6th grade social studies the British Empire
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| Q.1) | What countries does Great Britiain include? |
| Q.2) | What countries does the United Kingdom include? |
| Q.3) | Can the names Great Britian and the United Kingdom be used interchangeably to mean the same thing? |
| Q.4) | How was Great Britain able to get a " head start" in exploration and conquering countries? |
| Q.5) | In the 1800's and early 1900's Britain ruled countries on every continent. |
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| Q.6) | Queen Victoria ruled for 64 years from 1837-1901. |
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| Q.7) | Queen Victoria was know as a surely, " stuffy queen, who wore black for forty years. |
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| Q.8) | British Imperialism helped non industrial countries by building free schools, factories, roads, and churches for the colonized people to use. |
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| Q.9) | India's largest and most important colony which was know as " the jewel of the Nile", was present day ______________. |
| Q.10) | At first England ruled India through a private company called ____________________. |
| Q.11) | The Sepoy rebellion uninted what two religious groups to rebel against Britain? |
| Q.12) | Indian soldiers who were part of the British colonizing amy were called_______ |
| Q.13) | What incident caused the Sepoy Repbellion? |
| Q.14) | After the Sepoy Rebellion Britian directly ruled India and queen Victoria was know as the queen Empress. |
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| Q.15) | Austriala used to be a penal colony for British prisoners. |
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| Q.16) | What send thousands of Englishman to Austrialia in 1849? |
| Q.17) | Great Britian continued to rule Austraila in the 1900's |
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| Q.18) | China was colonized by the British. |
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| Q.19) | What year did India finally gain iindependence from Britain? |
| Q.20) | What was the goal of the Indian COngress party? |
| Q.21) | Who was at one time the leader of India's Congress Party? |
| Q.22) | WHat did Ghandi believe in? |
| Q.23) | The great civil rights leader _______________ was greatly influenced by Ghandi |
| Q.24) | In the 1800's Britain became more democratic and the queen began losing her power. The _____________ holds the power and the queen is a symbol of the country. |
| Q.25) | Before 1800 had _________ contact with foreigners. |
| Q.26) | What event in CHina started the Opium war with Britain |
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| Q.27) | How long did the Opium war last? |
| Q.28) | WHat was China forced to do when they lost the Opium war? |
| Q.29) | What events caused China to have to pay fines to Britain, apologive and allow British troops within cities. |
| Q.30) | What kind of political system does China now have? |
| Q.31) | Name five reasons why Europeans were interested in Africa after the slave trade? |
| Q.32) | What event happened in in Berlin that decided the fate of Africa |
| Q.33) | What do we call the event that took place in Berlin that decided the fate of Africa? |
| Q.34) | In what country is the Suez Canal located? |
| Q.35) | Why was the Suez Canal built? |
| Q.36) | WHat two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect? |
| Q.37) | WHy was Egypt so important to the British? |
| Q.38) | Was Egypt a colony of Britian? |
| Q.39) | What country was the Congo ( present day Zaire) colonized by? |
| Q.40) | Why was King Leopold forced to turn his territory of the Congo ( Zaire) over to Belgium? |
| Q.41) | What year did Britain abolish slavery within its entire empire? |
| Q.42) | What year did the United States abolish slavery? |
| Q.43) | What two things make South Africa very unique/different then other African countries? |
| Q.44) | What country in Africa was colonized the earliest and and gained independence the latest? |
| Q.45) | The ________ waqsn't built yet; so the Dutch had to round the tip of Africa to get to Asia |
| Q.46) | The ______ dominated the trade routes to Asia in the 1600's |
| Q.47) | The Dutch stopped at the _____ along Africa's coast along the way to Asia load up on supplys. |
| Q.48) | The ______________ started a settlement and more and more Dutch arrived to tend the land and eventually stayed. Other settles also arrived.he DUtch East India company started a settlement and more and more Dutch arrived to tend the land and eventually stayed. Other settles also arrived. |
| Q.49) | How did the Dutch end up in South Africa? |
| Q.50) | The _________ affected the Dutch settlement in South Africa. |
| Q.51) | Why did the British take away the Dutch's colony in South Africa? |
| Q.52) | Why did the Dutch leave their Cape Colony in South Africa and head North? |
| Q.53) | The Dutch who migrated North to get away from British rule in South Africa were called __________ |
| Q.54) | The Dutch word Boer means__________ |
| Q.55) | cWhy did the British want to take over the Dutch colony called Transvaal? |
| Q.56) | Japan saw all foreign ideas including ________ religion as a threat to their culture in the 1600's. |
| Q.57) | ______ were banned from Japan and all Japanese banned from traveling _____ of Japan in the 1600's |
| Q.58) | Why did Japan eventually open Japan up to the outside world? |
| Q.59) | An American ship arrived and gave a note to __________ officials asking them to open trade with the U.S |
| Q.60) | In the 1600's what kind of govt. did Japan have? |
| Q.61) | Did the emperor or empress of Japan in the 1600's have power within the country? |
| Q.62) | What kind of govt did Japan have at the time of the OPENING OF Japan. |
| Q.63) | What happened in Japan after they agreed to open trade with the U.S and other countries? |
| Q.64) | After the opening of Japan and the overthrow of the Shogun. What emperor ruled Japan for 45 years. |
| Q.65) | Meiji unified Japan getting rid of the feudal lords and and private armys and formed one country with one national army. |
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| Q.66) | Meiji thought that the only way to stop from being colonized was to turn Japan into a modern _____ nation and seeking the knowledge throughout the world. |
| Q.67) | By the 1890's Japan had become industrialized and wanted new sources for raw materials and new markets for goods. The first place it expanded was __________. |
| Q.68) | At the time when Japan was looking to expand and find more resources Korea was part independent and part controlled by ______. |
| Q.69) | Japan went to war and won over ______ and signed a treaty making Korea ________.. |
| Q.70) | 1904 what country did Japan fight to make it a world power? |
| Q.71) | In 1904 why did Japan go to war with Russia? |
| Q.72) | Why was it so amazing that Japan beat Russia in the war of 1904? |
| Q.73) | After the war of 1904 Japan then built its own empire consisting of many small islands in the _____ and _____ asia |
| Q.74) | In the early 1800's what group of people controlled Southern Italy? |
| Q.75) | Who were the Bourbons? |
| Q.76) | Who controled nothern Italy? |
| Q.77) | What two people led Italy to independence |
| Q.78) | In the 1800's was Germany ruled by foreigners? |
| Q.79) | vWhat was the largest most powerful state in 1800's Germany? |
| Q.80) | Who was the nationalist Prussian king that wanted a united Germany? |
| Q.81) | How did Bismark convince the separate German states to form an alliance? |
| Q.82) | What was the purpose of the new German alliance invading France? |
| Q.83) | The alliance surrounded the capital ______ and wouldn't let food in. Starving the people and forcing them to sign a ____ that made them to pay fines and give up the territory Alsace-Lorraine. |
| Q.84) | _______ became united and by the 1900's was the greatest Industrial power in Europe. |
| Q.85) | Germany became united and by the 1900's was the greatest ________ power in Europe. |
| Q.86) | What three things often come when countries become industrial power houses? |
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