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Question 1

How many men did the colonies send to fight in WW1?

Answer 1

1.4m

Question 2

Who joined the War Cabinet in London in 1917?

Answer 2

Presidents of the Dominions and nominated Indian representatives

Question 3

In what year was conscription introduced in NZ and Canada?

Answer 3

1916 and 1917

Question 4

What were the troops from Oz and NZ known as?

Answer 4

Anzacs

Question 5

Which campaign did Oz and NZ troops fight in?

Answer 5

Gallipoli

Question 6

Which battle did the Canadians play a big part in?

Answer 6

Vimy Ridge

Question 7

What did Canada supply Britain with during the war?

Answer 7

Munitions and wheat

Question 8

Who formed the South African Defence Force?

Answer 8

General Smuts

Question 9

What did General Smuts attend?

Answer 9

London Imperial War Conference

Question 10

How many South African troops fought in the Middle East and on the Western Front?

Answer 10

136,000

Question 11

Name the province and country where there were riots against conscription in 1918.

Answer 11

Quebec/Canada

Question 12

State the two dates which Australia rejected conscription.

Answer 12

Oct 1916 and Dec 1917

Question 13

What % of troops in France in the autumn of 1914 were Indians or British who had served in India?

Answer 13

1/3

Question 14

How much money did the Indian government contribute to the war effort?

Answer 14

£100m

Question 15

Who was the Secretary of State for India in 1917?

Answer 15

Edwin Montagu

Question 16

What happened to Egypt’s status in the Empire in 1914?

Answer 16

Made a protectorate

Question 17

How many Egyptians were recruited to defend Egypt?

Answer 17

1.2m

Question 18

How many Egyptians fought in Europe and what % died?

Answer 18

100,000 and 50%

Question 19

What role did black South Africans play?

Answer 19

Labourers and carriers

Question 20

How many from British East Africa were forced to be ‘human porters’?

Answer 20

1m

Question 21

How many died in the fight against the Germans in Tanganyika?

Answer 21

100,000

Question 22

When was the first Pan-African Congress held and where?

Answer 22

France 1919

Question 23

What did a delegation of South Africans attend in 1919?

Answer 23

Versailles Peace Conference

Question 24

What was a mandate?

Answer 24

Territory allocated by the LoN to a particular country to be governed by that country on the League’s behalf?

Question 25

Which countries lost their empires after WW1?

Answer 25

Germany and Ottoman Empire

Question 26

At its peak how many square miles did the British Empire cover?

Answer 26

1,800,000 sq miles

Question 27

How many new subjects did the Empire gain as a result of the peace treaties?

Answer 27

13m

Question 28

State 2 countries Britain gained after WW1.

Answer 28

Palestine, Iraq

Question 29

How were mandates defined?

Answer 29

Categories A-C

Question 30

Why did Britain value Palestine?

Answer 30

Overland route to India and Asia, Suez Canal, oil

Question 31

What was the agreement called between France and Britain to do with the Middle East which was made in 1915?

Answer 31

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Question 32

Who was the foreign secretary in 1917?

Answer 32

Arthur Balfour

Question 33

What is Arthur Balfour famous for in the Middle East?

Answer 33

Balfour Declaration

Question 34

What % of the Palestinian population was Jewish by 1918?

Answer 34

6.8%

Question 35

What % of the Palestinian population was Jewish by 1931?

Answer 35

17.7%

Question 36

Why was the Home Rule Bill of 1913 not implemented?

Answer 36

WW1 broke out

Question 37

When was the Easter Rising?

Answer 37

April 1916

Question 38

When was Anglo-Irish Treaty signed?

Answer 38

1921

Question 39

When did Ireland achieve full independence?

Answer 39

1937 in the Statute of Westminster

Question 40

When was Egypt granted independence?

Answer 40

1922

Question 41

When was the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty signed?

Answer 41

1936

Question 42

When did Iraq become independent?

Answer 42

1932

Question 43

In what month and year did Japan seize Singapore?

Answer 43

Feb 1942

Question 44

Which other countries in the Empire did Japan seize?

Answer 44

Hong Kong, Malay and Burma

Question 45

When did Japan attempt to invade India?

Answer 45

1944

Question 46

Why are the Japanese victories important in explaining the decline of the Empire?

Answer 46

Ended myth of "white invincibility"

Question 47

How many Indian troops that were captured by Japan in Singapore joined the INA?

Answer 47

30,000

Question 48

Who led the INA?

Answer 48

Subhas Chandra Bose

Question 49

Who was the leader of the Burmese independence movement?

Answer 49

Aung San

Question 50

Which forces in Burma had originally supported the Japanese before switching to Britain?

Answer 50

Anti-Fascist Organisation

Question 51

Who was the British Governor in 1945?

Answer 51

Sir Reginal Dorman-Smith

Question 52

When did Burma become independent?

Answer 52

1947

Question 53

What battle did the British defeat Germany in Africa?

Answer 53

El Alamein Nov 1942

Question 54

When did Britain withdraw from Palestine?

Answer 54

May 1948

Question 55

Who was the new PM in 1945?

Answer 55

Clement Attlee

Question 56

What legislation was passed in 1919?

Answer 56

Government of India Act

Question 57

What harsh legislation was passed in 1919?

Answer 57

Rowlatt Act

Question 58

What was the British tactic towards Indian demands for greater independence known as?

Answer 58

Carrot and Stick approach

Question 59

What occurred in April 1919?

Answer 59

Amritsar Massacre

Question 60

What were held in London in 1930s to do with India?

Answer 60

Round Table Conferences

Question 61

When was the next Government of India Act passed?

Answer 61

1935

Question 62

Who led the All Muslim League?

Answer 62

Jinnah

Question 63

Who led the Hindu Congress movement?

Answer 63

Gandhi

Question 64

What did Gandhi launch in Aug 1942?

Answer 64

Quit India Campaign

Question 65

Who was the Viceroy in 1947?

Answer 65

Lord Mountbatten

Question 66

What was decided in April/May 1947?

Answer 66

India would be partitioned?

Question 67

When did India become independent?

Answer 67

15 August 1947

Question 68

How many died in the violence that followed?

Answer 68

1m