BE 2.5

Question 1

when was the Kaal newspaper founded

Answer 1

1898

Question 2

what was the kaal newspaper used to defend

Answer 2

an attempted assassination

Question 3

what was the result of the kaal newspaper incident

Answer 3

bal tilak was arrested

Question 4

when was the young india society formed

Answer 4

1903

Question 5

what was the impact of the partition of bengal

Answer 5

6 year uprising

Question 6

when were 2 british officials assassinated by indian revolutionaries

Answer 6

1909

Question 7

how did britain react to increased indian nationalism

Answer 7

• revolutionary writers were imprisoned and newspapers shut down

Question 8

by 1914, education was far too widespreadin india, what did this mean

Answer 8

meant that it would be nearly impossible for the british to stop independence movements

Question 9

challenge to british rule in somaliland

Answer 9

guerilla style raids against british troops in an anti-christian fight

Question 10

challenge to british rule in zanzibar

Answer 10

Barghash led a 3-day uprising against the british supported sultan in zanzibar

Question 11

when was barghash’s uprising in zanzibar

Answer 11

1896

Question 12

what did natives in sierra leone resist

Answer 12

• 1898 hut tax
• responsibility for road maintenance shifted from the state to the local chiefs and people

Question 13

how did cardew react to the native people of sierra leone resisting his policies

Answer 13

hanged 96 chiefs

Question 14

when did the mahdists seize khartoum

Answer 14

1885

Question 15

when was charles gordon killed in khartoum

Answer 15

1885

Question 16

when was the battle of omdurman

Answer 16

1898

Question 17

how many mahdists and anglo-egyptian soldiers died

Answer 17

10,000 mahdists and 50 anglo-egyptians

Question 18

what did sudan natives do to oppose the british after the mahdist war

Answer 18

refused to pay taxes to a government they did not want

Question 19

how did britain respond to sudanese opposition

Answer 19

hanged rebels publicly

Question 20

what and when was the gezira scheme

Answer 20

world’s largest irrigation scheme in an attempt to improve Sudan’s agricultural industry, 1911

Question 21

causes of the second boer war (4)

Answer 21

• role of rhodes
• role of milner
• economic motives
• uitlanders

Question 22

what did cecil rhodes seek to create

Answer 22

a south africa federation, alienated boers

Question 23

discovery of gold on the rand

Answer 23

1886

Question 24

what was helpful for britain to enter the transvaal

Answer 24

the ambiguity of the conventions in 81 and 84

Question 25

how were uiltlanders discriminated against in the transvaal

Answer 25

denied the vote unless they were over 40 or had lived in the transvaal for over 14 years

Question 26

how did the role of milner increase tensions with the boers

Answer 26

he pursued a vigorous expansionist policy which alienated the boers

Question 27

what was the trigger for the boer war

Answer 27

in 1899, kruger refused to grant voting rights to uitlanders, in response britain mobilised for war. Kruger issued an ultimatum but the britain did not comply

Question 28

consequences of the second boer war (5)

Answer 28

- the cost of war - criticism of the empire - exposed shortcomings of the empire - treaty of vereeniging (1902) - union of south africa

Question 29

what policy was implemented in the boer war

Answer 29

scorched earth policy

Question 30

how many british soldiers died in the boer war from disease

Answer 30

16,000

Question 31

how did the boer war affect britain

Answer 31

shook britains confidence and national pride was damaged

Question 32

when was the treaty of vereeniging

Answer 32

1902

Question 33

terms of the treaty of vereeniging

Answer 33

- boers granted £3 mill in compensation - british and boer colonies were integrated

Question 34

which colonies status changed after the boer war

Answer 34

- transvaal became self governing, 1906 - orange river became self governing, 1906

Question 35

which colonies formed the union south africa in 1910

Answer 35

cape colony, transvaal, orange river colony, natal