Chapter 9 - Trade and Commerce

Question 1

How much did Britain export to India?

Answer 1

£150m worth of goods

20% of all British exports

Question 2

What were the good traded from different countries?

Answer 2

Wool + Sugar - SA + Australia

Dairy + lamb - New Zealand

Beef + wheat - Canada

Question 3

Why was Canada important for trade for Britain?

Answer 3

Supplied 10% of British beef

6x times increase in Canadian land for wheat

Question 4

What products did Britain export from West Africa?

Answer 4

. Timber
. Cocoa
. Rubber
. Peanuts
. Palm oil

Question 5

How much had Britain imported in 1894?

Answer 5

64 million hundred weight of wheat

30.7 million from USA

17.2 from Russia

3.6 million from Canada

Question 6

How much was Britain’s total trade worth in 1896?

Answer 6

£745m

Question 7

How much was trade in the empire worth?

Answer 7

£183m

Question 8

What % of British exports did Tropical Africa take?

Answer 8

1.2%

Question 9

How much did British investment increase by in 1913?

Answer 9

£2bn to £4bn

Question 10

What was imperial preference?

Answer 10

Imperial trade - trade within empire over trade with other countries

Favoured by Chamberlain