Sunday, June 18, 2006

History assignment questions

The dangers of blogs:
I TYPED EVERYTHING OUT AND IT FLEW AWAY. it just flew away.



here you go kaiying: enjoy your work. (as if lol)


CHAPTER ONE-THE FOUNDING OF SINGAPORE

1a) Why did the British need a new trading settlement in this region?
1b) Why was Singapore chosen over the other ports?
1c) How did raffles succeed in getting Singapore as a trading settlement even though it was supposed to belong to the Dutch?

CHAPTER TWO-THE COMING OF THE IMMIGRANTS

2a) why did many people come to Singapore in the 19th century? You must include the push and pull factors and give your answers according to the different races—
Malays, Chinese, Indians, Europeans

b) how did these immigrants contribute to the growth of Singapore?
You can do them in note form as follows

EXAMPLE:
Main point:
Building the settlement
Supporting points:
1) Chinese coolies an Indian labourers cleared the jungle areas to make land
Available for the plantations and for the growth of the town

2) Indian convict labourers cleared the jungle areas and constructed roads, bridges and buildings

3) European government officials helped to plan and develop the town.



CHAPTER THREE-THE BRITISH AS RULERS

1) what did the british do to improve a)law and order b) social services
2) how did the british treat Asians? (discriminations)


Homework to do:
history workbook
History questions
science worksheets
heymaths worksheet
the curious incident of the dog in the night time
cheng nan jiu shi
geography project
Wei si li Chinese book
Learn yan yu (I only learnt 3)


Horrible Lives of Students

lets burn the school down someday.


byebye. annia and ls are coming real soon to do that stupid geog project.

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