THE BRITISH EMPIRE PRACTICE TEST

THE BRITISH EMPIRE PRACTICE TEST
Empire - CORRECT ANSWERS-A group of territories controlled by one ruler

Colonies - CORRECT ANSWERS-lands that are controlled by another nation

Royal Navy - CORRECT ANSWERS-The largest shipping fleet in the world helped to
control the Empire

Christianity - CORRECT ANSWERS-The British wanted to spread this religion across
the world

1/3 of the world - CORRECT ANSWERS-Amount of land the British controlled in early
1900s

Empire Day - CORRECT ANSWERS-Celebrated on 24th May at the height of the
Empire to glorify the Empire

'The Sun never set on the British Empire' - CORRECT ANSWERS-This phrase showed
how big the Empire was

Queen Victoria - CORRECT ANSWERS-British Queen, under whose rule the British
empire reached the height of its wealth and power.

Jewel In the Crown - CORRECT ANSWERS-Name given to India, because it was the
most valuable of all British colonies

East India Company - CORRECT ANSWERS-An English company formed in 1600 to
develop trade in India and southeastern Asia.

Robert Clive - CORRECT ANSWERS-British soldier credited with securing India

Ban on Sati - CORRECT ANSWERS-British banned many traditional Indian practices

Jamsetjee Bomanjee - CORRECT ANSWERS-Famous Indian shipbuilder in the 1800s

Missionaries - CORRECT ANSWERS-Christian people who work to spread their
religious beliefs to Hindus and Muslims

Meerut - CORRECT ANSWERS-British imprisoned Sepoys-Sepoys respond by killing
50 British women and children

Delhi - CORRECT ANSWERS-The city where the Sepoys took hostages and further
spread the rebellion