History - British Empire

Question 1

British Empire in 1600

Answer 1

Small trading footholds and early settlements

Question 2

British Empire in 1700

Answer 2

Mercantile empire with colonies in the Americas, India and the Caribbean

Question 3

British Empire in 1800

Answer 3

Expanded to Asia and Australasia, industrial and maritime dominance

Question 4

British Empire in 1900

Answer 4

Apex of imperial power with territories across all inhabited continents

Question 5

Which 2 wars weakened Britain financially, leaving it less able to control the Empire?

Answer 5

WW1 + WW2

Question 6

2 countries that became super powers after the wars

Answer 6

America and Russia usurped Britain’s position

Question 7

End of WW1

Answer 7

1918

Question 8

Balfour Declaration

Answer 8

1917, supporting ‘national home for the Jewish people’, Palestine

Question 9

Statute of Westminster

Answer 9

1931, give Dominions constitutional autonomy

Question 10

End of WW2

Answer 10

1945

Question 11

Beginning of Cold War

Answer 11

1945, USSR and USA

Question 12

Declaration of Indian Independence + partitioning India and Pakistan

Answer 12

1947

Question 13

Withdrawal from Palestine

Answer 13

1948

Question 14

Mau Mau Rebellion

Answer 14

1952, Kenya

Question 15

Sudan independent

Answer 15

1956

Question 16

Ghana independent

Answer 16

1957

Question 17

Namibia independent

Answer 17

1990

Question 18

Falklands War

Answer 18

1982, Argentina

Question 19

Hong Kong handed back to Chinese

Answer 19

1997