BE 3.3

Question 1

what % of exports made up britains GDP before war and interwar years

Answer 1

30% to 15%

Question 2

what did unemployment rise to after ww1

Answer 2

10.9%

Question 3

what did britains debt rise to after ww1

Answer 3

£7.4 billion

Question 4

when was the great depression

Answer 4

1929

Question 5

how did india benefit from ww1

Answer 5

domestic manufacturers won a higher market share relative to british manufacturers

Question 6

how did canada benefit from the war

Answer 6

exported more wheat to britain and began to export more to the usa

Question 7

why were australia and NZ hit hard by ww1

Answer 7

relied on the britsh market for high % of exports

Question 8

what did britain try to do with the empire during the great depression

Answer 8

increase exports to the empire to make up for lower sales in britain

Question 9

what policy did the british empire pursue in the 1930s

Answer 9

imperial preference

Question 10

how was britain’s economic position affected by ww2

Answer 10

severely weakened

Question 11

what did britains desire to keep preferential trade agreements with its colonies do

Answer 11

separated britain economically and politically from USA and europe