WORLD HISTORY

COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM

IMPERIALISM IN ASIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name two modern day countries that were colonized by the British.
A
Nigeria
B
Mali
C
Burkina Faso
D
Ghana
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Colonies were founded in parts of Australia, and later Trinidad and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Singapore and Hong Kong (China) as well as other parts of Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -From 1880-1900 Britain gained control over or occupied what are now known as Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Gambia, Sierra Leone, northwestern Somalia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, and Malawi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Present day Ghana is the product of the British colonization of a territory that they called the Gold Coast. This colony evolved from small coastal trading settlements, former slave castles, trading centers, and mission stations to the establishment of the Crown’s colony of the Gold Coast in 1874.

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