Team 1
The British _____ Company
What is East India?
What India was called by the British Empire
What is "the jewel in the crown"?
What Britain thought of foreign countries
What is uncivilised/backwards/barbaric?
The fraction or percentage of the world the British Empire controlled
What is one quarter/25%?
The ability of a region or country to govern itself independently
What is autonomy?
Britain wanted to expand and colonise for these valuable resources/materials
What is gold, spices, tea, cotton?
The act of fighting back against control, oppression, or invasion
What is resistance?
To take unfair advantage of a person, situation, or resource
What is exploitation?
The act of controlling a foreign country, sending settlers and exploiting it financially
What is colonisation?
The British Empire began expanding during the reign of this Queen
What is Queen Elizabeth I?
Exclusive control by one group or company over the supply of trade- where no competition is allowed
What is Monopoly?
The word for British citizens who were sent to foreign countries to spread Christianity
What is missionaries?
Advancement of technology and transport in the 18th-19th Century which increased Britain's need for raw materials and factories
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The word for a territory or area under the full or partial political control of Britain
What is colony?
A synonym for reaped: "British government reaped significant economic benefits.."
What is benefited/gained/gathered/acquired/obtained?