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Sent 1: The Glory of Melaka: In the early days, if you were not a pirate or a mosquito, Melaka was not much of a place to live.
Sent 2: The land was infertile, just a swampy plain, the river small and sluggish.
Sent 3: But it had a sheltered harbor, protected from the monsoons by neighboring Sumatra.
Sent 4: Later, the strategic location and deep-water channel close to the coast brought in the bigger vessels of the trade-wind traffic crossing the Indian Ocean.
Sent 5: The first to realize the larger commercial potential, as so often throughout the country's subsequent history, were the Chinese.
Sent 6: In 1409, under a new directive from Emperor Chu Ti to pursue trade in the South Seas and the Indian Ocean, a Chinese fleet of 50 ships headed by Admiral Cheng Ho called in at Melaka.
Sent 7: They made Parameswara an offer he could not refuse: port facilities and an annual financial tribute in exchange for Chinese protection against the marauding Thais.
Sent 8: In 1411, Parameswara took the money to Beijing himself, and the emperor gratefully made him a vassal king.
Sent 9: Twenty years later, the Chinese withdrew again from the South Seas trade.
Sent 10: The new ruler of Melaka, Sri Maharajah, switched his allegiance to the Muslim trading fraternity by marrying into the Muslim faith, wedding the daughter of a sultan in Sumatra.
Sent 11: Islam won its place in Malaya not by conquest — as had been the case in North Africa and Europe — but by trade, dynastic alliances, and peaceful preaching.
Sent 12: Bengali peddlers had already brought the faith to the east coast.
Sent 13: In Melaka and throughout the peninsula, Islam thrived as a strong, male-dominated religion of individuality, offering dynamic leadership and preaching brotherhood and self-reliance — all qualities ideally suited to the coastal trade.
Sent 14: At the same time, Sufi mystics synthesized Islamic teaching with local Malay traditions of animistic magic and charisma, though Islam did not become the state religion until Muzaffar Shah became sultan of Melaka (1446–1459).
Sent 15: But the key figure in the sultanate was Tun Perak, bendahara (prime minister) and military commander.
Sent 16: He expanded Melaka's power along the west coast and down to Singapore and the neighboring Bintan islands.
Sent 17: He also had orang laut pirates patrolling the seas to extort tribute from passing ships.
Sent 18: After Ailied district chiefs had repelled assaults from Thai-controlled armies from Pahang, Tun Perak personally led a famous victory over a Thai fleet off Batu Pahat in 1456.

Question: Describe the land of Melaka (false/0)

It was a great continent with lot of resources
It was infertile, just a swampy plain, the river small and sluggish
A swampy place
Swampy; sheltered harbor to protect from monsoons; but overall unpleasant
In its earliest days, it was a terrible sight to see with its infertile, swampy plain, but Malaka experienced a huge transformation when the chinese settled there
In the early days, it was not much of a place to live
It has been a home for muslims throughout the history
The land was infertile, just a swampy plain, the river small and sluggish

Question: What happened under the rule of Emporer Chu Ti in 1409? (true/1)

Declared war
Pursued trade in the South Seas and the Indian Ocean
The Dutch colonized Melaka
An Agreement was made that protected the Chinese from the Thai
Expanded trade with the South and Indian sea communities
Imported Islam to Melaka and Sumatra

Question: under who's degree was made a vessel King? (false/2)

Question: Who was the key figure in the sultanate and what did he do? (true/3)

Tun Perak; he expanded Melaka's power along the west coast
Sufi mystics
He expanded Melakaâs power along the west coast
Synthesized Islamic teaching with local Malay traditions
Parameswara. he conquered many neighboring islands
Tun Perak, He expanded Malaka's territory down to the west coast
Bendahara (prime minister) and military commander
Tun Perak
Muzaffar Shar

Question: What location is protected from monsoons and from which neighboring country? (true/4)

Question: Who brought Islams to Melaka? (false/5)

Bengali peddlers
Sri Maharajah
Chinese

Question: Who was responsible for a swap in all in allegiance and by what means? (false/6)

Question: What bodies of water were named in the story? (false/7)

Question: What advantage did Melaka's geography provide it? (true/8)

Protects from monsoons
Its geography is a vital choke point of trade with the Japanese
It had a sheltered harbor, protected from monsoons by neighboring Sumatra
Its geography protected the communities from the monsoons by neighboring Sumatra
Its geography provided protection against pirates
It has a sheltered harbor
The swamps

Question: Who was the first emperor to notice the commercial potential to Melaka? (true/9)

Question: What is a positive point about Melaka? (true/10)

Malaka was the trading and business hub of in the region
It had a sheltered harbor, protected from the monsoons by neighboring Sumatra
It had an immense wealth of resources
They offered a dynamic leadership and preaching brotherhood and self-reliance
The land was infertile, just a swampy plain, the river small and sluggish
Sheltered Harbor

Question: Who was the leader who realized the commercial value of the port (true/11)

Question: Name few regions from the story? (true/12)

Question: In what year did the Chinese inhabit Melaka? (true/13)

Question: What military commander ordered tribute from passing ships? (true/14)

Question: Who expanded Melaka's power to Singapore? (true/15)

Question: Why was Melaka not an ideal place for most people to live in its early days? (true/16)

Question: What did Tun Perak do? Name two things. (false/17)

Orang laut pirates patrolling the seas
Expanded Melakaâs power
Spread Islam in Melaka
Expanded power to the south of Melaka (i.e. Singapore)
Fought Thai ships
Led victory over a Thai Fleet and expanded Melaka's power along the west coast
Discovered Melaka
Pursued trade with southern communities

Question: Who owned a fleet of ships in the story? (true/18)

Question: Who had orang laut pirates patrolling the seas to extort tribute from passing ships? (true/19)

Question: Why did Parameswara take money to Beijing in 1411? (true/20)

To ask for protection against the Thais
To give to his family
To help the people
To ask for the construction of a port in Melaka
To become a vessel king
To pay an annual financial tribute in exchange for Chinese protection against the marauding Thais
To seek trading license for Melaka's exports

Question: Who was the first to exploit the commercial potential of the region and who was the admiral who took charge? (false/21)

Question: What did Sri Maharajah do that contributed to Islam winning its place in Malaya? (true/22)

By marrying into muslim faith
He married into the Muslim faith by wedding the daughter of a sultan in Sumatra
Switched his allegiance and conquered the Animistic communities
Evangelized Islam forcefully in Malaya
Declaring war
Married a sultan in Sumatra
Vast army

Question: Why might you might not have wanted to live in Melaka in the early days? (true/23)

Question: What attracted bigger vessels to the island? (true/24)

Deep-water channel close to the coast
Sheltered harbor, protected from the monsoons by neighboring Sumatra
A swampy plain
The strategic location
Well build ship channel
The Muslims
The river small and sluggish
The Chinese
Deep water, sheltered harbor

Question: When did the Chinese withdraw from the South Seas trade? (false/25)

1411
1431
1409
1421

Question: Who was responsible for orang laut pirates extorting tribute from passing ships? (true/26)

Question: Who expanded Melaka's power along the west coast and down to Singapore and the neighboring Bintan islands? (true/27)

Question: In what year did Parameswara take the money to Beijing? (true/28)

Question: Islam won its place in Malaya not by conquest but by who bringing it to the east coast? (true/29)

Parameswara
Bengali peddlers
Trade, dynastic alliances, and peaceful preaching
Sri Maharaja

Question: Which land used to be known as an infertile, swampy plain with a small and sluggish river? (true/30)