Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

Indonesia

1. When did the Dutch occupying Indonesia?
2. What was their altitude initially?
3. How did it change at the beginning of the twentieth century?
4. What made Indonesia a valuable colony of the Dutch?

Answer 1

1. The Dutch had occupied Java and Sumatra (Indonesia) as early as 1640.
2. Initially the Dutch were not interested in politics but focused on exploiting Indonesia ruthlessly.
3. At the beginning of the twentieth century, they adopted measures for the social and economic advancement of the people they governed.
4. Heavy investments in these plantations and other concerns, and the discovery of oil in 1900 made Indonesia a valuable colony for the Dutch