How Empire Shaped British Identity and Britain’s Role in the World Quiz

In the 1800s, how did the British Empire most strongly influence how many people in Britain thought about being ‘British’?

In the 1800s, what was one key way the British Empire increased Britain’s power in the world?

How did the growth of the British Empire help create a shared identity between people in England, Scotland and Wales in the 1700s and 1800s?

A war memorial in a British town lists soldiers from India, Canada and the Caribbean who died fighting for Britain in the First World War. What does this most clearly show about Britain’s role in the world at that time?

Which statement best describes how Britain’s role in the world changed as the empire broke up after 1945?

In the later 1900s, how did the history of empire most change everyday life and identity in Britain itself?

By the mid-1900s, what kind of news from the empire was most likely to make some people in Britain question the old idea that empire always showed Britain as fair and generous?