History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

What was the importance of Silk Routes ?
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How did Silk Routes link the world ? Explain with three suitable examples. [CBSE 2008 (D)]
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Explain any three characteristics of Silk Routes. [CBSE Comp. (D) 2008, Sept. 2010, 2012]
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Enumerate the importance of Silk Routes. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Answer:

(i) The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modem trade and cultural links between the distant parts of the world.
(ii) The silk route was used by the Chinese traders to export silk to other countries.
(iii) These routes were used by traders to trade goods from one country to another.
(iv) Trade and cultural exchange always went hard in hand. Early Christian missionaries almost certainly travelled through this route to Asia, as did the early Muslim preachers, a few centuries later.
(v) These routes were also used to spread religions Buddhism emerged from eastern India to spread ir. several directions through intersecting points on the silk routes.

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The Making of a Global World

Q 1.

Who discovered America ?

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

India played a crucial role in the late 19th century world economy.” Explain by giving an example.
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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 8.

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

Q 9.

Name any four colonial powers of the 19th century.

Q 10.

How rinderpest arrived in Africa in the late 1880's ?      [CBSE 2014]

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

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]

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

What at the factors which transformed 19th century world ?

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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 18.

Write a brief note on the Irish Potato Famine'.

Q 19.

What is mass production and mass consumption?

Q 20.

G-77 can be seen as a reaction to the activities of Bretton Woods Twins. Explain the statement with five arguments.  [CBSE 2013]

Q 21.

Which was the world's first mass produced car?

Q 22.

What was Henry Ford's best cost cutting decision ?

Q 23.

What is G-77 ?

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement?

Q 26.

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 ?

Q 27.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 28.

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 29.

What changed the world profoundly in the 19th century ?

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

Who was indentured labourer ?

Q 32.

How were the indentured workers exploited by the recruiting agents ?

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

Which two crucial influences, shaped post-war reconstruction ?

Q 35.

Explain the social and economic impacts of the First World War. Suggest any two ways to save the world from the Third World War.
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"The First World War was mainly fought in Europe but its impact was felt around the world."Explain by giving examples.
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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 36.

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 37.

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 38.

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 39.

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

Q 40.

Explain the role of technology in shaping the world economy of the 19th century. [CBSE 2010 (D)]
Or
What was the impact of technology on food availability ? Explain with the help of examples. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2014]
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What was the role of technology in transforming in the 19th century world ? Explain with an example. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 41.

What were silk routes ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

"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]

Q 46.

What are canal colonies' ?

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

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]