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