What sources can tell us about the expansion of Empire

12 questions

1. Which word describes the British colony in southern Africa?
2. Which word describes a member of the Dutch population which settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century?
3. Why did Britain invade parts of southern Africa between 1860 and 1890?
4. Which of the following were tactics used by the British against the Boers?
5. Which treaty was passed in 1902 to end the Boer Wars?
6. Which of these social reforms were introduced following the Boer Wars?
7. Which word describes the process by which we analyse and explain past events?
8. Which term is used to describe a source's background?
9. Why are contemporary cartoons useful sources for a historian studying the expansion of the British Empire?
10. Complete the sentence: Some historians argue that the expansion of empire did have some ___ impacts, particularly in India.
11. Match each element of source provenance with the correct description.
12. Which of the following examples would a historian who is presenting a negative view of empire point to?

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