Unit 1: Topic 4: The Role and Influence of Individuals

Question 1

When did Livingstone become a missionary doctor in South Africa?

Answer 1

1841

Question 2

When did Livingstone return from South Africa and give his celebrated lectures in Cambridge about his discoveries?

Answer 2

1856-1857

Question 3

When did Livingstone publish his famous book, what was it called and how many copies did it sell?

Answer 3

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa- 70,000 copies

Question 4

When did Livingstone gain government funding to explore the Zambezi River?

Answer 4

1858

Question 5

When did Henry Morton Stanley find Livingstone after he disappeared?

Answer 5

1871

Question 6

When and where did Livingstone die?

Answer 6

1873- in Africa

Question 7

When and where was John Kirk’s first expedition?

Answer 7

1858- Botanist on Livingstones Zambezi expedition.

Question 8

When did John Kirk go to Zanzibar and what was his title?

Answer 8

Vice Consul of the Sultanate of Zanzibar 1868-1886

Question 10

Which Zanzibari Sultan did John Kirk influence and what land did he hand over to Mackinnon?

Answer 10

• Sultan Bhargash
• The Mombasa Coastal strip

Question 11

When did Burton explore Islamic cities?

Answer 11

1850s

Question 12

When did Richard Burton explore Zanzibar?

Answer 12

1857-58

Question 13

How many books did Burton write?

Answer 13

43 volumes

Question 14

When did Speke and Burton go on their Somaliland expedition?

Answer 14

1857-58

Question 15

When did Speke find Lake Victoria?

Answer 15

1858

Question 16

When did Speke try to prove Lake Victoria was the source of the Nile in an expedition?

Answer 16

1860

Question 17

When did Samuel White Baker discover Lake Albert?

Answer 17

1864

Question 18

When and how did Samuel White Baker help Khedive Is’mail Pasha?

Answer 18

1869- appointed Governor General of the new territory of Equatoria in the Sudan for 4 years.

Question 19

When did Rhodes aquire all South Africas diamond mines?

Answer 19

1889

Question 20

When did Rhodes become Prime Minster of the Cape Colony?

Answer 20

1890

Question 21

When was Rhodes company charted and what was it called?

Answer 21

1889- British South Africa Company

Question 22

When were British South Africa Company lands named Rhodesia?

Answer 22

1895

Question 23

When was William Mackinnons company chartered and what was it called?

Answer 23

1888- Imperial British East Africa Company

Question 24

What lands did the imperial British East Africa company gain?

Answer 24

• Uganda, Kenya and Zanzibar
• 150 miles of coastline including the Mombasa strip and harbour

Question 25

When was the British East Africa Company bankrupted and all lands ceded to the British government?

Answer 25

1895

Question 26

When did George Goldie's family buy a palm oil business in the Niger (the Central African Trading Company)?

Answer 26

1875

Question 27

When did George Goldie persuade all the British firms in West Africa to join his company, how many firms were there and what was his company called?

Answer 27

1879- 30 trading posts- United African Company

Question 28

How many treaties did George Goldie establish with local chiefs?

Answer 28

450

Question 30

When was George Goldie's company chartered and what was it called?

Answer 30

1886- Royal Niger Company

Question 31

Where did Methodist Missionary societies establish influence?

Answer 31

* Australian methodists helped establish imperial rule in Figi. * 1850s- Mission in China * West Indies and India

Question 32

When were single female missionaries allowed by the missionary societies?

Answer 32

Mid 19th centuary,

Question 33

What Methodist society was established for women and when?

Answer 33

Ladies Comittee for the Amerlioration of the Condition of Women in heathen countries- 1858

Question 34

Which female missionary helped peoples in Nigeria and what were the peoples called?

Answer 34

* Mary Slessor * Efik people

Question 35

Which female missionary helped temple children in India, how many books did she write and how many children did she save?

Answer 35

* Amy Carmichael * 35 books * Created a sanctuary for 1000 children including a girl called Preena

Question 37

When did Mary Carpenter visit India and how many times did she visit?

Answer 37

Visited India 4 times 1866-1875

Question 38

When did Mary Carpenter set up the National Indian Association?

Answer 38

1870

Question 39

Which former African slave turned Bishop was forced to resign for being too relaxed on 'heathen practices' and when?

Answer 39

* Bishop Samuel Crowther * Forced to resign in 1891

Question 40

Which missionary tricked King Lobengula and when?

Answer 40

* Reverend Helm of the Christian Missionary Society * 1888- Rudd Concession

Question 41

Which Missionary society was Livingstone a part of?

Answer 41

The London Missionary Society

Question 42

Which Missionary society was inspired by Livingstones lectures and set up a settlement in Zanzibar and Likioma Island in East Africa?

Answer 42

Universities Mission to Central Africa

Question 43

Which missionary helped establish influence over Bechuanaland?

Answer 43

1883- Missionary John Mackenzie recommended expansion- appointed Deputy commissioner

Question 44

When was Evelyn Baring sent to help Is'mail Pasha?

Answer 44

1877

Question 45

When was Evelyn Baring Consul General of Egypt?

Answer 45

1882-1907

Question 46

Which legislation established Egypt as a veiled protectorate with a puppet parliament and when?

Answer 46

The Dufferin Report- 1883

Question 47

When was Bartle Frere appointed leader of the Cape Colony and what was his title?

Answer 47

1877- High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Colony.

Question 48

Who was the Colonial secretary who wanted a confederation of South Africa for mineral wealth?

Answer 48

Lord Carnarvon

Question 49

When did the Anglo-Zulu War start?

Answer 49

December 1878

Question 50

When was the Battle of Isandlwana?

Answer 50

January 1879

Question 52

Who led British reinforcements against the Zulus?

Answer 52

Lord Chelmsford

Question 53

When was the Battle of Ulundi where Ulundi, the Zulu capital, was burnt to the ground.

Answer 53

July 1879