History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

In the. 19th century, all over the world more than 150 million people migrated from one country to another.’ Explain the factors responsible for this migration.

Answer:

(i) Abolition of Corn Laws and free trade : The scrapping of the Corn laws laid the foundation of free trade. Now, food could be imported Or exported into Britain freely.
(ii) New Economic activities: The free trace led to development of railways and new ports. People had to settle or, the lands to bring them under cultivation. This meant building homes and settlements. All the construction activities needed labour. The demand for labour in places where labour was in short supply led to migration.
(iii) Role of technology: The railways, steamships, lighter wagons helped the people to move from one country to another.
(iv) Imperialism : The wave of imperialism engulfed the whole world and due to this people migrated from one nation to another.
(v) Different flows : The flow of trade accompanied with capital paved way for the flow of labour.

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The Making of a Global World

Q 1.

Name the movement launched by Gandhiji during the Great Depression of 1929.

Q 2.

Why were IMF and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development formed ?

Q 3.

What was the impact of the Great Depression on USA ? Explain. [CBSE 2013]

Q 4.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 5.

What steps were taken by the British government to improve agriculture in West Punjab ?

Q 6.

What were the limitations of IMF and the World Bank ? Mention any two.

Q 7.

What were the impacts of the Bretton Woods system ? Explain.

Q 8.

Write any three factors responsible for indentured labour migration from India. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2013]

Q 9.

Explain the impact of the Great Depression on the Indian economy. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2014]
Or
Explain the impact of the Great Depression on Indian farmers in the early twentieth century. [CBSE 2009 (F), Sept. 2012]

Q 10.

Mention the impact of the First World War on agricultural economies.

Q 11.

Name any two Indian groups of bankers who financed export agriculture in Central and South-east Asia.

Q 12.

Which two crucial influences, shaped post-war reconstruction ?

Q 13.

"Food offers many examples of long distance cultural exchange."Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
Or
Assess with examples the contribution of food to the process of globalisation of the early periods. [CBSE 2012]

Q 14.

Give three examples to show that the world changed with the discovery of new sea routes to America. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]

Q 15.

‘The First World War was modern industrial war’. Explain.
Or
Explain how the First World War was so horrible a war like none other before. [CBSE 2010 (0)]
Or
How far is it correct to say that "The First World Wax was the First modem industrial war”? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 16.

“The First World War was fought between two power blocs” Explain.

Q 17.

What were silk routes ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 18.

What were the social advantages of invention of refrigerated ships ?

Q 19.

Why thousands of people fled Europe for America in the 19th century ?
Or
Why did thousands of people flee away from Europe to America in the 19th century ? Give any three reasons. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 20.

What was the impact of germs on the America's original inhabitants ?

Q 21.

Before the arrival of outsiders most of the Africans had a little reason to work for a wage’. Give reasons.

Q 22.

Why did the inflow of fine Indian cotton begin to decline in the 19th century ?

Q 23.

How was the income received from trade surplus with India used by Britain ? [CBSE 2008 (D)]

Q 24.

Name the economist who thought that India gold exports during the Great Depression of 1929 promoted global economic recovery.

Q 25.

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.

Q 26.

Give two examples from history to show the impact of technology on food availability.

Q 27.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement?

Q 28.

What do you know about the Great Depression ? Explain the major factors responsible for the Great Depression. [CBSE 2008 (F), Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013]

Q 29.

The pre-modern world shrank greatly in the 16th century.' Explain.

Q 30.

India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy”. Explain. [CBSE 2014]

Q 31.

What was the impact of industrialisation in Britain on Indian economy ?

Q 32.

What is globalisation ? [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2012]

Q 33.

The pre-modem world shrank greatly in the 16th century”. Why ?

Q 34.

Name any four colonial powers of the 19th century.

Q 35.

Name any two countries which became major supplier of wheat during the First World War.

Q 36.

What was the main aim of the post-war international economic system in the world ?

Q 37.

What is difference between international momentary system and the Bretton Woods system?

Q 38.

What is G-77 ?

Q 39.

Highlight three main features of life of African people before the coming of Europeans. [CBSE 2013]

Q 40.

What is NIF.O ?
Or
Why did Group 77 countries demand a New International Economic Order ? Explain. [CBSE 2009 (D). Sept, 2010]
Or
Why did most of the developing countries organise themselves as a group the Group of 77 (G-77) ? [CBSE 2012)

Q 41.

Name any four regions of India from where indentured workers came.

Q 42.

Define ‘trade surplus’. Why Britain had a trade surplus with India ? [CBSE Sept. 2014]

Q 43.

The First World War was a war like no other before. Justify.

Q 44.

Name any two world institutions which were established under the Bretton Woods. Also mention one objective of each. [CBSE 2014]

Q 45.

"European conquests produced many painful economic, social and ecological changes through which the colonised societies were brought into the world economy."Explain. [CBSE 2015]

Q 46.

Why was there a need for clearing lands in Britain during the nineteenth century ? Explain any three reasons.
[CBSE Comp. (D) 2008]

Q 47.

Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the 17th century, choosing one example from Asia, and one from the America.

Q 48.

Explain the consequences of the Second World War.
Or
Describe in brief the destruction caused during the Second World War. [CBSE 2010 (O), Sept. 2012]

Q 49.

Name any two world institutions which were established under the Bretton Woods. Also mention one objective of each.

Q 50.

India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy.” Explain by giving an example.
Or
What was the importance of the Indian trade for the Britishers ?
Or
How did India play a crucial role in the nineteenth century world economy ? Explain with examples. [CBSE Comp. (O) 2008]