Unit 20: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Asia & Oceania
Topic 20.5: Colonialism and the development of nationalism in South-East Asia (c1750–1914) Questions
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Choose the correct answer: Which three areas did the Dutch Ethical Policy (1901) focus on?
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To what extent did colonial economic policy in South-East Asia before 1914 serve the interests of the colonial power rather than the colonised population?
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Choose the correct answer: Who introduced the Culture System in the Dutch East Indies?
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Which Filipino organisation was founded by Jose Rizal in 1892 to campaign for peaceful reform?
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Choose the correct answer: In which year was French Indo-China formally unified as a single administrative union?
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Choose the correct answer: In which year did the Dutch East India Company (VOC) collapse and get dissolved?
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What happened to Andres Bonifacio in May 1897?
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Examine the reasons why the Dutch East Indies moved from the Culture System to the Liberal Policy after 1870.
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Discuss the view that indirect rule was primarily a cost-saving strategy for European colonial powers in South-East Asia before 1914.
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Evaluate the significance of the 1799 collapse of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) for the later development of colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies.
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Discuss the methods used by France to establish and administer French Indo-China.
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Examine the role of a named individual in shaping colonial policy or resistance to it in either the Dutch East Indies or French Indo-China before 1914.
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Choose the correct answer: Which region of Vietnam became a direct French colony, rather than a protectorate?
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Evaluate the impact of the Ethical Policy (1901) on the Dutch East Indies.
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What event in August 1896 triggered the open outbreak of the Philippine Revolution?
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Compare and contrast the economic systems used by the Dutch in the East Indies and the French in Indo-China before 1914.
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Analyse the reasons why France unified Cochinchina, Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia into French Indo-China in 1887.
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To what extent was economic exploitation the main cause of early nationalist sentiment in South-East Asia before 1914?
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Which Siamese king abolished slavery and forced labour while modernising the army, bureaucracy and railways?
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Who defeated the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay on 1 May 1898?
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