History and Independence

History And Independence

285 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

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  1. Complete the sentence about Megawati Sukarnoputri with the correct year: Megawati Sukarnoputri attended Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung to study agriculture but dropped out in ______ to be with her…
  2. Complete the sentence about Joko Widodo with the correct year: Joko Widodo was born as Mulyono at Brayat Minulya General Hospital in Surakarta on 21 June ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Prabowo Subianto with the correct year: In early ______, Prabowo's inner circle established the Gerindra Party.
  4. Complete the sentence about Prabowo Subianto with the correct year: In the ______ presidential election, he ran unsuccessfully for the vice presidency as Megawati Sukarnoputri's running mate.
  5. Complete the sentence about President of Indonesia with the correct year: On 11 November ______, the KNIP made the decision to separate the role of head of state from that of head of government.
  6. Complete the sentence about President of Indonesia with the correct year: During the Indonesian National Revolution, both Sukarno and Hatta were captured by the Dutch in Yogyakarta on 18 December ____…
  7. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Prawiranegara handed back his mandate to Sukarno on 13 July ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about President of Indonesia with the correct year: When the RIS was about to be replaced by a unitary state, Asaat stepped down from the presidency, and Sukarno once again becam…
  9. Complete the sentence about People's Representative Council with the correct year: At a session of the committee on 1 June ______, Sukarno laid down the principles of Pancasila by which an Indonesia w…
  10. Complete the sentence about Supreme Court of Indonesia with the correct year: Constitutional matters, however, fall within the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia, established in ___…
  11. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Indonesia with the correct year: The ______ Constitution sets forth the Pancasila, the five nationalist principles, as the embodiment of basic principles of…
  12. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Indonesia with the correct year: The Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies in ______, defeated the Dutch colonial regime, and occupied it for the duration…
  13. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Indonesia with the correct year: On 26 July ______, the Allies called for the unconditional surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration.
  14. Complete the sentence about Indonesian general election, 2019 with the correct year: The election was a rematch of the ______ presidential election, in which Jokowi defeated Prabowo.
  15. Complete the sentence about Politics of Indonesia with the correct year: Indonesia was democratic upon independence, but became authoritarian in ______ under Sukarno.
  16. Complete the sentence about Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle with the correct year: In June ______, another National Congress was held in the city of Medan, to which Megawati was not invited; a…
  17. Complete the sentence with the correct year: On the morning of 27 July ______, Suryadi threatened to take back PDI's headquarters in Jakarta.
  18. Complete the sentence about Great Indonesia Movement Party with the correct year: Gerindra was formed on 6 February ______ at the suggestion of Prabowo's younger brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who h…
  19. Complete the sentence about Indonesian rupiah with the correct year: Indonesia used multiple exchange rates, fixed rates and managed depreciation before allowing the rupiah to float during the ______…
  20. Complete the sentence about Indonesian rupiah with the correct year: The rupiah fell to about Rp16,800 per US dollar in June ______ and later recovered.
  21. Complete the sentence about Indonesian National Armed Forces with the correct year: Under the ______ Constitution, all citizens are legally entitled and obliged to defend the nation.
  22. Complete the sentence about Indonesian National Armed Forces with the correct year: The Indonesian armed forces have seen significant action since their establishment in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Indonesian National Armed Forces with the correct year: On 1 July ______, the Police Force's name was reverted to "POLRI".
  24. Complete the sentence about Indonesian National Armed Forces with the correct year: After the fall of Suharto in ______, the democratic and civil movement grew against the acute military role and invo…
  25. Complete the sentence about Indonesian National Armed Forces with the correct year: In April ______, the Indonesian National Police officially regained its independence and now is a separate entity fr…
  26. Complete the sentence about Indonesian Army with the correct year: On 17 November ______, General Nasution was suspended as army chief of staff following army indiscipline over command and support tha…
  27. Complete the sentence about Indonesian Army with the correct year: Garuda Contingent I began its first deployment 8 January ______ to Egypt.
  28. Complete the sentence about Indonesian Army with the correct year: The contingent departed on 8 January ______, on board the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II transport aircraft of the United States Air Fo…
  29. Complete the sentence about Indonesian Air Force with the correct year: In ______, there was only one Indonesian holding a multi-engine pilot license from the pre-war Dutch Flying School, Flying Offic…
  30. Complete the sentence about Indonesian Air Force with the correct year: In December ______, a flight school was created at Maguwo airfield, commanded by Adisucipto.
  31. Complete the sentence with the correct year: On 1 July ______, the Police Force's name was reverted to "POLRI".
  32. Complete the sentence about Kopassus with the correct year: Kopassus was founded by Alexander Evert Kawilarang and Mochammad Idjon Djanbi on 16 April ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Kopassus with the correct year: One of the unit's most notable operations was Operation Woyla in March ______, when a Garuda Indonesia aircraft was hijacked by five members…
  34. Complete the sentence about Densus 88 with the correct year: Azahari Husin was shot and killed on 9 November ______ at Batu, East Java.
  35. Complete the sentence about Garuda Pancasila with the correct year: Garuda Pancasila was designed by Sultan Hamid II from Pontianak, supervised by Sukarno, and was adopted as the national emblem on 11…
  36. Complete the sentence about Garuda Pancasila with the correct year: On 8 February ______, the design created by Sultan Hamid II was presented to President Sukarno.
  37. Complete the sentence about Garuda Pancasila with the correct year: President Sukarno introduced the national emblem of Indonesia to the public at Hotel Des Indes, Jakarta, on 15 February ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Indonesia Raya with the correct year: The song was introduced by its composer, Wage Rudolf Supratman, on 28 October ______ during the Youth Pledge in Jakarta.
  39. Complete the sentence about Indonesia Raya with the correct year: The first stanza of "Indonesia Raya" was chosen as the national anthem when Indonesia proclaimed its independence on 17 August ______.
  40. Complete the sentence about Indonesia Raya with the correct year: In ______, the song was completed during his time in Bandung and entitled "Indonesia".
  41. Complete the sentence about Indonesia Raya with the correct year: According to Tempo, the song's lyrics were revised after Soepratman was reportedly inspired by Tan Malaka's book Massa Actie, after it…
  42. Complete the sentence about Free Aceh Movement with the correct year: The small movement carried out its first attack on Mobil engineers in ______, killing one American engineer.
  43. Complete the sentence about Free Aceh Movement with the correct year: Di Tiro was nearly killed and was forced to flee to Malaysia, while all members of his cabinet were either killed or forced to fle…
  44. Complete the sentence about 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami with the correct year: The ______ Indian Ocean earthquake was initially documented as having a moment magnitude of 8.8.
  45. Complete the sentence about 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami with the correct year: The ______ Sumatra earthquake is believed to have been a foreshock, preceding the main event by over two yea…
  46. Complete the sentence about Timor-Leste with the correct year: East Timor came under Portuguese influence in the sixteenth century, remaining a Portuguese colony until ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Timor-Leste with the correct year: On 20 May ______, Timor-Leste became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century.
  48. Complete the sentence about Indonesian invasion of East Timor with the correct year: UDT and Fretilin entered into a coalition by January ______ with the unified goal of self-determination.
  49. Complete the sentence about Indonesian invasion of East Timor with the correct year: By April ______, internal conflicts split the UDT leadership, with Lopes da Cruz leading a faction that wanted to a…
  50. Complete the sentence about 1999 East Timorese crisis with the correct year: Renewed United Nations-brokered mediation efforts between Indonesia and Portugal began in early ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about 1999 East Timorese crisis with the correct year: For the remainder of ______, discussion forums took place throughout Dili working towards a referendum.
  52. Complete the sentence about 1999 East Timorese crisis with the correct year: On 8 June ______, three weeks after taking office, Habibie, as Suharto's successor, announced that Indonesia would soon off…
  53. Complete the sentence about Papua conflict with the correct year: A ______ report by Yale Law School argued that the scale and intent of Indonesia's actions fall within the legal definition of genocid…
  54. Complete the sentence about Papua conflict with the correct year: As a result of the transmigration program, which since ______ has included migration to Papua, about half of inhabitants of Indonesian…
  55. Complete the sentence about Free Papua Movement with the correct year: Indonesian Brigadier General Sarwo Edhie oversaw the design and conduct of the Act of Free Choice which took place from 14 July t…
  56. Complete the sentence about Free Papua Movement with the correct year: One thousand and twenty five Papuan elders were selected from and instructed on the required procedure as specified by the articl…
  57. Complete the sentence about Free Papua Movement with the correct year: In response, Nicolaas Jouwe and two OPM commanders, Seth Jafeth Roemkorem and Jacob Hendrik Prai, planned to announce Papuan Inde…
  58. Complete the sentence about Free Papua Movement with the correct year: On 1 July ______ Roemkorem and Prai declared a "Republic of West Papua", and drafted a constitution in 'Victoria Headquarters'.
  59. Complete the sentence about Free Papua Movement with the correct year: In ______ OPM staged an attack on Jayapura, the provincial capital and a city dominated by non-Melanesian Indonesians.
  60. Complete the sentence about ASEAN with the correct year: The roots of ASEAN came from the ASEAN Declaration signed by five Southeast Asian countries in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about ASEAN with the correct year: As ASEAN expanded and admitted other countries, the member states eventually signed a binding ASEAN Charter in ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about ASEAN with the correct year: On 15 December ______, the Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty was signed to turn Southeast Asia into a nuclear-weapon-free zone.
  63. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Malaysia relations with the correct year: Indonesia and Malaysia established diplomatic relations on 31 August ______.
  64. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Australia relations with the correct year: Following the transfer of sovereignty from the Netherlands in December ______, Australia formally recognised the Republ…
  65. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Australia relations with the correct year: Relations reached a low point during the East Timor crisis in ______, when Australia led an international force deploye…
  66. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Australia relations with the correct year: Cooperation was rebuilt during the following decade, helped by joint responses to terrorism and the ______ Indian Ocean…
  67. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–United States relations with the correct year: Indonesia and the United States established diplomatic relations on 28 December ______.
  68. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Indonesia gained full independence from the Netherlands in ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Netherlands relations with the correct year: Following the bankruptcy of the VOC and the French and British interregnum, the Kingdom of the Netherlands assumed co…
  70. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Netherlands relations with the correct year: International pressure forced the Dutch to formally recognise Indonesian independence in December ______.
  71. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Netherlands relations with the correct year: In ______, the Indonesian government under President Sukarno severed all diplomatic ties with the Netherlands and for…
  72. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Netherlands relations with the correct year: Once again under international pressure, the Dutch yielded and agreed to a diplomatic compromise, whereby Indonesia g…
  73. Complete the sentence about Indonesia–Netherlands relations with the correct year: Diplomatic relations were restored in ______ by the New Order government under second Indonesian President Suharto.
  74. Complete the sentence about South China Sea dispute with the correct year: By ______, the PRC had established 8 outposts, Malaysia 5, the Philippines 8, Taiwan 1, and Vietnam 48.
  75. Complete the sentence about South China Sea dispute with the correct year: In ______, the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines published the first edition of the Velarde map.
  76. Complete the sentence about South China Sea dispute with the correct year: In ______, the Spanish colonial government of the Philippines named Scarborough Shoal Basinloc during a survey.
  77. Complete the sentence about Ambalat with the correct year: Indonesia claims the Ambalat region pursuant to the ______ UN Common Law of the Sea, under Articles 76 and 77.
  78. Complete the sentence about Law of Indonesia with the correct year: Following independence in ______, Indonesia began to form its own modern Indonesian law, modifying existing precepts.
  79. Complete the sentence about Law of Indonesia with the correct year: The ______ Constitution is the highest legal instrument in Indonesia, to which the executive, legislative and judicial branches of g…
  80. Complete the sentence about Law of Indonesia with the correct year: The constitution was written in July and August ______, when Indonesia was emerging from Japanese occupation toward the end of World…
  81. Complete the sentence about Sharia in Indonesia with the correct year: Brunei has been implementing a "Sharia Penal Code", which includes provisions for stoning and amputation, in stages since ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Sharia in Indonesia with the correct year: Article 222 of the Family Code of ______ specifies Sharia as the residuary source of laws.
  83. Complete the sentence about Corruption Eradication Commission with the correct year: Following strong criticism of corruption at the beginning of the New Order regime in the late 1960s a Commission of…
  84. Complete the sentence about Corruption Eradication Commission with the correct year: Laws were only passed in ______ giving the Indonesian National Police and Attorney General of Indonesia the authori…
  85. Complete the sentence about Corruption Eradication Commission with the correct year: The KPK was created in ______ during the Megawati presidency due to high corruption in the Post-Suharto era.
  86. Complete the sentence about Corruption Eradication Commission with the correct year: On 2 November ______, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono established a team to look into the allegations.
  87. Complete the sentence about Gotong royong with the correct year: In ______, umuganda, which means "coming together in common purpose" in Kinyarwanda, was institutionalized in the country.
  88. Complete the sentence about Gotong royong with the correct year: In ______, Sukarno dissolved the elected parliament and implemented the Gotong Royong Parliament.
  89. Complete the sentence about Jakarta Charter with the correct year: The first BPUPK session was held in Jakarta from 29 May to 1 June ______.
  90. Complete the sentence about Dwifungsi with the correct year: After the ______ transfer of sovereignty, the Army accepted civilian rule.
  91. Complete the sentence about Dwifungsi with the correct year: When martial law was declared in ______, the Army expanded its role into political economic and administrative areas.
  92. Complete the sentence with the correct year: From 25 to 31 August ______, the Second Army Seminar was held.
  93. Complete the sentence about Trikora with the correct year: After negotiations, the Netherlands signed the New York Agreement with Indonesia on 15 August ______, relinquishing control of Western New Gu…
  94. Complete the sentence about Trikora with the correct year: Since ______, Indonesia had sporadically launched military raids into Western New Guinea.
  95. Complete the sentence about Trikora with the correct year: Following a sustained period of harassment of Dutch diplomats in Indonesia, Indonesia formally severed ties with the Netherlands in August __…
  96. Complete the sentence about Trikora with the correct year: In response to Indonesian claims, the Netherlands sped up the process of implementing West Papuan self-rule from ______ onward.
  97. Complete the sentence about Indonesian Communist Party with the correct year: After the 30 September Movement in ______, in which six senior army generals were killed, the army accused the PKI of orga…
  98. Complete the sentence about Nahdlatul Ulama with the correct year: By ______, the NU was using the Javanese language in its sermons, alongside Arabic.
  99. Complete the sentence about Nahdlatul Ulama with the correct year: In ______, the Japanese occupied Indonesia and in September a conference of Islamic leaders was held in Jakarta.
  100. Complete the sentence about Nahdlatul Ulama with the correct year: In ______, Sukarno and Hatta declared Indonesian independence, which NU supported.

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