History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

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

Answer:

(i) Before the arrival of outsiders, Africa had abundant land and a relatively small population. Agriculture and animal rearing was the main occupation of the people. Most of the villages and families were self-sufficient.
(ii) In Africa, there were few consumer goods that wages could buy.

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The Making of a Global World

Q 1.

What was mass production ? Who was pioneer of mass production ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 2.

What is mass production and mass consumption?

Q 3.

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]

Q 4.

Who discovered America ?

Q 5.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement?

Q 6.

Write a brief note on the Irish Potato Famine'.

Q 7.

What were the main reasons for the attraction of Europeans to Africa ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2014]

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

How rinderpest arrived in Africa in the late 1880's ?      [CBSE 2014]

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

How did Henry Ford revolutionise mass production in the US ? Explain. [CBSE 2012]

Q 12.

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 13.

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

Q 14.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 15.

Name any four colonial powers of the 19th century.

Q 16.

Who was indentured labourer ?

Q 17.

How were the indentured workers exploited by the recruiting agents ?

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

What was Henry Ford's best cost cutting decision ?

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

What is G-77 ?

Q 23.

Explain what is referred to as the G-77 countries. In what ways can G-77 be seen as a reaction to the activities of the Bretton Woods twins?

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

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]

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

Name the countries involved in the First World War.

Q 28.

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)

Q 29.

What were the main destinations of Indian indentured migrants ?

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

"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 32.

Explain the three types of movements or flows within international economic exchange. Find one example of each type of flow which involved India and Indians, and write a short account of it.

Q 33.

What was the importance of Silk Routes ?
Or
How did Silk Routes link the world ? Explain with three suitable examples. [CBSE 2008 (D)]
Or
Explain any three characteristics of Silk Routes. [CBSE Comp. (D) 2008, Sept. 2010, 2012]
Or
Enumerate the importance of Silk Routes. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

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 36.

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

Q 37.

‘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)]
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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]

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

What were silk routes ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

What was the most powerful weapon of the Spanish conqueror to colonise America ?

Q 42.

What changed the world profoundly in the 19th century ?

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

What at the factors which transformed 19th century world ?

Q 45.

What were the canal colonies ? Why and where they were set up ?

Q 46.

Name the technology which enabled the transportation of perishable foods over.

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

What is the meaning of ‘cultural fusion’? Give two examples.

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

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