“The example of indentured labour migration from India and other parts of the world illustrates the two-sided nature of the 19th century"world.” Explain by giving examples.
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Why 19th century indentured has been described as a ‘new system of slavery’ ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012, 2014]
(i) It was a world of faster economic growth as well as greater misery, higher income for some, and poverty for others, technological advances in some areas, and new forms of exploitation in others.
In India, indentured labourers were hired under contracts which promised the return travel to India, after they had worked for five years on their employer’s plantation.
(ii) Most of the indentured workers migrated in hope for a bright future, but they were exploited by the recruiting agent and by the employer.
"Food offers many examples of long distance cultural exchange."Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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Assess with examples the contribution of food to the process of globalisation of the early periods. [CBSE 2012]
Give three examples to show that the world changed with the discovery of new sea routes to America. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]
Explain the impact of the Great Depression on the Indian economy. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2014]
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Explain the impact of the Great Depression on Indian farmers in the early twentieth century. [CBSE 2009 (F), Sept. 2012]
What is NIF.O ?
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Why did Group 77 countries demand a New International Economic Order ? Explain. [CBSE 2009 (D). Sept, 2010]
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Why did most of the developing countries organise themselves as a group the Group of 77 (G-77) ? [CBSE 2012)
‘The First World War was modern industrial war’. Explain.
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Explain how the First World War was so horrible a war like none other before. [CBSE 2010 (0)]
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How far is it correct to say that "The First World Wax was the First modem industrial war”? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Name any two Indian groups of bankers who financed export agriculture in Central and South-east Asia.
How was the income received from trade surplus with India used by Britain ? [CBSE 2008 (D)]
What was the importance of Silk Routes ?
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How did Silk Routes link the world ? Explain with three suitable examples. [CBSE 2008 (D)]
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Explain any three characteristics of Silk Routes. [CBSE Comp. (D) 2008, Sept. 2010, 2012]
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Enumerate the importance of Silk Routes. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Explain the consequences of the Second World War.
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Describe in brief the destruction caused during the Second World War. [CBSE 2010 (O), Sept. 2012]
Why did the European employers find it difficult to recruit labour in Africa ? Give two methods they used to recruit and retain labour. [CBSE 2011)
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Why was there a shortage of labour willing to work for wages in Africa in the 1890s ? How did Europeans try to recruit and retain labour ? Explain any two methods. [CBSE 2012]
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What methods were used by the European employers to recruit and retain the African labourers ?
What was mass production? Explain its impact on the world economy of earlier 20th century.
Write any three factors responsible for indentured labour migration from India. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2013]
Name any two countries which became major supplier of wheat during the First World War.
Name the economist who thought that India gold exports during the Great Depression of 1929 promoted global economic recovery.
What is difference between international momentary system and the Bretton Woods system?
Why China and other Asian countries became attractive destination for investment by foreign MNC's ?
"European conquests produced many painful economic, social and ecological changes through which the colonised societies were brought into the world economy."Explain. [CBSE 2015]
Explain the social and economic impacts of the First World War. Suggest any two ways to save the world from the Third World War.
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"The First World War was mainly fought in Europe but its impact was felt around the world."Explain by giving examples.
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What was the impact of the First World War on the socio-economic conditions of the world ? Write four points. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
Why was there a need for clearing lands in Britain during the nineteenth century ? Explain any three reasons.
[CBSE Comp. (D) 2008]
Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.
By 1890, a global agricultural economy had taken shape.' Explain by giving example.
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Describe any three changes in the global agricultural economy after 1890. [CBSE 2014]
Before the arrival of outsiders most of the Africans had a little reason to work for a wage’. Give reasons.
‘Economists and politicians drew two key lessons from inter-war economic experiences.’ Explain. [CBSE Sept 2012]
G-77 can be seen as a reaction to the activities of Bretton Woods Twins. Explain the statement with five arguments. [CBSE 2013]
Highlight three main features of life of African people before the coming of Europeans. [CBSE 2013]
What were the main reasons for the attraction of Europeans to Africa ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2014]