History

The Making of a Global World

Question:

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

Answer:

(i) Because the European sailors found a sea route to Asia and successfully crossed the western ocean to America.
The Portuguese and the Spanish conquests and colonialisation of America was decisively under way by the mid-16th century.
Precious metals, particularly silver, from mines located in presently Peru and Mexico enhanced Europe's wealth and financed its trade with Asia.

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The Making of a Global World

Q 1.

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

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

Who discovered America ?

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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

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.

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

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

Explain the impact of the Great Depression on the Indian economy. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2014]
Or
Explain the impact of the Great Depression on Indian farmers in the early twentieth century. [CBSE 2009 (F), Sept. 2012]

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

Write a brief note on the Irish Potato Famine'.

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

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 19.

What at the factors which transformed 19th century world ?

Q 20.

Who was indentured labourer ?

Q 21.

What was Henry Ford's best cost cutting decision ?

Q 22.

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 23.

What is mass production and mass consumption?

Q 24.

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)
Or
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]
Or
What methods were used by the European employers to recruit and retain the African labourers ?

Q 25.

Mention any four factors responsible for indentured labour.

Q 26.

Which was the world's first mass produced car?

Q 27.

Which two crucial influences, shaped post-war reconstruction ?

Q 28.

What is G-77 ?

Q 29.

"Food offers many examples of long distance cultural exchange."Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
Or
Assess with examples the contribution of food to the process of globalisation of the early periods. [CBSE 2012]

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement?

Q 32.

What were silk routes ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 33.

What changed the world profoundly in the 19th century ?

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

How were the indentured workers exploited by the recruiting agents ?

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

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 40.

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 41.

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 42.

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

Q 43.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2011]

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

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 46.

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

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

What was the most powerful weapon of the Spanish conqueror to colonise America ?

Q 50.

Mention any two factors which were responsible for price rise of food grains in Britain in the late 18th century.