Migration: Knowledge Gaps Flashcards

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How did Britain change under Cnut’s rule?

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  • C viewes Britain as his main domain
  • trustworthy nobles (English) left to rule their own areas
  • peaceful
  • tough with Anglosaxons he thought might rebel against him
  • transferred riches back to Denmark
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What is the significance of Emma of Normandy?

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  • bought peace to England
  • married Aethelred and Cnut
  • bought land w her marriage which expanded North Sea empire
  • strong leader who respected and listened to her country when C was away
  • improved relations with Church
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How was Cnut significant?

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  • maintained relations with entire empire
  • kept peace for England
  • returned popular laws of Edgar the Peaceful
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4
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When did the Battle of Edington occur?

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May 878

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How did England change under Norman rule?

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  • new castles built, changed architectural scenery
  • french became the language of power
  • french customs introduced
  • feudal system
  • doomsday book maintained
  • anglo saxons became second class citizens
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What was the land that Henry II ruled over?

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  • normandy
  • count of anjou
  • count of maine
  • aquitaine from marriage
  • ireland from invasion
  • england
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What was the only land remaining during John’s reign?

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Gascony

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What was the significance of Henry II?

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  • created the first British Empire
  • effective ruler, organised the Justice system
  • managed to visit his entire empire: crossed english channel 30 times
  • developed Dublin into a centre of commerce and trade
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Who was John Hawkins and what did he do?

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  • respected English Naval commander, merchant, privateer and pirate
  • responsible for building up the Elizabethan Royal Navy
  • Britain’s first slave trader
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When and how did John Hawkins begin the slave trade?

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1562, set sail on his first slave trading voyage, capturing Africans to sell to the Americans

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11
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When did people move to Jamestown, Virginia?

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1607

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What was the impact of the British on the indigenous people living in America?

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  • spreading diseases that they don’t have immunity to
  • attacking crops and villages
  • destroyed their nomadic way of life
  • intermarriages
  • wiped out their population
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What was the economic impact of the slave trade?

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  • slave trade industry made approx. £60 mill. from 1761 to 1808
  • Britain became one of the richest and most powerful countries in the world
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14
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How much did Britain make in the slave trade?

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£60 million

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15
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When was the slave trade abolished?

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1807

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16
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How much did the government pay as compensation to the slave owners?

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£20 million in total

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17
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What were the medium term causes of the tension between America and Britain?

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  • Americans were ruled directly from Britain yet they had no representatives in Parliament: unhappy with paying taxes without a say in their governance
  • Colonists also made to pay taxes to fund wars with France that the colonists felt had too little to do with them
  • Stamp act
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What happened in the Boston tea party?

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  • in protest to the taxes on tea
  • a group of Americans boarded ships in Boston and dumped 342 crates of tea into the harbour
  • British closed the Boston port, banned all town meetings
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How did Australia prove to be a dutiful and loyal colony?

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  • provided willing markets for British goods
  • good location for Ambitious/ poor Britons to move to
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20
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How did Britain show it had power after the war?

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Continued to colonise West Indes and South America

21
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When was St Bartholomew’s Day massacre?

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August 1572

22
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Who issued the Edict of Nantes?

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French king Henri VI

23
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Who destroyed the Edict of Nantes?

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French King Louis XIV

24
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What was the impact of the Ulster plantations on the Irish?

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  • aimed to ethincally clease
  • racism against them
  • treated like second class citizens
  • diseases such as measles spread
25
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Who was Robert Clive and what did he do?

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  • joined EIC army and proved himself to be ruthless and effective leader
  • Won the Battle of Plassey whilst he was the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bengal 1764-67
  • greed and mismanagement led to the Bengal Famine in which 10 million dead
  • criticised in Parliament for corruption in 1772
26
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Who was Warren Hastings and what did he do?

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  • First Governor General of India
  • strengthened British control in India, helping establish it as a part of the British Empire
  • Reorganised its tax systems, tightened corruption laws, dealt with theiving gangs
  • faced accusations of corruption, mismanagement and poor military judgement
27
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When did the EIC’s monopoly on India end?

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1694

28
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What was the aftermath of the Indian rebellion?

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  • B gov. took over the rule of India from the EIC
  • new gov. department set up and Viceroy ran it
  • limited Indians given government jobs
  • Unis established in Mumbai, Calcutta and Madras
29
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How many km of railways did the British build?

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30,000 km+

30
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How many bridges did the British build?

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130,000

31
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Where were the three high courts in India?

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Madras, Calcutta and Bombay

32
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How did Britain’s involvement in the Suez Canal lead to the colonisation of Sudan?

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  • Egyptians rebelled against B + F interruption
  • B responded by bombing Alexandria
  • 1882: F refuses to get involved, B sends soldiers to take control of Egypt. They do
  • 1884: religious leader leads an uprising and kills General Gordon
  • 1886-88: Lord Kitchener leads military campaign against r.l
  • 1899: Sudan under Britain
33
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When did the Boer war start and end?

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1899-1902

34
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When was South Africa formed?

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1910

35
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How many died in battle during the Boer war?

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6000

36
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How many died of illness in the Boer war?

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16,000

37
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What were the consequences of the Boer war?

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  • ‘empire war’ support short lived
  • 45,000 Br fought
  • 1/3 + army volunteers were unfit to fight, so free meals were introduced + medical checks in sch
  • pensions, sick pay, unemployment benefit introduced
  • study of nutrition, food and child development was encouraged
38
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How many people living in Britain have Irish parents or grandparents?

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6 million

39
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What were pogroms?

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Religious attacks against Jews

40
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From 1841-1910 how many people moved around the Empire per decade?

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150,000

41
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Why did the British empire end?

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  • independence/self rule was popular amongst Britain’s white colonies, implying that the British thought that those of European descent were superior than non Eu
  • Africans and Indians gought for freedom but their countries were not yet free
  • due to the British education system, political ideas such as democracy and freedom are spread
42
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Who were the important groups and people involved in the Indian independence movement?

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Muslim League and Indian National Congress

43
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When did the Suez Crisis happen?

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1956

44
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When did the Independence movement for the African Gold Coast begin and by what group?

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1920s, National Congress of British West Africa

45
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What groups were involved in the Kenyan demand for independence?

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Mau Mau and the Kenyan African Union

46
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When did Kenya gain independence?

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12th December 1963

47
Q

What was the 1962 immigration act?

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Capped the amount of Black and Asian people entering the country

48
Q

Who was the Argentinian president who invaded the Falklands?

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General Galtiere

49
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What was the British response to the Falklands invasion?

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Sent a task force of 600 ships and ~ 12,000 troops