Explain the following:
(a) Only one-third of the students in Vietnam would pass the school-leaving examinations.
(b) The French began building canals and draining lands in the Mekong delta.
(c) The government made the Saigon Native Girls School take back the students it had expelled.
(d) Rats were most common in the modern, newly built areas of Hanoi.
Answers
Answer:
1 Only one third of the students in Vietnam would pass the school leaving examinations' refers to the education policy of French in Vietnam.
2. The French began building canals and draining lands in the Mekong delta as Vietnam had fertile land which was suitable for rice production and plantation crops. For the constant supply of natural resources and other essential goods colonies used to annex other countries and the custom was followed by French also.
3 The government made the Saigon Native Girls School take back the students it had expelled as protest broke out the government forced the school to take the children ba
4. Rats were most common in the modern, newly built areas of Hanoi because the modern and apparently hygienic sewage system provided ideal breeding grounds for rodents apart from being a good transport system as well, for the rats.