Egypt

Question 1

What did Britain agree to do in 1954?

Answer 1

Withdraw troops from the Suez Canal Zone

Question 2

When did Britain agree to withdraw troops from the Suez Canal Zone?

Answer 2

1954

Question 3

Withdrawal of troops from the Suez Canal zone suggests what?

Answer 3

• wanted to improve Anglo-Arab relations
• could not afford to maintain position there

Question 4

What did Egyptians promise in return for withdrawal of troops from the Suez Canal Zone?

Answer 4

Free access through the Suez Canal

Question 5

When was the Suez Crisis?

Answer 5

1956

Question 6

What was the Suez Canal Crisis?

Answer 6

Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal, threatening the shares of Britain, France and Israel. They failed in taking control of the canal and withdrew.

Question 7

What contributed towards Britain’s failure in the Suez Canal Crisis?

Answer 7

The US’s refusal to support them

Question 8

What did the Suez Canal Crisis encourage?

Answer 8

Submission to demands for independence elsewhere

Question 9

What did the Suez Canal Crisis show?

Answer 9

• Britain found it increasingly difficult to contain independence movements
• Britain was no longer a major independent power
• Britain could not always both withdraw from and preserve power in territories