British Empire - Places

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Across
  1. 2. Name of the town that is called 'a little bit of Scotland' in Canada
  2. 3. City in Sudan besieged by Islamic warriors in 1884 where General Gordon was killed
  3. 6. City of the headquarters of the East India Company in India
  4. 10. In which city was the treaty signed in 1763 that ended the 7-Years-War between the great European Powers
  5. 11. City in the UK with 25% of its population of Asian origin
  6. 12. County in the north of England whose cotton mills dominated the world market in the 1920's
  7. 17. One of the bloodiest battles of the Empire in Sudan with spears against machine guns
  8. 18. Name of the river that was to become 'God's highway into the heart of Africa
  9. 20. Name given to the Caribbean during the British Empire (2)
Down
  1. 1. Capital city of Jamaica (2)
  2. 3. In which building in Jerusalem was a deadly bomb placed by militant Jews on 22 July 1946 (3)
  3. 4. Burial place of David Livingstone (2)
  4. 5. First Caribbean island to gain independence in 1962
  5. 7. Source of the Nile found by the explorer John Speke in the 19th century (2)
  6. 8. Which waterway in Egypt was crucial to cut sailing time to and from India(2)
  7. 9. Famous racecourse in Hong Kong, legacy from the days of empire (2)
  8. 13. Home in Delhi of India's ruling dynasty in the 18th C (2)
  9. 14. What did the British call the hill station where they escaped the summer heat
  10. 15. Original name of Zimbabwe, country founded on blood and greed and named after its founder who made his fortune in diamonds
  11. 16. Which Indian city was the seat of a terrible siege in 1857 when 3000 British and loyal Indians were trapped in the British headquarters
  12. 19. Country in Africa where the 'toffs' settled in early 1900