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.
The Two different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century. They are , silks from Asia to Europe and precious metals from Europe to Asia.
Food stuff such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chillies, sweet potatoes,were exported from America to Asia and Europe after Christopher Columbus discovered the vast continent.
Name any two Indian groups of bankers who financed export agriculture in Central and South-east Asia.
‘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]
Before the arrival of outsiders most of the Africans had a little reason to work for a wage’. Give reasons.
"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 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.
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 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)
What steps were taken by the British government to improve agriculture in West Punjab ?
Highlight three main features of life of African people before the coming of Europeans. [CBSE 2013]
Name the economist who thought that India gold exports during the Great Depression of 1929 promoted global economic recovery.
Why thousands of people fled Europe for America in the 19th century ?
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Why did thousands of people flee away from Europe to America in the 19th century ? Give any three reasons. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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]
India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy”. Explain. [CBSE 2014]
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]
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]
G-77 can be seen as a reaction to the activities of Bretton Woods Twins. Explain the statement with five arguments. [CBSE 2013]