India
This event caused the end of the East India Company.
Indian Rebellion (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857
Major port and naval base which exported Egyptian wheat and cotton towards Britain
Alexandria
Colonies in Africa named after Cecil Rhodes
North and South Rhodesia
Mining magnate that founded DeBeers diamond company
Cecil Rhodes
Britain colonised South Africa to "out flank" which European power in the region
Most economically rich region of British India.
(x2 - name its major city)
Bengal
International event which increased demand for Egyptian cotton
American Civil War (1861-5)
Britain had a colony in the Congo
True or False
False
Most economically influential city in British South Africa
Cape Town
Most powerful industrial nation by 1900
United States of America
Hindu cultural custom of burning widows alive in the 17th century
Sati / Suttee
Major Sudanese city where General Gordon had to suppress a Mahdist revolt
Khartoum
Concept developed by Rhodes to connect S.A. and Egypt through sub-Saharan Africa.
"Cape to Cairo"
Name all three main culture groups in S. Africa and their respective power within Britain's social hierarchy
(x2 points if you name the sectors of production they work in)
1. British (secondary/tertiary)
2. Boer (secondary/ primary)
3. Bantu (mostly primary)
Britain played the "great game" against this power - using Afghanistan as a buffer state.
Russian Empire
Autonomous regions of India slowly incorporated into the British Raj
Princely States
This Empire was defeated several times by Russia. Britain feared this Empire's weakness would lead to unchecked Russian territorial expansion and or naval expansion in the Mediterranean.
Ottoman Empire
Name three difficulties of presented in ruling India.
- large population
- different social customs
- distance from Great Britain
- diverse population
Name an economic, strategic, and socio-political reason Britain needed control over Egypt.
- cotton, wheat, cheap labor
- Suez, Alexandria, Med., help Ottoman flank, Cape-to-Cairo
- Expansion of Christianity into Muslim lands, prestige from controlling ancient Egyptian ruins (British museum)
British colony north of German Tanzania
British Kenya
- expansion of British South Africa's economic monopoly into the interior of Africa
- outflank German expansion
- demonstrate superiority of British culture group over Dutch one
This event lead to the "Entente Cordiale" between Britain and France.
Name event and region
Fashoda Incident, Sudan
1898