Importance of the Suez Canal to the British 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryThe British Empire and the fall of colonialismASAQA Created by: JackDo77Created on: 28-04-17 12:58 What % of the Suez Canal did Disraeli purchase? and what year were they purchased? 44% 1875 1 of 15 Where did Disraeli get the money for the shares in the Suez Rothschild's bank 2 of 15 How long did it take for British ships to go around Cape Colony and how long to go through the Suez canal? 7 months for Cape and 4 weeks for Suez 3 of 15 How many miles where cut off the voyage to India through the Suez 6000 miles 4 of 15 How much British trade went through the Suez? 80% 5 of 15 What two main reasons were there for the purchase of the shares in the Suez Canal? Quicker route to India and so the French wouldn't have it 6 of 15 What benefit did the Suez have to the military? fast deployment of troops; able to get troops to India quickly to combat Russian expansion 7 of 15 What other Empire threatened both French and British control in Egypt? Ottoman Empire 8 of 15 How did Gladstone feel about the Purchase of the Suez Canal shares? opposed purchase of Suez shares 9 of 15 What kind of alliance did Gladstone want when it came to the ruling of Egypt? Anglo-French however the French refused 10 of 15 How much of Gladstone's portfolio was Egyptian bonds? 37% 11 of 15 Why did the British give bonds to powerful Egyptians? So that they would be attached to the British and therefore would't be able to break away from their control (Stay in alliance with Britain) 12 of 15 What country threatened the Empire in Northern Africa? France 13 of 15 Why did the British feel that they had to control the Suez rather than just use it? because the Egyptians would have put tariffs on it 14 of 15 how much of Egypt's imports came from the British in the 1870's) 40% 15 of 15
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