It was used to explain a shift in Britain's imperial priorites from away from the Western hemisphere towards Africa and Asia
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, British interest in Africa changed. To what?
The prospect of further traade routes opening up
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What 3 resources were sought in Africa to feed the demands of the British industry?
Coal, iron and timber
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Explain the cycle of dependency that was created by this expansion?
Britian sought African resources in order to manufacture goods, such as textiles and weapons in order to manufacture goods.
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5 Increasing trade led to a growth in the personal influence of British merchants in Africa. Name two
Cecil Rhodes and George Goldie
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Other than developments in trade, how else was the British government &public interests in Africa stimulated?
By explorers who produced their findings and spread exotic tales of discovery and adventure
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Name the 2 geographical areas in which the British already had strategic interests?
Western Africa, such as the the Cape COlony and the Southern most tip of Africa with Sierra Leone and Gambia
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Why did Christian missionaries believe they had moral duty in Africa?
As they believed it was their duty to spread their faith and force 'civilisation' on the indegenious peoples.
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Name the missionary who went to Africa in order to ‘open up a path for commerce and Christianity?
David Livingstone, who went to Africa in 1858.
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What other resources were discovered in Africa which had been unknown to Europeans?
Gold / Diamonds / Palm oil
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As a way of expansion before the 1890s, the British created chartered companies to trade in new areas; name two.
Royal Niger Company / Imperial British East Africa Company / British South Africa Company.
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Why did the American Civil War revived Britain’s interest in Egypt?
The supply of raw cotton from the USA was disrupted and Egypt’s cotton was of particularly good quality product.
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What major engineering project did Egyptian leader Isma’il Pasha oversee?
The creation of the Suez Canal.
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List 2 reasons why this canal become of major significance to European empires like Britain and France?
Linked the Mediterranean sea to the Red Sea & Arabian Peninsula / Route to India was shortened by 6,000 miles.
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In what year did Pasha seek a buyer for his country’s share in the canal, who bought it and how much did they pay?
1875 / Benjamin Disraeli / £4 million.
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This led to increased interest in the control of Egypt and by 1885 it became a ‘veiled protectorate’ of Britain’s. What does this term mean?
A state controlled by another in an indirect manner e.g. officially Egypt and Britain enjoyed equal sovereignty but in reality the British Consul-General ruled.
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Who was sent from Britain to be Governor-General of Egyptian-administered Sudan?
Colonel Charles Gordon.
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Who were the Mahdists?
Sudanese jihadist army led by a self-styled ‘saviour of mankind’ known as the Mahdi.
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What happened to the British-Egyptian forces in Khartoum in January 1885?
Virtually entire garrison killed & Gordon beheaded.
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Card 2
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, British interest in Africa changed. To what?
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The prospect of further traade routes opening up
Card 3
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What 3 resources were sought in Africa to feed the demands of the British industry?
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Card 4
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Explain the cycle of dependency that was created by this expansion?
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Card 5
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5 Increasing trade led to a growth in the personal influence of British merchants in Africa. Name two
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