History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

"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]

Answer:

(i) Many of our common foods, such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chillies, sweet potatoes, etc. were not known to our ancestors. These food items reached our country through travellers. It is believed that noodles travelled west from China to , become spaghetti. Or, perhaps the Arab traders took pasta to the 5th century Sicily, an island in Italy.
(ii) Many of the food items which are consumed by us today were introduced by travellers and explorers. In fact, many of our common foods came from America's original inhabitants as our continent was discovered by Columbus, who came from America.
(iii) Europeans poor began to eat better and live longer with the introduction of the potatoes.

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The Making of a Global World

Q 1.

Who discovered America ?

Q 2.

Name any four colonial powers of the 19th century.

Q 3.

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 4.

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

Q 5.

Who was indentured labourer ?

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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 8.

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

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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 11.

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 12.

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

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

What at the factors which transformed 19th century world ?

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

What was Henry Ford's best cost cutting decision ?

Q 17.

Write a brief note on the Irish Potato Famine'.

Q 18.

Colonialism during the late 19th century discuss.

Q 19.

Write a short note on Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

How were the indentured workers exploited by the recruiting agents ?

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement?

Q 27.

What is mass production and mass consumption?

Q 28.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2011]

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

What were the factors which were responsible for the end of the Bretton Woods system ?

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

Why China and other Asian countries became attractive destination for investment by foreign MNC's ?

Q 35.

"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 36.

Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas.

Q 37.

What were the crucial influences that shaped post-war ( II World War) reconstruction?

Q 38.

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 39.

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

Q 40.

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 41.

Name the countries involved in the First World War.

Q 42.

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 43.

What changed the world profoundly in the 19th century ?

Q 44.

What were Corn Laws ? Why these Laws were abolished ?

Q 45.

What were the main destinations of Indian indentured migrants ?

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

The agricultural regions and communities were the worst affected by the Great Depression of 1929'. Give one reason.

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

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