Question

Find which statement is not true.

1. Cuban Missile Crisis ended with the establishment of a direct communication line between the USA and the USSR to avoid future confrontation
2. Siam was a French colony in the late 19th century
3. Balkan nationalism generated in the context of the decline of the Austro Hungarian and the Ottoman Empire
4. Meiji Restoration marked the beginning of industrialization and westernization in Japan

• A. ii only
• B. i, ii
• C. i only
• D. All

Answer 1

Answer:

A. ii only

• Siam (modern-day Thailand) was not a French colony in the late 19th century.

• While Siam did experience pressure from France and other European powers, it successfully navigated those challenges and remained the only Southeast Asian nation to avoid colonization.

• The country did, however, cede some territory to France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in Indochina.