The Location and Importance of Liverpool

Question 1

What are the two types of migration?

Answer 1

National and international migration are the two types.

Question 2

What is national migration?

Answer 2

The migration of people within a country.

Question 3

What is the migration of people within a country?

Answer 3

This is national migration.

Question 4

What is international migration?

Answer 4

This is the migration of people from one country to a different one.

Question 5

What is the migration of people from one country to a different one?

Answer 5

This is international migration.

Question 6

What is the character of a city?

Answer 6

The character of a city is the unique qualities of a location.

Question 7

What are the two important groups of migrants who moved into Liverpool within the UK?

Answer 7

The two important groups of migrants who moved into Liverpool from within the UK are Welsh migrants and Irish migrants.

Question 8

When did Welsh migrants arrive in Liverpool?

Answer 8

Welsh migrants arrived in Liverpool in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Question 9

Which group of migrants arrived to Liverpool in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

Answer 9

Welsh migrants arrived in Liverpool in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Question 10

What were the Welsh group of migrants attracted by?

Answer 10

The Welsh group of migrants were attracted by its developing industry and work on the canals and railways.

Question 11

By 1813, how much of the Liverpool population was Welsh?

Answer 11

By 1813, almost 10% of the Liverpool population was Welsh.

Question 12

When was the Liverpool population almost 10% Welsh?

Answer 12

By 1813, almost 10% of the Liverpool population was Welsh.

Question 13

By 1813, in Liverpool, what did almost 10% of the population consist of.

Answer 13

By 1813, almost 10% of the Liverpool population was Welsh.

Question 14

When did the Irish potato famine happen, and what did this mean for national migration rates?

Answer 14

The Irish potato famine happened in 1845, increasing national migration rates to Liverpool.

Question 15

How many Irish migrants arrived in Liverpool in a single decade?

Answer 15

Around 2 million Irish migrants arrived in Liverpool in a single decade.

Question 16

By 1850, over 20% of the population of Liverpool was what?

Answer 16

By 1850, over 20% of Liverpool’s population was Irish.

Question 17

By when was over 20% of Liverpool’s population Irish?

Answer 17

By 1850, over 20% of Liverpool’s population was Irish.

Question 18

By 1850, what percent of Liverpool’s population was Irish?

Answer 18

By 1850, over 20% of Liverpool’s population was Irish.

Question 19

What percent of Liverpudlians have some Irish ancestry?

Answer 19

Approximately 75% of Liverpudlians today have some Irish ancestry.

Question 20

The Welsh and Irish migrants’ accents did what together in Liverpool?

Answer 20

The accents of the Welsh and Irish migrants combined to create Liverpool’s distinctive “scouse” accent, altering the city’s character.

Question 21

When was Liverpool’s port built?

Answer 21

Ships from around the world have been arriving in Liverpool since its port was built in 1714.

Question 22

Liverpool was home to Europe’s first what, and when was it built?

Answer 22

Liverpool is home to Europe’s first ever Chinatown, dating back to the 19th century.

Question 23

When was trade set up with China from Liverpool, and by what?

Answer 23

Trade was set up with China in 1868 by steamship and Chinese sailors that chose to settle in the city.

Question 24

What did Chinese sailors that chose to settle in Liverpool bring with them?

Answer 24

When Chinese sailors chose to settle in Liverpool, they brought their culture (food, customs and language) to the city.

Question 24

Today, Liverpool remains what from Chinese sailors moving there (statistic)?

Answer 24

Today, Liverpool remains an ethnically diverse city and about 1 in 8 people are from an ethnic minority background.

Question 25

Liverpool has the UK's oldest what community?

Answer 25

Liverpool has the UK's oldest Black African community which has roots back in 1730.

Question 26

(U-turn) However, this increasing immigration in Liverpool is ...?

Answer 26

This increasing immigration is putting pressure on housing, and causing Liverpool to sprawl into the rural-urban fringe and surrounding countryside, altering the character of the city.

Question 27

What is the location of Liverpool?

Answer 27

Liverpool is located in West England, bordering the Irish sea, near the border of Scotland.

Question 28

Name three reasons why Liverpool is nationally important to the UK.

Answer 28

The UK is a port city, so it exports goods made in the UK. It has a ferry port to Northern Ireland from Liverpool. It has a railway hub connecting London with Glasgow.

Question 29

What percent of UK - US trade is handled by Liverpool?

Answer 29

Liverpool is a port city, exporting goods made in the UK, and handling 45% of all UK - US trade.

Question 30

What is the importance of Liverpool to the wider world?

Answer 30

Liverpool has 2 international airports, it is the UNESCO world city of music, as the Beatles were from here and home to the Liverpool and Everton football clubs, which, with the liver building, attracts tourists.

Question 31

How many tourists go to Liverpool each year, and what for?

Answer 31

800,000 tourists go to Liverpool each year because of the Liverpool and Everton football clubs, and the liver building, attracting tourists.

Question 32

Liverpool welcomed who into Britain in the 1600s and what were they fleeing from?

Answer 32

Liverpool welcomed French Huguenots into Britain, who were fleeing religious persecution in the 1600s.

Question 33

Between 1850 and 1913 how many Irish migrants were in Liverpool?

Answer 33

Between 1850 and 1913, it is estimated that more than 4.5 million Irish men and women had emigrated.

Question 34

What workers supported Liverpool's growth, how and why?

Answer 34

Welsh construction workers, who were regarded as some of the most skilled, supported Liverpool's growth by expanding the city's housing, railway and land canal network.

Question 35

Liverpool is home to how many universities, and give two names?

Answer 35

Liverpool is home to 3 universities, two of which are Liverpool John Moore and Liverpool Hope.

Question 36

Why was Liverpool the main European port for the transatlantic slave trade (include statistic, talk about slave conditions)?

Answer 36

Liverpool was the main European port for transatlantic slave trade as the city's merchants profited from the trade between Africa and the Caribbean, using ships in which around 12% of enslaved people on board died.

Question 37

Which Liverpool community quickly became densely populated?

Answer 37

Toxteth in Liverpool quickly became densely populated.

Question 38

The gateway to Chinatown is what and what is Liverpool's twin city?

Answer 38

The gateway to Chinatown is the largest in the world outside of China and Liverpool's twin city is Shanghai.

Question 39

What type of community (to do with ethnicity) is Liverpool, and what percent of the population are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background?

Answer 39

There is a multicultural community in Liverpool, wherein 16% of the population are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background.

Question 40

The seafront for Liverpool what important church is there?

Answer 40

Near the seafront is a Scandinavian Sailor's church, which serves herring lunches and shows Swedish films.

Question 41

Name a church, synagogue and mosque in Liverpool.

Answer 41

There is a Greek Orthodox Church, there is a Princes Road Synagogue, and there is the oldest Mosque in the UK.

Question 42

What are the four zones in city plans?

Answer 42

Zone 1 is the Central Business District (CBD), which is offices and shops. Zone 2 is the inner city, which is where old factories and terraced housing would be. Zone 3 is the suburbs, where people live, usually having semi-detached housing. Zone 4 is the rural-urban fringe, where detached, expensive properties are.