Spheres of Influence in Muslim Lands Assignment and Quiz

This is a satellite photo of the area surrounding the Suez Canal, which connects two bodies of water, shown at letter A and letter B. What is the name of each body of water? Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements. Letter A is the ___________. Letter B is the ___________.

Background information: This chart shows the number of ships using the Suez Canal in 1880 and 1881. Which statement is supported by information in the chart?

Background information: This chart shows the distance between three cities and India via two routes: the Suez Canal and around the Cape of Good Hope of Africa. Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements. Using the canal, the distance between London and India is _____ maritime leagues. To sail from New York to India around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, one would have to travel _____ maritime leagues. A ship traveling from Constantinople would save _______ leagues by taking the canal instead of sailing around Africa.

Background information: This chart shows the distance between three cities and India via two routes: the Suez Canal and around the Cape of Good Hope of Africa. Which of these statements is supported by information in the chart?

The only thing, in my opinion, that the Government can do in order to meet [unemployment] . . . is so to arrange its policy . . . that new markets shall be created, and that old markets shall be effectively developed. . . . I am convinced that it is a necessity as well as a duty for us to uphold the dominion [power] and empire which we now possess. For these reasons, among others, I would never lose the hold which we now have over our great Indian dependency - by far the greatest and most valuable of all the customers we have or ever shall have in this country. For the same reasons I approve of the continued occupation of Egypt; and for the same reasons I have urged upon this Government . . . to extend our influence and control in that great African continent which is now being opened to civilization and to commerce. —Joseph Chamberlain, Foreign and Colonial Speeches, 1897 What is Joseph Chamberlain's justification for the British occupation of Egypt?

The Governments of Great Britain and Russia having mutually engaged to respect the integrity and independence of Persia, and sincerely desiring the preservation of order throughout that country and its peaceful development, as well as the permanent establishment of equal advantages for the trade and industry of all other nations. —The Anglo-Russian Entente, 1907 According to this passage, what was the purpose of the Anglo-Russian Entente?

Using information you have learned in the lesson as well as evidence from the documents in the assignment, write one to two paragraphs in response to this prompt: Why was Great Britain determined to exercise imperialism in the Middle East?

The British takeover of Egypt was an example of

When the Ottoman Empire weakened, Europe reacted by

Persia was divided into spheres of influence in

Nationalist movements in the Ottoman Empire helped Europe by

Britain and Russia managed to peacefully share control of Persia by

Nationalist movements in the Ottoman Empire resulted in

In which year did the Ottoman Empire reach its peak and then begin to decline?

The Suez Canal connected the Mediterranean Sea and

Russia and Britain competed for Persia because it offered

When Russia and Britain established spheres of influence in Persia, Russia and Britain ______