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Exercise 3 page 329
1. Through the centuries thanks to its domination of the seas Britain developed its imperial expansion.
2. Important trading posts were Hong Kong, Falkland islands and other ports in the pacific.
3. British were interested in un the Mediterranean develop because with the Suez Canal they reduce the cost of traveling to India.
4. For example the adoption of the Greenwich mean time for fixing world time zones, and the growth of Cristian missionary societies helped the spread of British influence.