The Site and Situation of Glasgow [Date]
Today I will: – Be able to explain how Glasgow’s site and situation
contributed to its growth
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Settlement: A place where people liveSite: The physical landscape on which a settlement is built.
The beginning…
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Settlement: A place where people liveSite: The physical landscape on which a settlement is built.
The beginning…
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Coal seams and iron ore were located here and the resourceswere used for manufacturing
Settlement: A place where people liveSituation: Where a settlement is relative to other places or physical
features
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“When the trade routes between Europe and The Americas were opened up the river Clyde found itself well positioned for trade in tobacco. The journey from Glasgow to Virginia took 20 days less than the journey from London to Virginia and this 20 day advantage meant that almost half of the tobacco coming into Europe was distributed through Glasgow. The tobacco merchants (nicknamed ‘tobacco lairds ’) provided the colonists with commodities such as pottery, cloth and other essentials (manufactured in Glasgow) in exchange for tobacco.”
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Engineer: John Golburne
[Task One] Complete the sheet
[Task Two] Draw a line graph to show Glasgow’s changing population using thedata below
[Task Three] Describe Glasgow’s changing population over time.
[Task Four] New Wider World Textbook Q1 page 49.
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Year Population
543 100
1400 1,500
1556 4,500
1611 7,000
1720 15,000
1851 329,000