History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

Write a short note on Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

Answer:

Stanley was a journalist and explorer sent by the New York Herald to find Livingston, a missionary and explorer who had been in Africa for several years. Like other European and American explorers of the time, Sir Stanley also went with arms, mobilised local hunters, warriors and labourers to help him, fought with local tribes, investigated African terrains, and mapped different regions. These explorations helped the conquest of Africa.

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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 ?
Or
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.

Explain indentured labour with lire help of an example.

Q 28.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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 32.

‘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 33.

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

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

What is G-77 ?

Q 36.

Give a brief account on Indian Bankers and Traders.

Q 37.

What were Corn Laws ? Why these Laws were abolished ?

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

Name any four colonial powers of the 19th century.

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

Which was the world's first mass produced car?

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

What is mass production and mass consumption?

Q 48.

Colonialism during the late 19th century discuss.

Q 49.

Write a short note on Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

Q 50.

‘The indentured workers had discovered their own ways of surviving.” Explain. [CBSE 2013]
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How did the indentured labourers maintain their cultural identity in other part of the world ? [CBSE 2013]