Chapter 1

Question 1

What are the 8 big provinces in India?

Answer 1

-Bengal

-Bombay

-Burma

-Central Provinces

-Madras

-North East Frontier

-Punjab

-United Provinces

Question 2

Since when had British merchants traded with West Africa?

Answer 2

1500s

Question 3

What items did the British get from West Africa in the 1500s?

Answer 3

Gold
Ivory

Question 4

What happened in the 18th century Africa?

Answer 4

Slave trade

Question 5

When did the British outlaw the Slave Trade?

Answer 5

1807

Question 6

How many slaves did the British transport to America and the Caribbean by the time the British outlawed it?

Answer 6

3 million

Question 7

What was the key reason for British expansion in Africa in the latter part of the 19th century?

Answer 7

Trade
New routes
The possibility of new minerals and resources.

Question 8

What resources were from Africa by the British in latter part of the 19th century?

Answer 8

Coal
Timber
Iron

Question 9

Who did the British sell their manufactured goods that were made with African resources?

Answer 9

Africa

Question 10

When was the Great Depression in Britain?

Answer 10

1873-1896

Question 11

Factors that led to the expansion of the British empire in Africa.

Answer 11

Strategic location
Influence
Missionaries moral “duties”
Exploration

Question 12

Where were the British African colonies in 1857?

Answer 12

Sierra Leone
Gold Coast
Cape Colony

Question 13

When did Basutoland become annexed?

Answer 13

1868

Question 14

What country was annexed in 1873?

Answer 14

Griqualand West

Question 15

When was the Transvaal occupied?

Answer 15

1877

Question 16

When did Zululand become a protectorate?

Answer 16

1879

Question 17

When did Egypt and the Sudan become a client state?

Answer 17

1882

Question 18

What country was placed under charted company rule in 1884-1885?

Answer 18

Nigeria (South=1884, North=1885)

Question 19

Why was British interest in Egypt renewed after 1861?

Answer 19

American Civil War meant they couldn’t get cotton from them, so they got it from Egypt instead

Question 20

How much of Egyptian imports were coming from Britain in 1870s?

Answer 20

40%

Question 21

When did Isma’il Pasha come to power in Egypt?

Answer 21

1863

Question 22

When did the Suez Canal Company get set up?

Answer 22

1858

Question 23

How much did the Suez Canal cut down the journey to India?

Answer 23

6000 miles

Question 24

How long was the Suez Canal Company run the Suez Canal for?

Answer 24

99 years

Question 25

How much did Isma’il sell his shares to Disraeli for in 1875 and what percent of the company were they?

Answer 25

£4 million
44%

Question 26

When was Ismail Pasha deposed?

Answer 26

1879

Question 27

Who replaced Ismail Pasha as Khedive?

Answer 27

Tewfiq, his son

Question 28

Who was the British Commissioner in Egypt at the time, who supported Tewfiq?

Answer 28

Lord Dufferin

Question 29

Who led the nationalist rebellion in Egypt due to the high unemployment?

Answer 29

Arabi Pasha

Question 30

What did the British do to help the Egyptian economy?

Answer 30

Taxes imposed on food and goods.
The army was reduced in size by 2/3.

Question 31

What did the British fear for in the nationalist revolt?

Answer 31

The safety of the 100 000 Europeans in the country and the canal route to India

Question 32

When was there violence in the streets of Alexandria?

Answer 32

June 1882

Question 33

How many Europeans were killed in the revolt in Alexandria?

Answer 33

50

Question 34

What was Gladstone’s response to the revolts in Egypt?

Answer 34

Send in troops and naval forces

Question 35

At which battle was Arabi Pasha’s forces defeated at and when was it?

Answer 35

Tel el-Kebir, 13/09/1882

Question 36

Who became the puppet ruler of Egypt after the revolts?

Answer 36

Tewfiq

Question 37

Who was Consul-General of Egypt to begin with?

Answer 37

Evelyn Baring

Question 38

When did Egypt become a veiled protectorate?

Answer 38

1885

Question 39

When did the Mahdi revolt begin in Sudan?

Answer 39

June 1881

Question 40

What was the Mahdi army called?

Answer 40

Jihadist

Question 41

What area had the Jihadist army taken by 1882?

Answer 41

Khartoum

Question 42

When was the joint British-Egyptian expedition led by Colonel William Hicks and what did they do?

Answer 42

1883
Launched a counter-attack and Hicks was killed

Question 43

Who did Gladstone send reluctantly to aid the evacuation in 1884?

Answer 43

General Gordon

Question 44

When was Khartoum overrun and how was General Gordon killed?

Answer 44

Jan 1885
Beheaded