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Question 1

What economic system did Britain use in the first half of the 19th century?

Answer 1

Protectionist

Question 2

What was protectionism replaced by?

Answer 2

Free trade

Question 3

Which colonies did the worst out of free trade?

Answer 3

Dependent ones - India

Question 4

Between 1880 and 1914 what % of British overseas investment went to the Empire?

Answer 4

25%

Question 5

Between 1887 and 1913 what % total overseas investment went to Africa, India and the dominions?

Answer 5

6%, 10%, 22%

Question 6

In the third quarter of 19th century what percentage of British imports came from their colonies?

Answer 6

20%

Question 7

What percentage of British exports went to the Empire during the same time period?

Answer 7

1/3

Question 8

What technological improvements were made which helped the growth in trade?

Answer 8

Railways, steamships, underwater cables, telegraph lines

Question 9

Why did the British government change its attitudes towards Chartered Companies in the 1870s?

Answer 9

Great Depression, faced challenges from Europe and America to its economic dominance

Question 10

What year did the North Borneo trading company receive a charter?

Answer 10

1881

Question 11

What goods were traded in Borneo?

Answer 11

Coal, iron, copper, tobacco, coffee

Question 12

Who was the leader of the Royal Niger Company?

Answer 12

George Goldie

Question 13

What was the main product of this company?

Answer 13

Palm oil

Question 14

When did the Royal Niger Company receive charter?

Answer 14

1886

Question 15

What was the company which operated in East Africa?

Answer 15

Imperial British East Africa Company

Question 16

Who was the leader of the IBEAC?

Answer 16

William McKinnon

Question 17

When did the IBEAC receive charter?

Answer 17

1888

Question 18

What was the chartered company in South Africa?

Answer 18

South Africa Company

Question 19

Who was the leader of the South Africa Company?

Answer 19

Cecil Rhodes

Question 20

How did Rhodes make his money?

Answer 20

Diamonds

Question 21

When did the South Africa Company receive charter?

Answer 21

1889

Question 22

What was the name of the country in India?

Answer 22

East India Company

Question 23

What country in East Africa was taken due to pressure from the East Africa Company?

Answer 23

Uganda

Question 24

When did Rhodes become PM of the Cape Colony?

Answer 24

1890

Question 25

What things made up the infrastructure of British colonial trade?

Answer 25

Shipping, railway, canals

Question 26

What type of ship was initially used?

Answer 26

Clipper

Question 27

What was the disadvantage of clipper ships?

Answer 27

Short life expectancy - 20 yrs

Question 28

What ship was used for heavy goods?

Answer 28

Steamships

Question 29

What Canal was built in Canada in the 1867?

Answer 29

Welland Canal

Question 30

What name was given to the Indians transported to work in the West Indies?

Answer 30

Coolies

Question 31

What products did Britain export from tropical Africa?

Answer 31

Sugar, coffee, cocoa, groundnuts, palm oil

Question 32

What products were mined in Africa?

Answer 32

Diamonds, gold, tin, copper

Question 33

What year was gold discovered in the Witwatersrand?

Answer 33

1886

Question 34

When was the Imperial Federation League formed?

Answer 34

1884

Question 35

When did Britain account for half world's trade in textiles and manufactured goods?

Answer 35

1870

Question 36

In 1861-65 economic growth rose from 1.7% to what?

Answer 36

3.6%

Question 37

How much did exports of cotton increase from 978m yards to in 1870s?

Answer 37

3,573m yards

Question 38

By how much did the number of coal miners increase by from 216,000 in 1850 to 1873?

Answer 38

465,000

Question 39

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 led to the development of what?

Answer 39

Triple expansion steam engine

Question 40

After 10 mines closed in Cornwall how many workers moved?

Answer 40

30,000

Question 41

When did the Kimberley Diamond Syndicate form?

Answer 41

1890

Question 42

When gold was discovered in 1851 in NSW how much was produced?

Answer 42

£25m

Question 43

How much gold did Victoria produce in 1866?

Answer 43

£124m worth - 1/3 world production

Question 44

How much British investment went to imperial territories?

Answer 44

40%

Question 45

What was India's army in 1857?

Answer 45

275,000

Question 46

What did the North Borneo Trading Company receive in 1881?

Answer 46

Charter

Question 47

When did the British East Africa Company form?

Answer 47

1888

Question 48

When did the British South Africa Company form?

Answer 48

1889

Question 49

What was set up in 1884 to promote unity?

Answer 49

Imperial Federation League