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The period of the pax britannica, in which Britain became the undisputed global superpower, under the leadership of a famous queen.
What is the victorian era?
India was partitioned in 1947 in a majority Muslim and majority Hindu country. What is the name of the two countries?
India and Pakistan
The British Raj
What is the name of British controlled India?
Who were the Boers?
The Boers were Dutch settlers who lived in the Cape colony before the British takeover in 1814. They continued to live in South Africa, as far from British control as possible.
A meeting where all the world powers gathered to discuss the future of African colonialism, this effort was spearheaded by German chancellor Otto von Bismark.
What was the Berlin conference of 1884?
Probably the most well known serial killer of all time. He committed 5 murders in the years from 1888 to 1891 in London and he was never caught.
Who was Jack the Ripper?
A conflict still active to this day, started in 1947 because of the partition of a British mandate and the resettlement of a people to their "homeland".
What is the Israel-Palestina conflict?
A movement for independence started by Mahatma Gandhi in August of 1942.
What is the Quit India Movement?
The first of it's kind in history, the Boers were imprisoned in them and 36000 mainly women, children and natives starved to death in captivity.
What was the Boer concentration camps?
The Crimean war was a massive war fought in the mid-19th century. The alliance of Britain, France and the Ottomans all attacked what nation?
The Russian Empire
A state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law.
What is a protectorate?
A political system of separation of different races, have been used primarily in South Africa and Israel.
What is apartheid?
The name of the two Anglo-Qinq wars in the mid-19th century. Both wars ended with a British victory and were a major factor in the end of the last Chinese dynasty. The British started the war in order to open Chinese markets to the world.
What was the opium wars?
The ... people caused the biggest defeat in British colonial history, when they defeated the British army at Isandiwana.
Who are the Zulu?
A conflict sometimes called World War 0. The war started in 1754 when a british force led by George Washington ambushed a small French force in North America. The British won the war and a big portion of French colonial territory.
What was the 7 years war?
Shortly after WW1 ended a new problem arose for the British Empire, one of it's territories were in open conflict with the British crown. What country won it's independence from Britian in a 2 year long conflict from 1919 to 1921?
Ireland
Which of the following nations got their independence last? Nigeria, Botswana, Zimbabwe or Kenya?
Zimbabwe got their independence the 18th of April 1980.
In late 1932, a war started in Australia. The war was a great embarrassment for the Australian government. Who did Australia declare war on?
The emus
The British Empire joined the Khedivate of this North African country, and helped crush their nationalist rebellion, in order to turn the country into a protectorate.
What is Egypt?
The British isolated themselves from the rest of Europe, this policy has a name. What was the British isolationism called?
Splendid isolationism
Why did Britain become the number one colonial power?
Big boy navy, 7 years war and industrialisation
As a consequence of the dissolution of the Raj, Pakistan funded and trained many terrorist organisations, which they have spread to neighbouring countries for example Al Qaeda. Where does the biggest Pakistani funded terrorist organisation operate and for what goal?
The maoist communist insurgency called the Naxalites have operations in East India in the Odisha region. They fight for a Indian communist state.
In 1848 the botanist Robert Fortune travelled to China, disguised as a Chinese person, on one of the greatest heists in history. What did he steal?
The Chinese tea recipe
During the late 1800's a scientific movement to try and explain Aryan racial superiority took foothold in Europe. Scientists measured skulls and compared anatomical features to justify racism.
What was the eugenics movement?
The siege of the foreign legations was the siege of a major town in an Asian country. The rebellious Boxers sieged the diplomatic legations of every world power including the British, French and Americans to name a few. In what country did this occur?
Qinq dynasty China