Famous person
Who led India’s nonviolent movement for independence?
Mahatma Gandhi
What was the failed Spanish naval invasion of England in 1588 called?
Great Armada
Which country was originally colonized by Britain as a penal colony?
Australia
What religion is dominant in the northern part of Ireland?
Protestantism
What British trading company dominated India until the mid-19th century?
East India Company
Who was known as “El Libertador” for his role in South America’s independence?
Simon Bolivar
What was Britain’s first permanent settlement in North America?
Jamestown
Which two countries’ unification in the 19th century disrupted colonial balance?
Germany and Italy
What movement in Ireland aimed for self-government within the United Kingdom?
Home Rule
Which African colony was Belgium's primary possession?
Congo
Who was the Portuguese explorer who first reached the Cape of Good Hope?
Bartolomeo Diaz
Which queen gave the name to the colony of Virginia?
Elizabeth I
Name of migration of Dutch settlers moving inland in South Africa during the 1840s?
The Great Trek
Name of uprising in Dublin occurred during WWI in 1916?
Easter Rising
Name one African colony that belonged to Portugal
Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe
Who was the Belgian king infamous for his personal rule over the Congo?
Leopold II
Who discovered Newfoundland for England in the 15th century?
John Cabot
What 1917 declaration supported the establishment of a Jewish homeland?
Balfour Declaration
What agricultural disease caused mass starvation in Ireland in the 1840s?
Potato blight
Which South American country was the last to abolish slavery?
Brazil
Who was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal?
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Which ship carried the Pilgrims to what became Plymouth Colony?
Mayflower
What important colony did Great Britain gain after the War of the Spanish Succession?
Gibraltar
Politician who played a key role in Ireland’s campaign for Catholic emancipation
Daniel O’Connell
Which British prime minister is most associated with the policy of appeasement?
Neville Chamberlain