What are push factors?
Factors which attract people to a foreign country
Factors which force people to leave a country
Factors which force people to stay where they are
When did the first prison ship leave Britain for Australia?
1778
1790
1787
Why were crofters forced from their land in the Scottish Highlands?
To make room for crops
To make room for sheep farming
To make room for new industries such as coal mines and fisheries
When was the year of the sheep?
1770
1792
Who helped send orphaned children to the New World?
Andrew Carnegie
William Quarrier
Mary Slessor
What did the Empire Settlement Act do?
Force people to settle in the New World to lower unemployment
Send prisoners to Australia to make Britain more safe
Provide money to help people emigrat and settle abroad
What spread through the Highlands in the 1840s?
Smallpox
Potato Blight
Corruption
When was gold discovered in South Africa?
1855
1860
1865
What did foreign agents do in Scotland during the 1800s and early 1900s?
Try to find out state secrets
Try to disuade Scots from moving abroad
Try to persuade Scots to mover abroad
Why did some Christians emigrate?
To escape non-Christians in Scotland
To convert non-Christians abroad
To find quieter, more religious lives