AQA A LEVEL HISTORY EMPIRE adaptations
1. When was the colonial office set up?: 1801
2. When was the Indian Mutiny?: 1857
3. When was the East India company (EIC) dissolved?: 1858
4. When was the first government of India act?: 1858
5. What where the terms of the 1858 government of India act?:
The territories held by the company were passed to the Queen
The position of the Secretary of State for India was created
The India council consisting of 15 members was created
The crown appointed a viceroy
The Indian civil service was placed under control of the secretary of state
6. Define viceroy: A ruler exercising direct authority on behalf of the sovereign.
7. Define Raj: Taken from the Hindi term for 'King' or 'rule', formal British rule in
India between 1858 and 1947 became known as the British Raj
8. When did Queen Victoria become empress of India?: 1st J January 1877
9. What was the overwhelming demographic of Senior civil servants?: White
males
10. How many Princely states were there in India?: 565
11. When was the Indian National Congress formed?: 1885
12. How many Indian provinces where there?: 13
13. What was the official ration of British to Indian troops after the mutiny?:
1:2
14. What was a native Indian troop known as?: A sepoy
15. How many Bengali regiments were disbanded?: 62 out of 74
16. What were Indians denied in the army after the muting?: Officer ranks, all
Indians were placed under British officers
17. How many miles of track were built after the mutiny?: 3000
18. When did Germany unite as a single country?: 1871
19. What countries posed a threat to Britain after the mutiny?: France, Russia
and Germany
20. What did the Russians strait constructing that posed a possible threat to
the British position In India?: A railway network
21. When did work on the Russian Trans-Siberian railway begin?: 1891
22. When did France and Germany start making moves in Africa?: The 1880s
23. What is the Scramble for Africa?: The rush to colonize Africa after finding
materials in countries in Africa
, 24. When was the Brussels conference?: 1876
25. When was the Berlin Conference?: 1884-1885
26. Who hosted the Brussels conference?: King Leopold of Belgium
27. Who hosted the Berlin conference?: Otto von Bismarck of Germany
28 Define effective occupation: European states would push into interior of Africa
and claim colonies through signed treaties with local leaders; one European state
could not colonize all of Africa
29. What is an informal empire?: Areas of land that were not occupied by
arming force but said force still held influence, eg Britain and Latin America
30. What was agreed at me Brussels conference?: Essentially me opening up
of
Africa
31. What was agreed at the Berlin conference?: Trade on the Congo River;
slave trade in the Congo; navigation on the Niger River; rules to regulate
European claims to territory in Africa
32. What is the traditional explanation for the outbreak of the mutiny?:
Bullets that violated the idea of Hindu and Muslim religion
33. Where did the Indian Mutiny begin?: In Bengal
34. What concessions were made by the viceroy after the Indian Mutiny
between 1859 and 1861?: Some land and titles were returned to native Indians,
Star of a Indian medals were introduced, positions in the Imperial Assembly of
Statutory civil service were shared amounts Indian nobility, more educational
establishments were opened
35. Where were schools opened in India in 1857?: Calcutta, Bombay and
Madras
36. Who was Mary Carpenter?: An educational and social reformer primarily
concerned with the state of woman's education and prisons in India
37. Define 'Bantu': Bantu Peoples is a general label used for 300-600 ethnic
groups in Africa who speak Bantu languages
38. Who were the Boers?: Dutch farmers who settled around Cape Town
39. What was discovered in West Griqualand in 1867?: Gold
40. What year did the British take West Griqualand?: 1871
41. What land did the British launch an invasion of in 1879?: Zululand
42. Which conflict between the Boers and the British resulted in humiliating
defeat and the deaths of 150 Britons in 1881?: Mujuba Hill
43. Which country did the British fear the Boers would Allie with?: Germany
1. When was the colonial office set up?: 1801
2. When was the Indian Mutiny?: 1857
3. When was the East India company (EIC) dissolved?: 1858
4. When was the first government of India act?: 1858
5. What where the terms of the 1858 government of India act?:
The territories held by the company were passed to the Queen
The position of the Secretary of State for India was created
The India council consisting of 15 members was created
The crown appointed a viceroy
The Indian civil service was placed under control of the secretary of state
6. Define viceroy: A ruler exercising direct authority on behalf of the sovereign.
7. Define Raj: Taken from the Hindi term for 'King' or 'rule', formal British rule in
India between 1858 and 1947 became known as the British Raj
8. When did Queen Victoria become empress of India?: 1st J January 1877
9. What was the overwhelming demographic of Senior civil servants?: White
males
10. How many Princely states were there in India?: 565
11. When was the Indian National Congress formed?: 1885
12. How many Indian provinces where there?: 13
13. What was the official ration of British to Indian troops after the mutiny?:
1:2
14. What was a native Indian troop known as?: A sepoy
15. How many Bengali regiments were disbanded?: 62 out of 74
16. What were Indians denied in the army after the muting?: Officer ranks, all
Indians were placed under British officers
17. How many miles of track were built after the mutiny?: 3000
18. When did Germany unite as a single country?: 1871
19. What countries posed a threat to Britain after the mutiny?: France, Russia
and Germany
20. What did the Russians strait constructing that posed a possible threat to
the British position In India?: A railway network
21. When did work on the Russian Trans-Siberian railway begin?: 1891
22. When did France and Germany start making moves in Africa?: The 1880s
23. What is the Scramble for Africa?: The rush to colonize Africa after finding
materials in countries in Africa
, 24. When was the Brussels conference?: 1876
25. When was the Berlin Conference?: 1884-1885
26. Who hosted the Brussels conference?: King Leopold of Belgium
27. Who hosted the Berlin conference?: Otto von Bismarck of Germany
28 Define effective occupation: European states would push into interior of Africa
and claim colonies through signed treaties with local leaders; one European state
could not colonize all of Africa
29. What is an informal empire?: Areas of land that were not occupied by
arming force but said force still held influence, eg Britain and Latin America
30. What was agreed at me Brussels conference?: Essentially me opening up
of
Africa
31. What was agreed at the Berlin conference?: Trade on the Congo River;
slave trade in the Congo; navigation on the Niger River; rules to regulate
European claims to territory in Africa
32. What is the traditional explanation for the outbreak of the mutiny?:
Bullets that violated the idea of Hindu and Muslim religion
33. Where did the Indian Mutiny begin?: In Bengal
34. What concessions were made by the viceroy after the Indian Mutiny
between 1859 and 1861?: Some land and titles were returned to native Indians,
Star of a Indian medals were introduced, positions in the Imperial Assembly of
Statutory civil service were shared amounts Indian nobility, more educational
establishments were opened
35. Where were schools opened in India in 1857?: Calcutta, Bombay and
Madras
36. Who was Mary Carpenter?: An educational and social reformer primarily
concerned with the state of woman's education and prisons in India
37. Define 'Bantu': Bantu Peoples is a general label used for 300-600 ethnic
groups in Africa who speak Bantu languages
38. Who were the Boers?: Dutch farmers who settled around Cape Town
39. What was discovered in West Griqualand in 1867?: Gold
40. What year did the British take West Griqualand?: 1871
41. What land did the British launch an invasion of in 1879?: Zululand
42. Which conflict between the Boers and the British resulted in humiliating
defeat and the deaths of 150 Britons in 1881?: Mujuba Hill
43. Which country did the British fear the Boers would Allie with?: Germany
