Empire in WWI

Question 1

Number of troops sent from the dominions

Answer 1

1.3 million

Question 2

Fraction of the troops in France who were Indian/British but served in India

Answer 2

1/3 in 1914

Question 3

Conscription introduced in NZ

Answer 3

1916

Question 4

Conscription introduced in Canada

Answer 4

Military Service Act 1917

Enforced 1918 onwards

Question 5

Gallipoli Campaign

Answer 5

April-December 1915
Anzac troops
Notable success

Question 6

Battle for Vimy Ridge

Answer 6

April 1917
Canadians
Notable success

Question 7

Canadian wheat saved the British from starvation

Answer 7

1917

Question 8

Fraction of munitions provided by Canada

Answer 8

1/3, 1917-18

Question 9

Amount Indian gov gave to the war effort

Answer 9

£100 million in 1917

£146 million overall

Question 10

Number of Egyptians fighting in the Middle East

Answer 10

1.2 million

Question 11

Egypt becomes a protectorate

Answer 11

1914

Question 12

Number of Egyptians fighting in Europe

Answer 12

100,000

50% died

Question 13

South African Defence Force

Answer 13

Formed by General Smuts (who had fought against the British in the Boer War)
136,000 SA troops fought

Question 14

Indian troops mutiny

Answer 14

November 1914 - Baluchi regiment refused to fight against the Turks
February 1915 - European officers and civilians were killed

Question 15

Mutiny of West Indian volunteers

Answer 15

Taranto - December 1918 (humiliated by racial slights)

Question 16

Mandates gained as a result of WWI

Answer 16

Palestine, Tanganyika and Iraq (German colonies and the remains of the Ottoman Empire)

Question 17

Presidents of the Dominions and Indian representatives joined the war cabinet

Answer 17

1917

Question 18

Empire Resources Development Committee established

Answer 18

1917

Question 19

Milner quotation on imperial unity

Answer 19

1917, said that if the Empire could ‘link up closely’ it would be ‘strong enough to defy all comers’

Question 20

Montagu Declaration

Answer 20

August 1917

Promised India a move towards self-government

Question 21

McMahon Letter

Answer 21

1915

Promised the Arab their own state if they fought with the British

Question 22

Balfour Declaration

Answer 22

1917

Promised the Jews a state in order to gain American support for imperialism

Question 23

Reduction in troops stationed in India following WWI

Answer 23

15,000 following WWI

23,000 fewer than in 1857

Question 24

Riots against conscription in Quebec City

Answer 24

March 1918

Question 25

Australians rejected conscription

Answer 25

In two referendums | 1916 and 1917

Question 26

First Pan-African Congress

Answer 26

1919 | Held in Paris

Question 27

Lee Commission

Answer 27

1917 | Indians were to take over the ICS

Question 28

Article 22 of TOV

Answer 28

Mandate system - supposed to be helping territories towards independence

Question 29

Category A of the Mandates system

Answer 29

Independence was a viable possibility for the future (Palestine and Iraq)

Question 30

Category B of the Mandates system

Answer 30

A long period of colonial rule would be required before independence (Tanganyika)

Question 31

Category C of the Mandates system

Answer 31

Independence was not a consideration (New Guinea, Samoa and SW Africa)

Question 32

San Remo Conference

Answer 32

April 1920 Cemented the Category A Mandates Iraq was recognised as a state provisionally, but Palestine was not

Question 33

Impact of the post-war treaties on the Empire

Answer 33

Added 1.8 million square miles of land | Added 13 million new subjects

Question 34

New areas that the British gained control of (6)

Answer 34

Palestine, Iraq, Tanganyika, Transjordan, Togo and parts of Cameroon

Question 35

Dominions acquired mandates of their own

Answer 35

SA gained SW Africa Australia gained German New Guinea New Zealand gained Western Samoa

Question 36

% of eligible male Australians who volunteered to fight in WWI, despite the country refusing conscription

Answer 36

30%

Question 37

Number of Australians who died

Answer 37

58,500

Question 38

Number of Canadians who died

Answer 38

56,500

Question 39

Number of New Zealand troops who died

Answer 39

16,000

Question 40

Number of Indian troops who fought in WWI

Answer 40

1.4 million

Question 41

Number of Indian troops who died

Answer 41

48,000

Question 42

Number of East and West African troops who fought

Answer 42

70,000

Question 43

Number of imperial territories, excluding the dominions, post-WWI

Answer 43

Around 80

Question 44

Britain declared war on Germany

Answer 44

4 August 1914