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Internat ional Relations Year 1

WHEN YOU READ 3
Read the text and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1. ___T___ The Portuguese and the Dutch competed for control of the spice trade.

2. _______ The chili plant is native to Southeast Asia.

3. _______ The French succeeded in sailing a boat up the Mekong river to China.

4. _______ Britain controlled the territories of India and Burma.

5. _______ The French took Laos as a colony in order to exploit its natural resources.

6. _______ Some Lao people were sent to University in France

The Spice Trade and Colonial Laos

vocabulary work

Write the missing word in the sentence. The Lao translation is in brackets.

1) Laos was a ____________________ between French Indochina and the British Empire of India

and Burma. (ກ ັ ນຊົນ)

2) ________________________________ is the practice by which a powerful country controls
another country. (ລັດທິລ ່ າເມືອງຂຶ້ນ)

3) The French attempted a _________________________ up the Mekong river.
(ການເດີນທາງເຮຶອໄລຍະໄກ)

4) European ______________________ came to Southeast Asia in an effort to secure a
monopoly in the ___________________________ spice trade. (ຜູ ້ ສ ໍ າຫລວດ,ທີ ່ ໃຫ ້ ກ ໍ າໄລງາມ)

5) The entire length of the Mekong river is not _______________________. (ທີ ່ ໃຊ ້ ເດີນເຮືອໄດ ້ )

6) A group of Lao _________________________ was sent to France for education and training.

(ກຸ ່ ມຄົນທິລ ໍ້ າລວຍແລະມີອິດທິພົນກ ່ າວຄົນອື ່ນ)

7) The King remained a ________________________ during the French colonial period.
(ຜູ ້ ນ ໍ າໃນນາມຊື ່ໆ)

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