History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

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.

Answer:

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.

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The Making of a Global World

Q 1.

Which two crucial influences, shaped post-war reconstruction ?

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

Why most of the borders of African countries run straight ?

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

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 10.

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

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

What changed the world profoundly in the 19th century ?

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

What at the factors which transformed 19th century world ?

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

Write a brief note on the Irish Potato Famine'.

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

Who discovered America ?

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

Explain indentured labour with lire help of an example.

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

Why were European attracted to Africa in die late 19th century ? Give one reason.

Q 33.

What is G-77 ?

Q 34.

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 35.

Give a brief account on Indian Bankers and Traders.

Q 36.

‘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 37.

What were Corn Laws ? Why these Laws were abolished ?

Q 38.

Name any four colonial powers of the 19th century.

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

Which was the world's first mass produced car?

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

What is mass production and mass consumption?

Q 46.

Write a short note on Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

Q 47.

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]

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

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 ?
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How did India play a crucial role in the nineteenth century world economy ? Explain with examples. [CBSE Comp. (O) 2008]

Q 50.

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