Constructing Knowledge on Spore Past

Question 1

Who is an inhabitant?

Answer 1

Person who lives in a particular place

Question 2

What is a keramat?

Answer 2

Muslim Shrine

Question 3

What is a ruin?

Answer 3

refers to the part of a building that remains after the rest of the building is destroyed

Question 4

Singapura is know as

Answer 4

Lion City

Question 5

Who is a Sultan?

Answer 5

A ruler in a Muslim country

Question 6

What is a Sultanate?

Answer 6

A country that is ruled by a Sultan

Question 7

What is Temasek?

Answer 7

Sea Town

Question 8

Who is Wang Dayung?

Answer 8

Wrote earliest first-hand account of the History of Singapore
Sailed to Singapore in the 14th century

Question 9

What did Wang Sayung say about trade in Temasek?

Answer 9

Temasek was an important trading centre for Chinese and others
Piracy was rampant and Chinese junks were attacked often

Question 10

What are early written sources on Singapore?

Answer 10

Wamg Dayuan’s account
Serajah Melayu (Malay Annals)
Sir Stamford Raffles’ Letters
John Crawford’s Account

Question 11

When was the Serah Melayu written?

Answer 11

In the 16th century about the lives in the 13th and 14th century

Question 12

Who renamed Temasek as Singapura?

Answer 12

Sang Nila Utama, a prince from Sumatra

Question 13

What does Singapura mean?

Answer 13

Singa mean Lion and pura means city

Question 14

Where did Sang Nila establish his capital

Answer 14

Fort Canning Hill

Question 15

Who is Parameswara?

Answer 15

A Palembang prince, murdered the local ruler in Singapore and gained control at the end of the 14th century

Question 16

Who attacked Parameswara leading to him losing control of Singapore?

Answer 16

Javanese or Siamese troops

Question 17

Why did Singapore decline in importance as trading port

Answer 17

Parameswara fled to Malacca after being defeated and made it his trading centre
When the Portuguese controlled Malacca, they prevented others from using Singapore as a trading centre

Question 18

What did Sir Stamford write in his letters?

Answer 18

He discovered only a few hundred inhabitants in Singapore

Question 19

Who were the people in Singapore when Sir Stamford Raffles found it?

Answer 19

Orang Laut
Malays
Chinese

Question 20

Who was John Crawford?

Answer 20

He was the second British resident and help manage the British government to manage Singapore’s affairs

Question 21

What did John Crawford write about the Singapore before the 19th century?

Answer 21

He described what was on Fort Canning and the north back of the Singapore river
He described the Singapore stone found in the south back of the Singapore river

Question 22

Who drew the earliest map of the Malay peninsular

Answer 22

Ptolemy of Alexandria circa 150

Question 23

What artefacts were found in Istana Kampong Glam?

Answer 23

Dutch East Indies Company coins

Coins from the Qing dynasty

Question 24

What artefacts were found in Old Parliament House?

Answer 24

Chinese porcelain from late 13th century to 15th century

Question 25

What artefacts were found in Express place?

Answer 25

Chinese porcelain from late 13th century to 15th century

Question 26

What artefacts were found in Duxton place?

Answer 26

Printing blocks
porcelain shards
stoneware shards
opium pipes
marbles
flute

Question 27

What artefacts were found in Fort Canning Hill?

Answer 27

Gold ornaments, glass globules and glass beads
Remains of the fort gate and old British cemetry
Ruins of brick buildings
The keramat or ceremonial grave of Iskandar Shah

Question 28

What artefacts were found in Singapore River?

Answer 28

Fragments of the boulder known as the Singapore Stone, and small fragment is kept in the National Museum