A-Level British Empire - Imperial expansion

At its height after WW1, how many subjects did the British Empire control?

• 500,000,000

• 400,000,000

• 250,000,000

• 130,000,000

The Suez Canal was finished in what year?

• 1854

• 1882

• 1869

• 1878

Between 1863 and 1879, Egyptian national debt changed from...?

• £6 million - £120 million

• £1 million - £90 million

• £2 million - £50 million

• £3 million - £100 million

In 1884 _____ was sent to organise the evacuation of Khartoum

During the Alexandria Riots of June 1882, how many Christian-Europeans were killed?

• 60

• 100

• 50

• 25

Who was the Khedive during the building of the Suez Canal?

• Tewfik Pasha

• Ismail Pasha

• Benjamin Disraeli

• Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abd Allah

By 1875 ____ of ships using the Suez Canal were British

Between 1863 to 1879 the Egyptian interest rate grew from _____

What was the title of the Sudanese insurgent leader who captured Khartoum?

• Mahdi

• Emir

• Imam

• Sultan

When was the Egyptian Nationalist Movement?

• 1875

• 1863

• 1896

• 1882