Multiple Choice
The British established control over Egypt primarily because (Image, p. 730)
A) the French had already expanded their holdings in northern Africa.
B) the nearby Ottoman Empire was collapsing and the British wanted parts of it.
C) the newly created Suez Canal provided a strategic link to their Asian colonies.
D) Egypt possessed vast oil resources.
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