Second Year (BA) Hist-2008(Contemporary Southeast Asia)

1. Complete the following statements with appropriate word or words.

a. The term of Southeast Asia became popular during ---------------.

b. Southeast Asia, located strategically between the Pacific Ocean and the ---------------
Ocean.
c. After 1984, --------------- became a newly independent state in Southeast Asia.
d. Small elite in each of SEA countries called --------------- who were western educated
class.
e. Southeast Asia became much greater importance in relation to China after victory of
the ---------------.
f. The colonial powers transformed the rice cultivation from subsistence agriculture to
--------------- agriculture.
g. The rubber firstly came to Southeast Asia from the --------------- Jungle in North
America.
h. King Rama VI (Vajiravudh 1910-1925) established the --------------- University.
i. To promote the commercial cultivation of rice in Ayeyarwaddy delta, the British gave
free land to cultivators which caused a mass migration from --------------- Myanmar.
j. Vietnam was divided by the --------------- agreement of 1954 along the 17th parallel.
k. The opening of --------------- canal in 1869, the increased use of steamships made the
transportation of bulk products from Southeast Asia to Europe.
l. In Nation building, the spirit of --------------- is the most important factor.
m. Two of the main treaties of the political and security cooperation in ASEAN are the
Treaty of --------------- and Cooperation.
n. Singapore has to rely on the --------------- park for agricultural production and
consumption.
o. In Bandung Conference, --------------- (five principles of peaceful Co-existence)
became the stated instrument of Indian and Chinese foreign policy.
p. ASEAN University network Secretariat established in ---------------.
q. Southeast Asia’s Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) was signed on 27
November 1971 in ---------------.
r. Indian immigration into Southeast Asia in colonial period were --------------- scheme.

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 s. The Asian and Pacific Council (ASPAC), organized in ---------------.
t. As the growth of car industry in 19th century, --------------- became the most
important cash crop for colonial powers in the Southeast region.

2. Are the following statements True (or) False.

a. European and Eurasians were the most mingling with native Indians and Southeast
Asian.
b. Thailand became a colonial country under the capitalist powers in colonial period.
c. In ancient time, Southeast Asia was called as Far East, Greater India and Little China
by many British, French and Indian Scholars.
d. The Colonial powers looked to the economics of their colonial territories to support
for their metropolitan economics.
e. The Menam delta in Laos, which is outside of colonial territories, also was a
commercial rice cultivation area.
f. In 1885, Bowring Treaty was signed which guarantee the privileges of British in
Thailand.
g. King Rama V of Thailand abolished serfdom and slavery in 1901 and 1905
respectively.
h. Most of the immigrants into Southeast Asia in the colonial period were English and
Indians.
i. Southeast Asia Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) exerted free from
any form or manner of interference by outside powers.
j. In Singapore, lack of physical resources and a small domestic market which has
forced the government to adopted Import-Oriented economic policy.
k. Singapore has no natural lake, water is scarce, and so water is defined as precious
resources.
l. Singapore has the larger proficiency of English Language speaker than the other
countries of Southeast Asia.
m. By the efforts of Thai leader, the USSR responded with unprecedented economic aid
to the kingdom of Thailand from 1955 to 1959.
n. The Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty, which aims to foster world
wide disarmament.

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 o. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was the military alliance organization wit
the support of US in the Southeast Asia Region.
p. Singapore is aggressively promoting and developing its biotechnology.
q. In 1920’s, rubber had become the leading export of the Netherlands East Indies.
r. The initiative countries of the Association of Southeast Asia in 1961 was the three
governments.
s. In colonial period, sugarcane plantations were first established by Chinese settlers
near Jakarta.
t. In 1870,the French constructed a series of canals in Mekong delta, in French
Indochina.

3. Choose the correct word or words given in the brackets.

a. In pre-industrial era, the coastal ports and cities of Thailand which welcomed the
merchants from ---------------, India and China. (Persia, Africa, Europe)
b. The first independence country of Southeast Asia is ---------------. (Myanmar,
Philippines, Malaysia)
c. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded on 8 th August 1967 in
---------------. (Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur)
d. The non-alignment idea was formulated by ---------------. (Jawaharlal Nehru, Ho Chi
minh, Zhou Enlai).
e. Permanent ASEAN Secretariat was also established in --------------- headed by a
Secretary-General of ASEAN. (Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur)
f. In Singapore, the government has stress the importance of cooperation between
unions, management and government --------------- system, there has been only one
strike in the past 15 years. (tripartite, central, liberal)
g. The Bali Summit followed the lead of President --------------- of Indonesia in seeing
‘region resilience’. (Suharto, Sukarno, Shihanouk)
h. In January 1922, ASEAN leaders decided to establish ASEAN --------------- for economic
community. (Free Trade Area, Political-Security Community, Regional Forum)
i. MAPHILINDO is acronym taken from the first parts of Malay, the Philippines and
---------------. (Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia)

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j. The Bali Declaration reaffirmed the establishment of the Zone of Peace, Freedom
and Neutrality in the --------------- region. (Southeast Asia, Asia, South Asia)
k. In Singapore, the Employment Act offers little protection to --------------- workers due
to an income threshold. (foreign, white collar, low skill)
l. The Ayeyawady delta was developed as a rice region by the ---------------. (British,
French, Dutch)
m. Sugarcane was also cultivated as a commercial crops in Philippines, with most of it
grown by ---------------. (Negros, Chinese, Indians)
n. Southeast Asia Region is --------------- importance to the US, compared to primary US
interests in the Middle East, Russia, Europe, China, and Japan. (secondary, mainly,
thirdly)
o. The Jakarta Plan of Action in the Economic and Social Commissions for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP) Region adopted in ---------------. (1986,1990,1995)
p. Singapore got independence form UK in ---------------. (1963,1960,1959)
q. In 1876, An Englishman smuggled out some coffee seeds from America and which
were taken to Sri Lanka and ---------------. (Singapore, Malay, Myanmar)
r. Thailand’s largest export market is --------------. (US, UK, France)
s. The states of third world braving --------------- policies found between the two blocs.
(nonaligned, aligned, allied)
t. The smallest countries in Southeast Asia and the world’s most prosperous country is
---------------. (Singapore, Brunei, Lao)

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 4. Match each of the item in Column A with the appropriate item given in Column B.

a. Field Marshall Luang Philbulsongkram in

dispute or war
B
b. Persia
i. Non-participation
c. Communism
ii. People who wanted to reforms
d. Leftists
iii. The war time Prime minister of
e. Negros
Thailand
f. Neutrality Tigers
iv. Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
g. Vajiravudha
v. Iran
h. Countries of French Indochina
vi. One of the four Asian
i. Middle class of Southeast Asia
vii. Natives of Africa
j. US’s primary interest countries
viii. The leader of South Vietnam
k. The Vietnam war
ix. The leader of North Vietnam
l.
x. Western educated class
m. Title of Singapore
xi. Kingdom of Thailand
n. Bao Dai of Thailand
xii.
o. Hanoi
xiii. Thai King Rama XI
p. The First Afro-Asian conference
xiv. dark brown people
q. Landlocked state in Southeast Asia
xv. Thai King Rama VI
r. Va Jiralongkron
xvi. A form of socialism that abolishes
s. Meaning of Syam
private ownership
t. Second largest gypsum exporter state
xvii. Middle eastern countries
xviii. Laos
xix. The Bandung Conference
xx. Capital of North Vietnam