History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

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

Answer:

Movement of people, goods and sen/ices across the nations has been termed as globalisation.

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The Making of a Global World

Q 1.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 2.

Define Rinderpest. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

Write a brief note on the Irish Potato Famine'.

Q 7.

“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.
Or
Why 19th century indentured has been described as a ‘new system of slavery’ ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012, 2014]

Q 8.

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 9.

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

Q 10.

What were the main sources of attraction for Europeans to come to Africa in the late nineteenth century ? How did they exploit their resources ? [CBSE 2010 (F)]

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

What were Corn Laws ? Why were these Laws abolished ? [CBSE 2009 (F) Sept. 2010, 2014]

Q 13.

‘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]

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

What was mass production? Explain its impact on the world economy of earlier 20th century.

Q 16.

What were silk routes ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 17.

Who discovered America ?

Q 18.

Name some of the important food items which travelled from far away places to India.

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

Which two countries were among the world's richest until the 18th century ?

Q 21.

What changed the world profoundly in the 19th century ?

Q 22.

Name the disease which had terrifying impact on people's livelihoods and local economy of Africa during 1890's.

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

Who was indentured labourer ?

Q 25.

What were the main destinations of Indian indentured migrants ?

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

"The First World War was the first modern industrial war". Justify the answer.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

Which was the world's first mass produced car?

Q 31.

Which two crucial influences, shaped post-war reconstruction ?

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

"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 35.

What were the social advantages of invention of refrigerated ships ?

Q 36.

Why were the Corn Laws scrapped ? Explain any three reasons.[CBSE Comp. (D) 2008, 2009 (F), Sept. 2011]

Q 37.

The decision of MNCs to relocate production to Asian countries.

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

Explain the causes of the Great Depression.

Q 40.

What are canal colonies' ?

Q 41.

Indentured labour migration from India discuss its causes and its impact.

Q 42.

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 43.

Explain the impacts of scrapping of the Corn Law. [CBSE Sept, 2010, 2014]
Or
What was the result of the abolishing of Corn Laws? [CBSE Sept, 2010, 2012]

Q 44.

By 1890, a global agricultural economy had taken shape.' Explain by giving example.
Or
Describe any three changes in the global agricultural economy after 1890. [CBSE 2014]

Q 45.

Explain the impact of the First World War on Britain.
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How did the First World War change the economic life of the people in Britain ? Explain. [CBSE 2008 (D)]
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Describe in brief the world economic conditions of the post First World War period. [CBSE 2010 (D), Sept. 2012, 2013]

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

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.

Q 49.

Define the term ‘Trade Surplus’. How was the income received from trade surplus with India used by Britain? [CBSE 2010, 2012, 2011]

Q 50.

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]