Imperial Rivalry: France

Question 1

When was the Entente Cordiale?

Answer 1

April 1904

Question 2

How did the British counter the German actions?

Answer 2

Abandoned splendid isolation and joined the Entente Cordiale in April 1904

Question 3

What happened in April 1904?

Answer 3

Entente Cordiale

Question 4

What was the April 1904 Entente Cordiale?

Answer 4

Improving the relations between France and Britain

Question 5

What improved relations between France and Britain?

Answer 5

April 1904 Entente Cordiale

Question 6

What was was the impact of the April 1904 Entente Cordiale?

Answer 6

Didn’t provide much security:
Left relationship with Russia open
Britain ranged against the Triple Alliance

Question 7

What happened in August 1907?

Answer 7

Britain, France and Russia signed the ‘Triple Entente’

Question 8

When had Britain, France and Russia signed the ‘Triple Entente’?

Answer 8

August 1907

Question 9

Who was in the ‘Triple Entente’, that was formed in August 1907?

Answer 9

Britain
France
Russia

Question 10

What did Britain, France and Russia form in August 1907?

Answer 10

‘Triple Entente’

Question 11

What was the impact of the formation of ‘Triple Entente’ in August 1907?

Answer 11

Settled Britains imperial worries as Persian Gulf was declared a neutral zone and Afghanistan was recognised as a sphere of British influence

Question 12

When allowed the Persian Gulf to be declared a neutral zone and Afghanistan to be recognised as a sphere of British influence?

Answer 12

Formation of ‘Triple Entente’ in August 1907

Question 13

After the battle of Omdurman (September 1898), what did Salisbury tell Kitchener to do?

Answer 13

Sent him sealed orders to go to Fashoda on the headwater of the Nile-where the French expedition under Major Marchand had arrived. Kitchener and Marchand had both pressed their nations claims to the land (accusing the other of trespassing) but the meeting was not particularly fiery

Question 14

Where did Salisbury send Kitchener to press British claims against the French claims in 1898?

Answer 14

Fashoda on the headwater of the Nile

Question 15

Why did Salisbury send Kitchener to Fashoda on the headwater of the Nile in 1898?

Answer 15

Put claim on the area where the French expedition under Major Marchand had arrived (they wanted to exclude Britain from Sudan)

Question 16

What were talks like in the Fashoda incident?

Answer 16

Not particularly fiery

Question 17

How did the British press react to the ‘Fashoda incident’?

Answer 17

Reacted strongly, suggesting that they were on the brink of war

Question 18

What was happening to France during the ‘Fashoda incident’?

Answer 18

Internal problems

Question 19

Why did France back out of the ‘Fashoda incident’?

Answer 19

Internal problems

Aware of British navy presence in Sudan

Question 20

What was the impact of France having internal problems and being aware of British navy presence in Sudan?

Answer 20

Therefore they backed down in the Fashoda incident

Question 21

What happened in March 1899?

Answer 21

Agreement in which the French promised to stay out of the Nile Valley in return for territory further West

Question 22

When was there an agreement in which the French promised to stay out of the Nile Valley in return for territory further West?

Answer 22

March 1899

Question 23

What was Marchand told to do at Fashoda?

Answer 23

Build a dam that would divert water, thus holding Britain at ransom due to the diversion of their water supply