British empire unit 4 Flashcards
(55 cards)
What was the process of making people Christian called
The civilising mission as they thought they were helping people because Britain was powerful so making them Christian woukd make them powerful
Why did people say the sun never set on the empire
It covered so many different time zones it was always day somewhere
How far did the empire span
14 million square miles
How much of the population was in the empire
1/4 of the worlds population and land mass 1900
how how many people did the empire rule
450 million
What was the smallest country in the empire
Gibraltar
How many islands did the British invade
Every island in the world
What was India known as
The Jew, of the crown as it had so many raw goods and riches
What recourses did India have
Spices for medicine
Silk
Cotton
Jewels
Why did they want an empire
To get resources
To send prisoners
To expand Christianity
Manufactured goods
Power
What did they do in Finland
Tried to create a new country
How did they control people in the empire
Newer technology
Fear
Divide and conquer
What is an empire
A collection of land lead by a mother country
What is the mother country
The country that rules the empire
Where it started
What were countries controlled by the empire called
Colonies
What was the largest empire
The British empire was the largest in the world
How many colonies did the empire have
56
How long did it take to colonise India
200 years
How did they get the land they colonised
Army and navy to win war which got them land
What happened when British explorers first found land they hadn’t seen before
They named it part of the empire and people who already lived there and were in power there were ingnored
What was another empire at the time of the British empire
Ottoman Empire
Why did Britain want china
Drugs
When were many countries fighting over Africa
1800s
What was India like in 1500s
Divided into kingdoms with princes that ran each one who would often go to war but were united by Mughal leader akbar
