Chapter 07 Interactive Map Quiz

Click on the color for the British Empire. Click on the purple arrow to see the flow of raw materials within the British Empire. Looking at the map and taking in to consideration your knowledge of the time, which statement below best describes the British Empire in 1860?

Rapidly growing economic and military strength allowed Britain to force open markets in Asia and Africa and to import raw materials from around the world.

Britain’s paucity of natural resources meant that it was forced to import raw materials from around the world.

With colonies around the world, Britain was economically self-sufficient.

The growing strength of countries in Asia and Africa allowed them to flood the British market with inexpensive trade goods.

Examine the types of raw goods that Britain was able to import because of its empire. Except for wool and minerals, what is a key distinguishing feature many of these raw goods?

They all require slave labor for their production.

They all have more than one growing season each year.

They can only be grown in tropical or subtropical climates.

All of them come from below the equator.

Chapter 07 Interactive Map Quiz

Chapter 07 Interactive Map Quiz

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