What was did Livingstone name the waterfall he discovered in Africa?
Victoria Falls
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What is the name of the River that Livingstone found the mouth of and why was this significant to the expansion of the British Empire in Africa?
Zambezi, helped the British by giving them a quicker way of reaching some of the more inland regions in Africa.
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What allowed Livingstone to not appear as a threat to the indigenous African tribes compared to other European explorers?
Have travelled with little supplies and also didn't travel with soldiers which could have been perceived as an act of aggression
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What other factors caused Livingstone to have a different approach compared to other missionaries?
He preached Christianity but didn't force it upon the African people
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What European country was still using the slave trade in Africa, which Livingstone was adamant on stopping?
Portugal
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Why did Livingstone leave the London Missionary Society in 1857?
Because he worried that his scientific research would go against the principles of the mssion
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Why did Livingstone ultimately abandon being an active missionary and transfer to being an explorer?
Because he felt that the exploration of Africa was more important to him than the future of spreading Christianity
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What % of the worlds diamonds did Cecil Rhodes own?
90%
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How did Rhodes successfully gain access to diamond rich territory in Africa?
convinced the local chiefs that he would pay them for access to their lands. Many of the chiefs didn't know what they were signing since they were written in English.
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How did Cecil Rhodes help the expansion of the British Empire in Africa?
purchased land from chiefs or simply claimed the land for the British where there were the most diamonds and gold
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What is the name of the River that Livingstone found the mouth of and why was this significant to the expansion of the British Empire in Africa?
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Zambezi, helped the British by giving them a quicker way of reaching some of the more inland regions in Africa.
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What allowed Livingstone to not appear as a threat to the indigenous African tribes compared to other European explorers?
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What other factors caused Livingstone to have a different approach compared to other missionaries?
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What European country was still using the slave trade in Africa, which Livingstone was adamant on stopping?
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