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Question	Answer	% Correct
What proportion of ships involved in the slave trade lost money in the 18th Century?	1/10	75%
By 1874, how much of the tonnage passing through the canal was British?	3/4	75%
How many MPs had investments in plantations in the 1760s? \| Of what percentage of government revenue was this figure? \| What percentage of Bristol’s income was tied to the slave trade?	40	75%
What were import duties fixed to in 1844 in order to encourage trade in Zanzibar? (as a percentage)	5%	50%
How many merchant houses were in Singapore by 1846?	60	50%
By how much was the electorate expanded in 1832? (Percentage)	60%	50%
How much money did the Lottery make on a single voyage of the Triangular Trade? (In £)	12091	25%
By how much did steam tonnage entering the canal from the east increase between 1868 and 1874? (Percentage)	178%	25%
In what year did Britain emerge as the sole superpower of the world, with global dominance in trade?	1815	25%
How many in 1800?	200	25%
How much of the world’s industrial output was British on the eve of the First World War? (Percentage)	27%	25%
What were the returns on this investment by 1911? (Percentage)	33%	25%
How many in 1822?	347	25%
How many slaves were there in this plantation?	400	25%
What percentage did GB now own?	45%	25%
How much would a single slave be sold for at auction, on average? (In £)	50	25%
By the middle of the 1800s, how much did Britain export to Latin America (in terms of percentage)?	7%	25%
In the same year, what percentage of the textiles trade belonged to Britain?	70%	25%
How many tons of opium were sold in China in 1775?	75	25%
Name 3 port cities in Britain that grew wealthy as a result of the Slave Trade. (1)	Bristol	25%
Which other imperial power was interested in Zanzibar?	Germany	25%
Britain declined as an Industrial power with the onset of competition from which other powers by the eve of the First World War? (name 3)	Germany, USA, Japan	25%
In which French colony was there a slave rebellion?	Haiti	25%
Name 3 port cities in Britain that grew wealthy as a result of the Slave Trade. (3)	London	25%
Who was the British foreign secretary at the time?	Lord Palmerston	25%
By 1797 the East India Company was in a budget deficit and was using silver bullion to purchase Chinese goods. What product did it decide to sell to make up the shortfall?	Opium	25%
Which empire was Britain seeking to undermine by doing so?	Russia	25%
Who owned this ship?	Thomas Leyland	25%
How many miles into the Chinese interior does this river flow? (To Wuhan city.) \| How many tons of opium did the Chinese authorities burn as part of this crackdown on the British opium trade?	1000	0%
What was the population of Hong Kong by 1900?	100,000	0%
How long did construction take?	10 Years	0%
How many Spanish Dollars flowed through Singapore by 1824?	11 Million	0%
How many ships sailed from Liverpool each year on the Slave Trade?	120-130	0%
How many addicts were there in China as a result?	12 Million	0%
When did the above change and why?	1763, end of the 7 Years War	0%
When were protectionist tariffs removed entirely from Ireland?	1779	0%
In what 2 years did Britain send ambassadors to China in an effort to open up trade with the Chinese Empire? (1)	1792	0%
In what year was a proposed bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade defeated in the House of Lords?	1806	0%
When was the Slave Trade abolished in England?	1807	0%
In what 2 years did Britain send ambassadors to China in an effort to open up trade with the Chinese Empire? (2)	1816	0%
When was Singapore founded and by whom?	1819, Sir Stamford Raffles	0%
When did the British pressure the Sultan to ban slavery in Zanzibar? (Slave exporting)	1822	0%
When did the East India Company’s monopoly on trade with China end? (Hint, it ended in the second of 2 Charter Acts passed) \| When did the Slave Trade finally cease in British colonies?	1833	0%
In what year was the Conservative Party founded? \| When did the Slave Trade end in the West Indies?	1834	0%
When was the blockade at Canton?	1839	0%
When did the British seize the island of Hong Kong, using gunboat diplomacy to do so?	1841	0%
When did the Americans establish a settlement there?	1848	0%
In what year were the Navigation Acts repealed? \| When did the French?	1849	0%
When was slavery banned completely in Zanzibar?	1873	0%
When did Disraeli purchase the Suez Canal Shares from the bankrupt Khedive?	1875	0%
In what year did Germany and Britain agree that Zanzibar would be British?	1890	0%
When did the British lease Wei Hei?	1898	0%
When was the Tariff Reform League founded?	1903	0%
How much did the government pay to slave owners in compensation for their lost revenue? (In £)	20,000,000	0%
How many Chinese were estimated to have died in this rebellion?	20-30 Million	0%
How many tons of opium were traded in 1839?	2553	0%
How much did they demand in reparations?	3 Million	0%
What sum of money did he pay for these shares? (In pounds)	£4,000,000	0%
How much did it cost? (In French francs)	433 million francs	0%
How many slaves would be traded through Zanzibar annually, before 1822?	50,000	0%
How much opium was traded via Shanghai in 1880?	6500 Tons	0%
How much, in silver dollars, did Britain demand in compensation for the burned opium?	6 Million	0%
In 1778, how much did investors in the slave trade lose? (In £)	700,000	0%
The association never returned a profit. What were its costs and takings in 1892?	£85,000 to £35,000	0%
The British coal industry reached its peak in 1913. How much was it exporting?	94 million tons	0%
How did this change the British position?	Abolish slavery to undermine the French and incite rebellion in French colonies	0%
Define mercantilism	A nation should seek a positive balance of trade, while keeping dependent trading partners in a negative balance of trade	0%
What was formed in 1838?	Anti-Corn Law League	0%
What are some earlier examples of entrepots (before Singapore)?	Antwerp	0%
What did the Germans gain as a concession?	A small island in the North Sea	0%
What was the main reason trade restrictions were lifted in Ireland?	Avoid additional conflict	0%
Give a statistic to illustrate population change in Britain across the period of Industrialisation. (2)	Britain, 30.5 million by 1901	0%
This failed but when Germany became involved, he was encouraged to try again. What association did he create?	British East Africa Association	0%
Where did China restrict foreign traders to?	Canton	0%
What are the 3 elements of the Navigation Acts? (1)	Colonial goods must be carried on British ships	0%
Which plantation was owned by the Church of England in Barbados?	Cordington	0%
What was the role of this organisation by the 1860s?	De facto government of Shanghai	0%
Explain as briefly as possible the impact Industrialisation had on Britain and her trading patterns.	Desire for cheap raw materials may explain Britain’s drive to access new markets and colonies	0%
Why was Gladstone upset with Disreali? (2)	Did not like the fact he had borrowed the money privately	0%
What was the British concern about the ownership and operation of the canal?	Didn’t like the fact it was French majority owned and operated	0%
Which was the second largest city in the Empire, after London?	Dublin	0%
Which company wished to expand trade into China in the 1800s?	East India Company	0%
What are the 3 elements of the Navigation Acts? (3)	European exports to British colonies had to land in Britain first	0%
What is a positive balance of trade?	Export value being higher than import	0%
What is a negative balance of trade?	Export value being lower than import	0%
Which engineer designed and built the Suez Canal?	Ferdinand de Lesseps	0%
How long did Britain say they would lease would last?	“For as long as Russia should occupy Port Arthur”	0%
What is gunboat diplomacy?	Forcible access to new trading markets, use of the Navy to do so	0%
What did the success of Singapore convince British policy markers of?	Free Trade	0%
Name 3 port cities in Britain that grew wealthy as a result of the Slave Trade. (2)	Glasgow	0%
How did the Taiping rebellion also fuel trade in Shanghai?	Gun trade	0%
Which colonies did the canal shorten the route to? (3 Places)	India, China, Australia	0%
What did Britain do as a result of this rebellion?	Invaded, hoped to seize the island, the slaves and the plantations	0%
In which other colony did Britain experience unrest as a result of Mercantilist thinking?	Ireland	0%
What goods did Britain import from India by 1900?	Iron, steel, engineering goods	0%
What 4 things were traded via Zanzibar?	Ivory, rubber, cloves, spice	0%
What happened to the Tariff Reform League?	Joseph Chamberlain lost the election, League fell apart	0%
Which group dominated parliament before 1832?	Landowning elites	0%
What is significant about the geography and geology of Hong Kong?	Largest deep water port in the world	0%
In what way did the repealing of the Navigation Acts prioritise Free Trade over defence? (1)	Less British ships at sea as goods didn’t have to be carried on British ships	0%
In what way did the repealing of the Navigation Acts prioritise Free Trade over defence? (2)	Less trained seamen for the Navy to impress during times of war	0%
Name one impact of the Abolition of the Slave Trade on British trading patterns.	Looked east for new markets	0%
Which Prime Minister was responsible for the repeal of the Navigation Acts?	Lord Russell	0%
Give a statistic to illustrate population change in Britain across the period of Industrialisation. (1)	Manchester population, 2.3 million by 1911	0%
Which groups now had better representation in parliament?	Merchants and industrialists	0%
What are the main arguments in this book?	Monopoly capitalism and mercantilism were foolish	0%
What did Salisbury say about Zanzibar’s protectorate status?	“More acceptable for the half civilised races and more suitable to them”	0%
Which treaty opened Shanghai to British traders in 1842?	Nanking or the Unequal Treaties	0%
What kept the grain price high until 1815?	Napoleonic Wars	0%
Which British ship (East India Ship, not HMS) led the British to a decisive victory in the Opium War?	Nemesis	0%
How much commercial value did WeiHaiWei have?	None	0%
What was the aim in setting up Singapore as a base? (1)	Outcompete the Dutch	0%
How many tons of material passed through the canal in that year (1911)?	Over 18,000,000	0%
Which Prime Minister repealed more than 1200 protectionist tariffs?	Peel	0%
Name a Bristol family who owned plantations in the Caribbean.	Pinneys	0%
Which Prime Minister supported the abolitionist movement?	Pitt the Younger	0%
Which other port had the above empire taken?	Port Arthur	0%
What is an entrepot?	Port with no taxes or tariffs	0%
What happened in Ireland in 1778?	Protests demanding free trade	0%
Which group began campaigning for abolition in 1783?	Quakers	0%
What did Napoleon do in 1802?	Reinstate slavery in French colonies	0%
How did Peel balance government finance with the loss of these tariffs?	Reintroduced income tax	0%
What was the main aim of the Tariff Reform League?	Return to protectionism but within the Empire	0%
Where was wealth centred in Ireland?	Rich, protestant landowners	0%
What approach had Britain traditionally taken to enforcement of the Navigation Acts and mercantilist system as a whole?	Salutary Neglect	0%
What was the aim in setting up Singapore as a base? (2)	Secure stronger trading links with China	0%
What did the Royal Navy do as a result of this change?	Seize ships and cargo if not abiding to the acts	0%
What did the British establish in Shanghai, despite it being legally Chinese sovereign territory?	Self-governing settlement	0%
What was established in 1854?	Shanghai municipal council	0%
In what way did Singapore’s entrepot status make trading more efficient and profitable?	Ships could load and unload, so cargo destined for Europe from China did not have to make the journey in a single voyage	0%
Which governor of the Bank of England chaired a pressure group in favour of planters and plantation owners?	Sir Richard Neave	0%
Describe how Britain made money on all three points of the Slave Trade Triangle (1)	Sold manufactured goods to Africa	0%
Describe how Britain made money on all three points of the Slave Trade Triangle (3)	Sold raw materials produced on plantations in Europe	0%
Describe how Britain made money on all three points of the Slave Trade Triangle (2)	Sold slaves to Americas and West Indies	0%
What factor allowed Britain greater access to Latin American markets?	Some former Spanish colonies had broken away from the Iberian colonial system	0%
What are the 3 elements of the Navigation Acts? (2)	Some goods had to be shipped first to England to be taxed	0%
Which kind of ships were able to operate on the canal?	Steam	0%
What was the only passage to this area and which foreign power controlled it?	Straits of Malacca, the Dutch	0%
The repealing of which two protectionist laws saw the above Prime Minister lose the election to Lord Russell?	Sugar and corn	0%
What is the meaning of the word Geopolitics?	Taking land to prevent other powers from doing so	0%
Define protectionism	Taxes and tariffs on imports and exports to protect domestic markets	0%
Which colonies were in open rebellion, then all out war, against Britain as a result of mercantilist thinking?	The 13 colonies	0%
Which law was passed in 1815, to protect the income of landed elites in Britain?	The Corn Laws	0%
In what way might the Navigation Acts have suited British colonies?	The exported primarily raw goods anyway, and it made no difference where their final destination was	0%
What “game” was Britain playing with Russia?	The Great Game	0%
What was passed in 1832?	The Great Reform Act	0%
What did Britain use taxes levied from the slave trade to fund?	The Royal Navy	0%
Why did the British bomb Zanzibar in 1896, in a “war” that lasted only 38 minutes?	The Sultan died and his anti-British successor was not liked	0%
What book did Adam Smith write in 1776?	The Wealth of Nations	0%
Why was there never a shortage in demand for new slaves from Africa?	They were worked to death	0%
Why was Gladstone upset with Disreali? (1)	Thought ownership of the Suez would result in Britain being dragged into Egyptian affairs	0%
Why were the British interested in Zanzibar from as early as 1815?	To protect the trade route around the Cape	0%
True or false. Zanzibar was an entrepot before British involvement?	True	0%
Which party was elected in 1830?	Whigs	0%
Which Lord Mayor of London owned thousands of acres in plantations?	William Beckford	0%
Who had tried to set up a trade route between Zanzibar and Aden in 1878?	William Mackinnon	0%
Who led the Abolitionist movement?	William Wilberforce	0%
What had Britain managed to trade with China before 1842 (not opium)?	Wool and cotton from India	0%
What was the key motivation for Britain having a foothold in Zanzibar?	Worried that another power could divert the Nile or force Britain out of Egypt	0%
Shanghai sits at the month of which major river?	Yangtze	0%