History

Question 1

Union

Answer 1

Joining of combining 2 things into a single entity

USSR, European Union

Question 2

Monarchy

Answer 2

When a monarch (King/Queen) is head of state

Question 3

Dictatorship

Answer 3

When a single person or small group of people has full power
Hitler

Question 4

Democracy

Answer 4

Power of people, elected representatives
UK, USA

Question 5

Autocracy

Answer 5

One person has full power
Hitler, Putin, Napoleon

Question 6

Absolutism

Answer 6

One person with true power
Pope in Vatican City

Question 7

Empire

Answer 7

A nation controlling many territories ruled by one person
British Empire - Queen Victoria was Empress of India
Japan has an emperor but is no longer an empire

Question 8

Republic

Answer 8

Power resides with people
USA, South Africa

Question 9

Parliament

Answer 9

Assembly of representatives often of a nation that makes law and has a role in Government

Question 10

Government

Answer 10

Group of people with the authority to govern a state or country establishing policies that govern society

Question 11

Economic

Answer 11

How societies manage scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants and needs

Question 12

Political

Answer 12

How political decisions and actions have shaped individuals and societies over time

Question 13

Social

Answer 13

History of the people. Everyday life, social structures

Question 14

Slave trade

Answer 14

Buying, selling and trading of enslaved people

Question 15

Which European countries started the slave trade

Answer 15

Portugal and Spain who had conquered American colonies took mainly West African slaves

Question 16

When did the slave trade start?

Answer 16

15th century for Portugal/Spain
16th century for British sailors

Question 17

What was the treaty of Utrecht?

Answer 17

In 1713 it gave the British the right to sell slaves in the Spanish Empire.

Question 18

What did the slave trade enable Britain to do?

Answer 18

Modernise and industrialise from 1750 onwards. This led to Britain having the first industrial revolution

Question 19

Describe the slave trade triangle

Answer 19

Europe traded guns and iron work and rum for African men, women and children. They worked on plantations producing sugar, cotton and tobacco to send to Europe. The cycle continued

Question 20

Name 2 African empires before slavery

Answer 20

Mali and Ghana Empires
Kingdom of Benin

Question 21

Which part of Africa did the British sail to to trade slaves

Answer 21

North West Africa

Question 22

What is tight and lose on a slave ship

Answer 22

Tight has more packed in, loose less

Question 23

Benefits of loose packing on slave ships

Answer 23

Less chance of infection spreading
Less diseases
Less deaths

Question 24

Benefits of tight packing

Answer 24

More slaves, higher profit

Question 25

Downside of tight packing

Answer 25

Less ventilation, higher death rate

Question 26

What was the route from Africa to the Americas known as?

Answer 26

The Middle Way

Question 27

When did the Zong court case take place?

Answer 27

1781

Question 28

How many slaves did Zong owners claim for?

Answer 28

Over 130

Question 29

What was the Zong case about?

Answer 29

British slaves ship running low on water threw slaves overboard. When it reached Jamaica they claimed on insurance for the loss of the slaves. Insurers refused to pay, went to court

Question 30

What happened to the original people of the Americas?

Answer 30

Enslaved and died due to diseases, forced assimilation, wars and land dispossession

Question 32

What were slave rebellions?

Answer 32

Armed uprising by enslaved people

Question 33

Name a slave rebellion

Answer 33

Haitian Rebellion

Question 34

When did the Haitian revolution take place?

Answer 34

1791

Question 35

Who led the Haitian Revolution?

Answer 35

Louverture. He then resisted the British in 1793 and Napoleon in 1802. He was then tricked, captured and taken back to France where he died

Question 36

When was slave trade abolished?

Answer 36

1807

Question 37

When was slavery abolished?

Answer 37

1833

Question 38

Why was slavery abolished?

Answer 38

Moral arguments, persistent uprising of slaves, declining profits

Question 39

What was Plantocracy?

Answer 39

Name used for wealthy plantation owners (James Drax) who controlled the Caribbean

Question 40

What people did plantation owners use to start with?

Answer 40

Indigenous and indentured people

Question 41

What is an indentured servant?

Answer 41

Sign a contract to work for a specific period of time without salary in exchange for food, shelter, passage

Question 42

How did plantation owners control slaves?

Answer 42

Created slave codes, threat of punishment

Question 43

Name a Caribbean island that belonged to Britain

Answer 43

Jamaica

Question 44

Sepoy Rebellion

Answer 44

1857, British East India Company had an army made up of Indian troops (the Sepoy) and British officers. Wanting to conquer more land the Sepoys found themselves fighting against fellow Indians. They didn’t have much to be loyal to British commanders. Final straw was when a rifle was introduced where they had to bite the end off a cartridge which was lubricated with beef and pork fat. Hindus saw cows as sacred and Muslims saw pigs as unclean. Can be seen as the start of Indian resistance to British rule

Question 45

British Empire - what happened to countries it controlled?

Answer 45

Cultures lost as Britain imposed own culture, team time and certain manners Religion - Britain spread Christianity. Many native countries lost own religions. Buddhism and Hinduism Economics - British became rich by taking raw materials. Treasures were stolen and taken to Britain People many colonial soldiers died fighting for Britain (75,000 Indians in WWI) Political - native people were divided. In India, Hindus and Muslims started fighting. Britain left its systems of law and education which helped these countries be democracies today People - criminals packed off to Australia making it a penal colony despite Aborigines having lived there for thousands of years Slave trade transported 3.5 million African slaves Economic - land taken away. Many deaths due to uprising Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya in 1956 Health - spread of disease Food, language, culture - many of our foods come from British Empire, tea, rice, curry, coffee, chocolate. Richer English language with words such as bungalow, shampoo Roads and railways, canals, bridges and dams all made