BE 2.3

Question 1

britain traded more with the… than any other ….

Answer 1

empire , part of the world

Question 2

what % of all manufactured goods in the world were from britain in 1913

Answer 2

32%

Question 3

why was india more likely to trade with britain than with the usa in 1914

Answer 3

uk had 0% tariffs whereas US had 40%

Question 4

how did WW1 affect British exports to other countries

Answer 4

fell from 30% to 15%

Question 5

what % of foodstuffs did the empire supply to britain

Answer 5

less than 10%

Question 6

in 1913, what % of foreign british investment went to the empire

Answer 6

43%

Question 7

what did britains’s reliance on the empire mean for them

Answer 7

filed to modernise at a time when germany and USA were industrialising fast

Question 8

what trade policy did joseph chamberlain support

Answer 8

imperial preference

Question 9

even though UK implemented protectionism, they were more open to international competition. what was uk and usa’s average tariff

Answer 9

1885, uk - 6.1% and usa - 29.9%

Question 10

what was the swadeshi movement

Answer 10

encouraged buying only goods produced locally in India

Question 11

what event prompted the swadeshi movement

Answer 11

partition of bengal 1905