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550 General History of Europe IV. How did England conquer India (answer with the map) ? What different races are there in India ? What was the cause of the mutiny ? How did Victoria become Empress of India? What have the British done for India ? How is India governed today ? V. Outline the history of Canada in the nineteenth century. Why was the Durham report an important event in world history ? How is Canada governed ? How was Australia settled ? When were the colo- nies united? What political experiments is New Zealand famous for? VI. Sketch the early history of South Africa. How did the Trans- vaal originate ? What right had the British to interfere in it ? What was the settlement of the struggle in South Africa ? TABLE OF CHIEF BRITISH POSSESSIONS, 1914 IN EUROPE : The United Kingdom, Gibraltar, and Malta. IN ASIA: Aden, Perim, Sokotra, Kuria Muria Islands, Bahrein Islands, British Borneo, Ceylon, Cyprus, Hongkong, India and dependencies, Labuan, the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, Weihaiwei. IN AFRICA : Ascension Island, Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, British East Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Nyasaland Protectorate, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Natal, Orange River Colony, Rhodesia, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Seychelles, Somaliland, Transvaal Colony, Swaziland, West African Colonies of Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Gambia, Sierra Leone. IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA : Bermudas, Canada, Falkland Islands, British Guiana, British Honduras, Newfoundland and Labrador, the West Indies, including Bahama, Barbados, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad, and Windward Islands. IN AUSTRALASIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS : The Commonwealth of Aus- tralia (including New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, West Australia, and Tasmania), New Zealand, New Guinea (British), Fiji Islands, Tonga or Friendly Islands, and other minor islands in the Pacific. Total area, 11,447,954 square miles. Population, 419,401,371.