BBC empire quiz (Making Ourselves at Home)

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Across
  1. 1. An enormous country and one of largest colonies of the British
  2. 5. A Western Christian holiday that many anglo-Indians celebrate every year
  3. 7. A large African animal that can kill humans and often did when coming into contact with e.g. colonists. A type of cat.
  4. 8. What the colonies gained once the British stopped using their countries as a colony. Something most celebrate on a particular date each year.
  5. 10. A track made of steel rails along which trains run. The British built a long one going from Kenya.
  6. 12. A traditional Indian dress for women made of a large piece of cloth
  7. 14. A famous British writer who wrote a lot of fiction about India (Two words)
  8. 15. A marraige is (...) if the two people are from different races, something occuring often in the British colonies
Down
  1. 2. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means
  2. 3. A natural white material used for making yarn, primarily for clothes
  3. 4. An illness carried by mosquitoes in large areas of Africa, that the colonists encountered when colonizing Africa
  4. 5. A territory controlled by a foreign power, a settlement of people from one country in another
  5. 6. A low house having only one story, typical in the Indian hillside
  6. 9. A large Indian city that held importance during the British settlement in India
  7. 11. A natural material used to make thin, shiny fabric
  8. 13. A large continent with several former British colonies
  9. 16. The abbreviation (forkortelse) for the East India Company