Secondary 2 G3 History Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. - The criminal organizations that controlled gambling and opium dens in colonial Singapore.
  2. 5. - The government agency established in 1960 to solve Singapore’s post-war housing crisis.
  3. 6. - The massive military facility built by the British in Sembawang to deter foreign aggression.
  4. 9. - To survive extreme food shortages during the Occupation, locals grew substitute crops like _______.
  5. 11. - The term used for Chinese indentured laborers who did backbreaking manual work.
  6. 13. - The political union formed in 1963 between Singapore, Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak.
  7. 14. - The global economic crash of 1929 that heavily crippled Singapore's trade-dependent economy.
  8. 17. - Information, often biased or misleading, used by the Japanese to control public mindset.
  9. 19. - The massive screening operation conducted by the Japanese to execute anti-Japanese Chinese men.
  10. 20. - The political party formed in 1954 that won the 1959 election.
Down
  1. 1. - In 1959, Lee Kuan Yew became Singapore’s very first _______.
  2. 2. - The British expected the Japanese to attack by sea from the south, but they instead invaded from the _______.
  3. 3. - On 9 August 1965, Singapore achieved full independence after its sudden _______ from Malaysia.
  4. 7. - The title given to the ruthless secret military police of the Japanese.
  5. 8. - The policy where a country controls and governs another territory outside its borders.
  6. 10. - The 1950 riots that erupted over a custody battle involving a Dutch girl raised by a Malay family.
  7. 12. - The new name given to Singapore by the Japanese military administration.
  8. 15. - Prominent Chinese businessman and philanthropist who led early local community mobilization.
  9. 16. - David Marshall became the first chief minister after the 1955 election fought under the _______ Constitution.
  10. 18. - The concept of loyalty to one’s own ethnic group rather than the nation.