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.

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

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

Which was the world's first mass produced car?

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 9.

Who was indentured labourer ?

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

What were Corn Laws ? Why these Laws were abolished ?

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

Explain indentured labour with lire help of an example.

Q 17.

Who discovered America ?

Q 18.

Which two crucial influences, shaped post-war reconstruction ?

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

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 21.

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

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

‘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)]
Or
How far is it correct to say that "The First World Wax was the First modem industrial war”? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

What is G-77 ?

Q 26.

What were the social advantages of invention of refrigerated ships ?

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

"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 34.

What was the impact of the spread of rinderpest or the cattle plague on the African people ? Explain. [CBSE 2009 (O)]
Or
How did rinderpest change .the economy of the African society ?  [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
Or
Explain the social impact of introduction of rinderpest in Africa.
Or
Describe briefly the effects of rinderpest in Africa in the 1890's. [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2012, 2014]

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

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

Q 37.

Write any three factors responsible for indentured labour migration from India. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2013]

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

What were the main destinations of Indian indentured migrants ?

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

What was Henry Ford's best cost cutting decision ?

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

Explain the social and economic impacts of the First World War. Suggest any two ways to save the world from the Third World War.
Or
"The First World War was mainly fought in Europe but its impact was felt around the world."Explain by giving examples.
Or
What was the impact of the First World War on the socio-economic conditions of the world ? Write four points. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 45.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement?

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

Write a short note on Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

Q 48.

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 49.

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 50.

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]