How many countries have not been invaded by the Britain throughout history?
Data Scavenger Hunt
Find answers to the following questions using the visual above:
How many countries have never been invaded by Britain?
What European countries have never been invaded by Britain?
Describe which parts of the world were most thoroughly invaded by Britain.
Has the country you are in ever been invaded by Britain?
There are currently 195 countries in the world. How many have been invaded by Britain?
Big Brain Questions
Answer these questions by yourself using your brain and any links below:
In 1920, the British Empire covered roughly 13,700,000 square miles or 24 percent of the total land area of the Earth. The saying “the sun never sets on the British Empire” was literally true. Today, the area of the United Kingdom is 94,058 square miles or roughly 0.048% of the earth’s surface. Explain how Britain being an island nation impacted its ability to grow.
The British Empire’s first permanent overseas colony in the Americas was established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, while Hong Kong, its last big overseas territory, was handed over to China in 1997. In between that time technology changed dramatically. Why do you think the British Empire eventually ended?
At its most basic, an empire is a complex political organization where a dominant central state controls weaker peripheral (outer) states. There is no single recipe for making an empire, but the main ingredient is always control. Would you consider the United States to be an empire?
How many countries have never been invaded by the U.S.?
What is it about human nature that leads us to expand, invade, and conquer?
Write and Discuss
Take ten minutes to write about the question at the top of the page and then discuss with your classmates.
Act on your Learning
Contact the U.S. State Department and ask them if the U.S. is an empire.
Get Creative
Check out the maps of the world’s greatest empires and see how they compare to the British Empire. Draw your own map of what you think is the greatest empire since the British.