Migration And Empire

Question 1

Why did Scots leave their home town? Push Reasons and explanation (name at least 3)

Answer 1

• Problems in fishing - In the early 20th century. The fishing industries experienced a depression and people were forced to move for a better job.
• The Potato Famine - Potato crops became infected and failed, most of the population relied on Potatoes and this forced people to move away.
• The clearance - Landlords would force tenants out and replace them with farm animals to make a profit.

Question 2

Why did Scots leave their home town? Pull Reasons and explanation (name at least 3)

Answer 2

• Improvements in transport - Sailing ship was main form of transport, travel time was reduced and the cost also decreased which made it affordable to travel.
• Job Opportunities - Jobs overseas offered more money for the same jobs and there were many available jobs in various sections.
• Assisted Passage - Many companies would give Scots the money they needed to travel over to a different country and start their new job and a new career opportunity.

Question 3

Name the different types of Immigrant groups that came over to Scotland

Answer 3

• Protestant Irish
• Catholic Irish
• Jews.
• Lithuanians
• Italians
• The English

Question 4

Why would immigrants move away from their home town and come to Scotland?

Answer 4

• To have freedom
• Open up businesses
• Live a better life
• Make money
• Poverty
• Better living conditions
• Jobs

Question 5

Why were the Irish so poor?

Answer 5

• Lack of industries - Ireland was an agrarian economy.
• There was no growing industries to provide work for the people who lived there.
• Increasing population - The population was growing rapidly.
• Landlords tried to make their own lands bigger to use modern farming methods.
• Households were evicted.
• Self Sufficiency - Most Irish people tried to live off the produce of the tiny plots of land they rented.

Question 6

Why did the Italians leave Italy and travel to Scotland?

Answer 6

• Economy problems
• Poverty and famine
• Dependency on agriculture
• Lack of industries

Question 7

Why did Jews leave their homeland and travel to Scotland?

Answer 7

• Better transport
• Persecution by Nazis
• Job opportunities
• Freedom
• Make their own businesses

Question 8

Why did Lithuanians leave their homeland and travel to Scotland?

Answer 8

• Poverty
• Job opportunities
• Politics
• Depression
• Living Conditions

Question 9

Where did the Scots travel to?

Answer 9

• New Zealand
• Australia
• Canada
• India

Question 10

Name the different types of people who lived in the other countries and where they came from.

Answer 10

• New Zealand - Maori
• Australia - Aborigine
• Canada - Inuit
• India - Indian People

Question 11

Why would Scots be a threat to the Natives?

Answer 11

• Take over land
• Racial Tension
• More Scots
• Guns V Spears

Question 12

What was the positive relationships between Natives?

Answer 12

• Trade with each other
• Employ Natives
• Missionaries (Priests) - Tried to work with the natives

Question 13

Positive experiences with Canada - Inuit

Answer 13

• Scots would influence religion, education and medicine.

* Influencing transport allowed the economy to grow.

Question 14

Negative experiences with Canada - Inuit

Answer 14

• A little bit of conflict a few times but other than that, very positive.

Question 15

Positive experiences with Australia - Aborigine

Answer 15

• 90,000 Scot emigrated to Australia.

* Improved education.

Question 16

Negative experiences with Australia - Aborigine

Answer 16

• Near extinction of the Aborigine as the Scots did not view them as real people.

Question 17

Positive experiences with New Zealand - Maori

Answer 17

• James Busby is regarded as the father of the Australia wine factory which gave people jobs.