Base your answers to the questions below on the map and your knowledge of social studies.

1. What country, also a continent, began as a British penal colony? Australia Canada India Union of South Africa

2. Over 50 former British colonies are currently united as what? British Realms Colony Club Commonwealth of Nations European Union

3. What Chinese island did Great Britain control from 1842 until 1997? Formosa Hong Kong Matsu Penghu

4. What British possession, controlled by England for approximately 750 years, fought a war for independence from 1919 until 1921? Ireland Kent Scotland Wales

5. At its peak (1922), the British Empire was the world's largest, and included 25% of the earth's population and land area. True False

6. Mohandas Gandhi helped lead what British colony to independence? India Iraq Ireland New Zealand