Fiji History - Girmit
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- Q1A country or place that is ruled by another country elsewhere is a ___________________.
barter
continent
colony30s - Q2Who was Fiji's first Governor General from Britain?
William Bligh
Sir Arthur GordonCaptain Cook
30s - Q3The colonial practice of kidnapping people and resettling them as a labor force in some other part of the world is called __________________________.
Kidnapping
Black birdingTrading
30s - Q4Work under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time is called ________________________
Labor Union
Indentured Labor or WorkLabor
30s - Q5_____________________is a plant from which sugar is made and was grown by early girmit workers in Fiji.
licorice
sugar beet
sugar cane30s - Q6The plant that produces fibers from which many textiles and clothing was made is called ________________. It was grown in Fiji too by the early Girmit workers.cotton
sugarcane
coconut
30s - Q7What was the name of the first ship that brought the first indentured workers from India to Fiji?Leonidas
Syria
Titanic
30s - Q8Calcutta is the city in India where most Indian indentured labourers boarded the ships to sail to Fiji.truefalseTrue or False30s
- Q9
Apart from Europeans, who are some other ethnic people who came to trade or do business in Fiji?
Africans
iTaukei Fijians
Chinese
30s - Q10
Which high chief in Fiji ceded Fiji to Great Britain or England?
Ratu Sukuna
Ratu Seru Cakobau
Ratu George Kadavulevu
30s - Q11
How long was the contract for the Girmit Indian workers who came to work in Fiji?
5 months
5 days
5 years
30s - Q12
What worldwide event was a factor in ending the Girmit system?
World War 1
Fiji Measles epidemic
Great Depression
30s - Q13
Fiji and India were both British colonies during the Girmit era.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q14
Most of the Girmit workers were members of the ______________________ religion.
Sikh
Hindu
Buddhist
Christian
30s - Q15
How have the children of the Indian Girmit workers contributed to development of Fiji?
They helped develop Fiji by ________________________________.
establishing shops and businesses that grew the economy
teaching everybody their language
bringing a lot of gold with them
30s
