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  1. who is the prince of preachers?
    Spurgon
  2. who was known as the grand old man?
    gladstone
  3. largest contenent in the world?
    asia
  4. britans largest posession in asia?
    india
  5. famous saying of the british empire?
    the sun never sets on the british empire
  6. what were the three reasons that britan expanded?
    gold,God, Glory
  7. second largest continent?
    africa
  8. the monarch that reigned the longest?
    victoria
  9. who took victorias place after she died?
    Edward VII
  10. what kind of relationship did edward VII have with queen victoria?
    he was her son
  11. who persuaded japan to open there doors to trade?
    Matthew Perry
  12. who persuaded Japan to open there doors to christian missionaries?
    townson Harris
  13. who explored australia and New Zeland for the British?
    captain cook
  14. created the modern nursing agency in Britten?
    Nightngale
  15. founder of china inland missions?
    taylor
  16. became king who said he did not resolve to being good?
    edward VII
  17. what was the religion of northern islands?
    protestant
  18. largest desert in the world?
    sahara
  19. longest river in the world?
    nile river
  20. were does the nile river start?
    lake victoria
  21. were does the nile river end?
    mediteranian sea
  22. what seperated the red sea from the mediteranian sea?
    suez canal
  23. what is the tallest mountain in africa?
    Mt Kilimanjaro
  24. what is the practice of cuttee?
    when the husband dies they burn the wife with them
  25. what company has powerful trading, and is used by the government?
    East India Company
  26. great century of ______?
    missions
  27. which half of irland remains Britan?
    Northern Island
  28. who was queen victorias famous prime minister and friend?
    Disrali
  29. what percent did britan go to, on its greatest extent?
    25%
  30. how long did queen victoria rule?
    64 years
  31. what was britans largest colony in North America?
    Canada
  32. why did great britan have so many colonies every were?
    • they wanted natural resources 
    • they wanted raw neutriance 
    • tax money
    • they had ports to get supplies
    • they wanted to spread the gospel
    • they wanted a labor force
  33. what did the colonies get when brittan took over?
    • they got british rules of law
    • for protection
    • the joy of having christ
  34. who was the prime minister of britain who divided Canada into British and French sections?
    pitt
  35. the father of modern mission
    carey
  36. father of faith missions
    taylor
  37. prince of preachers
    spergeon
  38. queen victorias husband?
    albert
  39. the first black african bishop ordained by the church of england?
    crowther
  40. afrilaners, a dutch word meaning farmers?
    boers
  41. father of homeless waifs, came to England as a missionary to the Jews, but is best known for founding orphans?
    Muller
  42. irish missionary who worked to save young girls in india
    carmichael
  43. a republic in africa founded by freed american slaves
    Liberia
  44. who found the American National Red Cross?
    Clara Barton
  45. africas greatest missionary explorer?
    livingstone
  46. founder of salvation army?
    booth
  47. key issue between england and Ireland?
    religion
  48. he was one of the best known revivalists and evangelists of the victorian era?
    gypsy smith
  49. he helped the YMCA
    williams
  50. British possession in the Orient, now owned by china?
    hong kong

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