Chapter 2 - Imperial and Colonial policy

Question 1

When was the Berlin Conference?

Answer 1

1884-85

Question 2

How much of Africa was under European control?

Answer 2

80%

Question 3

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

Answer 3

Secure agreements that both the basins and the mouths of the Congo and Niger River would remain neutral and open to trade

Question 4

What is effective occupation?

Answer 4

Country could assert their power to land that is effectively occupied

Question 5

How much of Africa was colonised by 1900?

Answer 5

90%

Question 6

What was Britain’s informal empire?

Answer 6

. Places that were influenced by the British
. Britain had no legal claim in these countries

Question 7

What treaties did Britain make with China?

Answer 7

. 1842 - Treaty of Nanking
. 1858 - Treaty of Tientsin

Question 8

What did Britain gain from the treaties with China?

Answer 8

Gained trading bases in Shanghai + Hong Kong

Question 9

How was the British East India Company first funded?

Answer 9

Britain sold opium to the Chinese

Question 10

How was Iran brought under British influence?

Answer 10

Through treaties

Question 11

Why was South America significant to Britain?

Answer 11

Accounted for 10% of British exports and imports

Argentina - 10% of foreign investment there

Hundreds of miles of railway built

Buenos Aires - Mutton, beef, wheat and maize