Countries in the British Empire
Roughly what percentage of the World's land area did the British Empire control at its peak?
25%
What resource was important for the growth of the textile industry?
Cotton
India was given this glittering nickname because it was considered the most valuable and profitable colony in the British Empire.
The Jewel in the Crown.
Before focusing more on Australia, Britain lost its colonies, in which part of the world?
America (Modern day USA)
This monarch ruled Great Britain during the height of its imperial power and Industrial Revolution, from 1837 to 1901.
Queen Victoria
This phrase was often used to describe the vastness of the British Empire because it spanned the entire globe.
"The empire on which the sun never sets."
This source of fuel replaced wood and powered the steam engines of the Industrial Revolution.
Coal
Before the British government took direct control, this private trading company ruled India for over a century.
The British East India Company.
Great Britain originally used Australia for what specific purpose, sending convicts there to relieve overcrowded British prisons?
Penal Colony
This British explorer mapped the east coast of Australia and claimed it for Great Britain in 1770.
Captain James Cook
This North American country was a major British colony until it gained self-governance in 1867
Canada
This industry, focused on making cloth and clothing, was the first to be transformed by factories and mechanised looms.
The textile industry.
This is the specific name given to the period of direct British government rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947
The British Raj
These are the indigenous people of Australia who had lived there for tens of thousands of years before British arrival.
Aboriginal Australians.
This famous Indian lawyer used non-violent protest and civil disobedience to help India win independence from Britain.
Mahatma Gandhi.
This Caribbean island nation was a highly profitable British colony famous for its massive sugar plantations and production of rum
Jamaica
This invention by James Watt became the ultimate power source for factories, trains, and ships, utilising steam pressure.
The steam engine
This valuable, addictive crop was grown in India by the British and smuggled into China to trade for tea.
Opium
This specific animal's wool became Australia’s primary export during the 19th century, driving much of its colonial economy.
Sheep (or Merino sheep)
Who invented the steam Engine?
James Watt
Britain fought the Boer Wars to secure control over this gold-and-diamond-rich African nation
South Africa
This process describes the massive movement of people from rural areas and farms to crowded cities looking for factory work.
Urbanisation
This 1857 rebellion, started by Indian soldiers over greased rifle cartridges, led to the end of East India Company rule.
The Sepoy Mutiny (or Sepoy Rebellion).
The discovery of this precious metal in New South Wales and Victoria in 1851 caused a massive wave of free immigrants to rush to the colony.
Gold
Who is the greatest history teacher of all time?
Wikipedia lol! (or Mr Martin is acceptable!!!)