Ch20 - Places Flashcards
1
Q
What two republics were established by the Boers following the Great Trek?
A
Transvaal and Orange Free State
2
Q
What shortcut between Asia and Europe was used by the British rather than going around Africa and in what country is it?
A
Suez Canal in Egypt
3
Q
What is a huge land mass discovered by Captain James Cook?
A
Australia
4
Q
What group of islands are southeast of Australia?
A
New Zealand
5
Q
What northeastern province of Ireland became part of the United Kingdom by insisting on remaining Protestant rather than Catholic?
A
Ulster
6
Q
What 26 countries of Ireland which obtained independence from Great Britain?
A
Irish Free State
7
Q
What 6 Protestant counties which make up Ulster?
A
Ireland
