ACTIVITIES FOR MIGRATION FACTSHEET 2
Activities for Migration Factsheet 2
Read the information sheet Migration of Scots.
Define the term migration.
Answer the following questions on migration and the Lowlands.
1.
Why was famine averted in the early 19th century?
2.
(a)
Describe the new system of farming and land ownership.
(b)
How did this reduce the pressures on the land?
3.
Write a detailed description of migration from rural to urban areas in
the Lowlands.
Answer the following questions on migration and the Highlands.
1.
Write a detailed summary of reasons for the great shift from rural
Highland areas between 1830 and 1939. (This should be in bullet point
form.)
2.
In which areas did the Highland population settle?
MIGRATION AND EMPIRE (H, HISTORY)
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