Overall

Question 1

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Answer 1

-Dundee whaling industry produced oil tk treat jute and make products
-38% of coal sold abroad in 1910s
-Dundee jute bags sent to Latin America for coffee
-Glasgow ships needed to keep all trade goods going around the empire

Question 2

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Answer 2

-Scottish goods such as knitwear and whiskey in high demand abroad
-locomotives made in Aberdeenshire, Inverurie and Glasgow sent to Canada, India, New Zealand (North British locomotive works)
-between 1851-1870, the clyde produced 70% of all iron ships in Britain
-world war one created huge demand as new warships were needed to guard convoys and cargo and passenger liners were sunk by the German U-boats

Question 3

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Answer 3

-a handful of families made huge fortunes from the profits of the export industries (William weir coal and iron)
-Scottish foreign investment rose from £60 million in 1870 to £500 million in 1914