History A-Level
Trade route protection
What Trade route protection means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Trade route protection
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The strategic function of controlling sea lanes and protecting trade routes, as performed by bases such as Gibraltar and Aden.
Topics that use Trade route protection
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 2 The changing nature of the Royal Navy (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Commerce protection and anti-slavery operations
- Global strategic network
- Naval logistics and coaling stations
- Technological change and naval modernisation
- Exploration, mapping and imperial expansion
- Imperial defence and diplomacy
- Piracy suppression and maritime security
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