7 Imperial Consolidation And Liberal Rule

Question 1

Facts about scramble for Africa?

Answer 1

90% of Africa under European rule

20 years before the scramble, 80% of Africa was under native rule

Question 2

Examples of countries where Britain consolidated rule…

Answer 2

Egypt : protectorate establish 1914

Transvaal integrated into South Africa Union:
1902

Sudan: under joint rule of Egypt and Britain:
1899

Question 3

How to Britain gain Zanzibar?

Answer 3

Britain declared a protectorate in 1890

Installed puppet leader sultan Hamad

Question 4

The Uganda railway:

Answer 4

660 miles of railway track

Five years

£5million to build

Killed 2500

Enabled access to new markets/ encouraged colonial settlement/ stopped the need for slave porters/ protected the river Nile against potential enemies/ promoted British tourism

Question 5

What happened in Sudan?

Answer 5

Mahdists revolt against Egyptian government in 1881

1885 killed Gordon at Khartoum

Later campaign in Sudan

Question 6

When was the berlin conference?what was agreed upon?

Answer 6

1884-5
The Berlin conference was a meeting of European countries to decide what they owned

• had to prove their effective occupation