Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. ______ diplomacy involves the use or threat of force against other countries to achieve foreign policy aims.
- 'gunboat' ✓
- What colony in East Asia did Britain gain official control over in 1842?
- 'Hong Kong' ✓
- How was British trade with the Qing Empire affected in the years after the Opium Wars?
- increased ✓
- stayed the same
- decreased
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- Write the missing word. ______ empire involved a country gaining significant influence over another but not actually ruling that other country.
- 'informal' ✓
- Which statement is most accurate?
- Britain's formal empire expanded significantly as a result of the Opium Wars.
- Britain's formal empire expanded slightly as a result of the Opium Wars. ✓
- Britain's formal empire shrank slightly as a result of the Opium Wars.
- Britain's formal empire shrank significantly as a result of the Opium Wars.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Britain trades opium illegally in Britain.
- 2⇔Qing officials confiscate and destroy opium being traded in China.
- 3⇔Britain and the Qing Empire go to war.
- 4⇔Treaty of Nanking signed.
- 5⇔British rule over Hong Kong extended to the Kowloon Peninsula.
Exit quiz
- Match the terms to their correct definitions.
- African interior⇔areas of Africa beyond its coastlines ✓
- abolitionism⇔movement which supported abolishing slavery and the slave trade ✓
- missionaries⇔people who travel to foreign countries to spread Christianity ✓
- colonialism⇔process of taking over and ruling new areas as colonies ✓
- Which of the following was a British colony before 1850?
- Abyssinia
- Egypt
- Gambia ✓
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- Write the missing word. During the first half of the 19th century, British rule in Africa was mainly restricted to ______ areas.
- 'coastal' ✓
- Write the missing word. Britain gained colonies such as Egypt and Nigeria during the ______ for Africa.
- 'Scramble' ✓
- What did Lord Palmerston, British Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, say about colonisation in Africa?
- Britain needed more colonies to trade in Africa.
- Britain did not need colonies to trade in Africa. ✓
- Britain needed fewer colonies to help it trade in Africa.
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- Which example best demonstrates the role of European rivalry in motivating British colonisation in Africa?
- Britain wanted palm oil from West Africa for its industry.
- David Livingstone worked as a missionary in the African interior.
- France began exploring Sudan in the late 19th century. ✓
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Key learning points
- Britain's African colonies were mostly confined to coastal areas in the early 19th century.
- Trade was a key British interest in Africa.
- British colonisation in Africa was limited by resistance, disease and the unwillingness of some officials.
- Britain's empire in Africa grew significantly during the Scramble for Africa.
- Rivalry with other European empires was a key motive for British colonisation during the Scramble for Africa.
Common misconception
Britain ruled over large areas of Africa throughout the 19th century.
British colonies were mainly confined to coastal areas in the first half of the 19th century. It was only later that British rule extended into the African interior.
Keywords
African interior - areas of Africa beyond its coastlines were often referred to as the African interior
Abolitionism - abolitionism refers to the movement which supported abolishing slavery and the slave trade
Missionaries - missionaries are people who travel to foreign countries to spread Christianity
Colonisation - colonisation is the process of taking over and ruling new areas as colonies
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