Let's analyze the given chart step by step to answer the questions:
1. Largest decline in foreign trade:
- US: [tex]\( \downarrow 70\% \)[/tex]
- Britain: [tex]\( \downarrow 60\% \)[/tex]
- Germany: [tex]\( \downarrow 61\% \)[/tex]
Observing these figures, the country with the largest decline in foreign trade is the US with a 70% decline.
2. Greatest increase in unemployment:
- US: [tex]\( \uparrow 607\% \)[/tex]
- Britain: [tex]\( \uparrow 129\% \)[/tex]
- Germany: [tex]\( \uparrow 232\% \)[/tex]
By comparison, the greatest increase in unemployment occurred in the US with a 607% increase.
3. Country least affected by the Great Depression:
- To determine which country was least affected, we need to consider all three metrics: industrial production, foreign trade, and unemployment.
Let’s review the impacts:
- Industrial Production Decline:
- US: [tex]\( \downarrow 46\% \)[/tex]
- Britain: [tex]\( \downarrow 23\% \)[/tex]
- Germany: [tex]\( \downarrow 41\% \)[/tex]
- Foreign Trade Decline:
- US: [tex]\( \downarrow 70\% \)[/tex]
- Britain: [tex]\( \downarrow 60\% \)[/tex]
- Germany: [tex]\( \downarrow 61\% \)[/tex]
- Unemployment Increase:
- US: [tex]\( \uparrow 607\% \)[/tex]
- Britain: [tex]\( \uparrow 129\% \)[/tex]
- Germany: [tex]\( \uparrow 232\% \)[/tex]
Britain has the smallest decline in industrial production, the smallest decline in foreign trade, and the smallest increase in unemployment. Hence, Britain was the least affected by the Great Depression.
To summarize, based on the chart:
- The largest decline in foreign trade occurred in [tex]\( \boxed{\text{US}} \)[/tex].
- The greatest increase in unemployment between 1929 and 1932 occurred in [tex]\( \boxed{\text{US}} \)[/tex].
- According to the chart, [tex]\( \boxed{\text{Britain}} \)[/tex] was least affected by the Great Depression.
