1- The Expansion Of The British Empire In Africa✔️

Question 1

How did the industrial revolution help the expansion of the British empire?

Answer 1

Armed britan with advances in methods of transport and weaponary

Question 2

Economic factors for expanding into Africa

Answer 2

Africa had a wide range of natural resources (diamond, gold ect)

Question 3

Strategic reasons for expanding into Africa

Answer 3

The cape- the temperature climate and deep water port of the Cape held advantages over other harbours. The cape protected the sea route to the middle east, Australia, China and most importantly, India.- gave Britan more power over sea routes to the east.

Question 4

Exploration reasons for expanding into Africa

Answer 4

Many British explores wanted to explore the undocumented interior regions in Africa, eg congo basin wasn’t charted by Europeans untill 1867

Question 5

Religious reasons for expanding into Africa

Answer 5

To spread muscular Christianity

Question 6

Suez canal

Answer 6

-opened In 1869
-reduced journey from London to India by 5,000 miles
-Isma’il sold 44% of his shares of the Suez canal company to britan which marked the begging of increased British presence in Egypt.