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Question

6. Why did the British help create the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1869?

• they wanted easier access to their colony of South Africa

• they wanted to improve trade between northern and southern Egypt

they wanted easier access to India

O to improve tourism from Europe to the Great Pyramid of Giza

Answer

They wanted easier access to India.

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The British helped create the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1869 because they wanted easier access to India, which was a valuable British colony at...