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emigration of scots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 7 positive effects of empire | Cheap workforce, new ideas, raw materials, job creation, boosting trade, challenge, jobs abroad |
| 5 negative effects of empire | highland depopulation, brain drain, over reliance, religious strife, health and housing issues |
| how many million scots emigrated? what percentage of the population was this? | 1.4 million 30% |
| 6 reasons why it’s easier for Scots to migrate within the empire | language. cheaper. existing connections. respect. protection. similar culture |
| 4 reasons why scots left scotland | highland clearances, agricultural depression, problems after WW1, transportation |
| 9 reasons why scots wanted to go to other countries | financial assistance from UK government cheap land improved transport letters from friends and family religion other governments financial assistance from landowners societies and charities better wages |
| what country did John Muir emigrate to and what impact did he have? | USA - founded Yosemite National Park and has a famous environmental award scheme |
| What country did Andrew Carnegie emigrate to and what impact did he have ? | USA- founded Carnegie Street Centre donated £350 million to charity , expansion of american steel industry |
| What country did Alan Gilmour emigrate to and what impact did he have? | Canada- expanded fathers timber company employed thousands of scots |
| What country did George Stephen emigrate to and what impact did he have? | Canada- president of large canadian bank donated millions to charity |
| What country did Robert McCracken emigrate to and what impact did he have ? | Australia- founded brewery with brother. |
| what percentage of canadians have scottish ancestry | 10% |
| scots make up the third largest ..... in canada? | ethnic group |
| In what year did John Alexander become prime minister of Canada? | 1857 |
| which scot created the canadian railway system? | Lord Stephen |
| By what year where 1/3 of Canada’s most talented businessmen scots | 1880 |
| name canada’s 5 largest industries | paper coal steel sugar iron |
| Scots were ?% of Canada’s colonial investment companies | 75% |
| which scotsman founded the New York Herald | James Gordon Bennet |
| how many scots moved to australia because of prison sentences | 20,000 |
| what was discovered in Australia which made the number of scots emigrating increase massively | gold |
| which scot created a railway system through india | James Dalhousie |
| Thomas Lipton founded Lipton Teas in india and dominated what percentage of the country’s tea trade? | 10% |
| how many of new zealand’s prime ministers were scots? | at least 4 |
| what three business areas where scots involved in in New Zealand | gold mining, frozen meat , construction of shipyards |
| 5 reasons for irish immigration | Poverty, lack of opportunities in Ireland, opportunities in Scotland, potato famine, cheap transport |
| 5 reasons for Italian emigration | Population growth, poverty, padroni, business opportunities, family |
| 4 reasons for jews emigrating | attacks, rights, religion, poverty |
| 4 reasons for lithuanians emigrating | russification, job opportunities, attacks, family |
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