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Who Established Bases in present day Indonesia?
The Dutch East India Company
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What makes Singapore a good trading area?
It is the middle of Southeast Asia and it is on the end of a peninsula
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Who are the Karen people?
An ethnic group residing in South-East Asia (What would become known as Burma)
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What country is the Siam Kingdom today?
Thailand
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What were the two neighboring countries that wanted to have influence over Afghanistan between 1839 and 1919?
Russia and British India
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Who was the guy that led the rebellion in Java?
Prince Deponegoro
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What war led Britain to control some of the Netherlands?
The Napoleonic War
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How did the Karen people feel about British rule?
They strongly resisted it
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Where was the Siam Kingdom located?
Between British-ruled Burma and French Indochina
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Who was the ruler in Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War?
Dost Mohammad Khan
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What islands in Indonesia came under control during the imperialist period?
Java and the Moluccan (Spice) Islands
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What government is Malaysia?
A federal constitutional monarchy
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What was the result of the first Anglo-Burmese War?
A British victory and the annexing of Tenasserim
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Who was Mongkut and how long was he in power?
The King of Siam from 1851 to 1868
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How did the Afghan people react after each time they were invaded by the British Indian Army?
The Afghan People did not like the british intervening in their affairs.
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How did the Dutch capture Prince Deponegoro?
By faking a truce flag
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What country did Singapore originally belong to?
Malaysia
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What happened on January 4th 1948?
Burma received independence from Britain
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How did Mongkut and his son make things more fair?
By abolishing slavery and giving women some choice in marriage
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What year did the Afghans finally achieve lasting independence from Great Britain?
In 1919 at the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War
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Name 5 raw materials that were important exports for the Dutch.
Coconut, coffee, rubber, oil, quinine, pepper, sugar and tobacco
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What year did British military take control of Singapore?
1957
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What years were the three Anglo-Burmese Wars?
1824-1826, 1852, and 1885
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How did Siam escape Europe's influence?
By studying foreign languages as well as reading a lot about modern science and mathematics
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Why did the British stop invading Afghanistan after 1919?
The British had tried to invade Afghanistan three different times and each time the Afghans pushed them out