Class X ASSIGNMENT
History - Lesson - 4 The Making of a Global World
1. Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre- modern world helped in the colonisation of the
American?
2. How was the food problem solved in Britain after the scrapping of the Corn Laws?
3. Describe the Brettin Woods Agreement.
4. Explain the causes of the Great Depression.
5. Explain what is referred to as the G-77 countries.
6. Describe the importance of the Silk Route.
7. Give two examples from history to show the impact of the technology in food availability.
8. Explain the three types of flows within international economic exchanges.
9. What was the result of the abolishing of Corn Laws?
10. What was the role of the technology in transforming the 19th century world?
11. What led Indians to work as indentured labour?
12. Discuss in brief the causes for the decline of Indian textile.
13. The First World War was a war like no other before. Give reasons.
14. Assess the impact of the First World War on Britain's economy.
15. How did the First World War Boost the US economy?
16. What is impact of the Great Depression on India?
17. Why are MNCs set up? Who were the pioneers?
18. Describe in brief the destruction caused during the Second World War.
19. What was rinderpest?
20. Explain with the examples of the Jute growers of Bengal, the affect of the depression in the peasants and
farmers.
HISTORY - LESSON 7 Print Culture and The Modern World
1. Explain the different stages of the development of printing technology in China.
2. Explain the features of Chinese "accordion" book.
3. Write a short note on " Erasmus's idea of the printed books"?
4. Write a note on The Vernacular Press Act.
5. Explain the impact of the print culture on Indian women.
6. Why did some people not welcome printed books?
7. Why do some historian think that print culture created the basis for the French Revolution?
8. How did print culture develop in Europe up to 15th century?
9. How did the printing press create a new reading public?
10. Explain some reasons for an increase in reading mania in Europe.
11. Explain the contribution of print to the spread of knowledge.
12. Give some innovationns of the 19th and 20th centuries which gave an impetus to the printing industry.
13. Explain the role of the missionaries in the growth of press in India.
14. How did the print initiate public debate and affect the religious and social reformers?
15. Briefly discuss the policy of the East India company to censorship.
16. How did the ideas about science, reasons and rationality find their way into popular literature in 18th
century Europe?
17. Describe the implications of development of print in Europe in the field of religion.
18. Describe the first printed Bible.
19. In what way did early printed books resemble written manuscript?
20. Drawing on what knowledge did Gutenberg design his innovationns. How?
Answers
Answer:
1) The global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas because the native American Indians were not immune to the diseases that the settlers and colonisers brought with them. ... Weapons and soldiers could be destroyed or captured, but diseases could not be fought against.
2) After scrapping corns law , food could be imported to Britain more cheaply than it could be produced within the country. British agriculture were unable to compete with imports. Vast areas of land were left uncultivated & thousands of men & women were thrown out of work. they flocked and settled in cities
3) The Bretton Woods Agreement and System created a collective international currency exchange regime that lasted from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. The Bretton Woods System required a currency peg to the U.S. dollar which was in turn pegged to the price of gold.
4) It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers.
5) G-77 countries is an abbreviation for the group of 77 countries that demanded a new international economic order (NIEO); a system that would give them real control over their natural resources, without being victims of neo-colonialism, that is, a new form of colonialism in trade practised by the former colonial powers.
6) The silk route are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between the different parts of the world. ... The silk route was used by the chinese traders to export silk to other countries. 3. These routes are used by the traders to trade goods from one country to the another.
7) Two examples from history to show the impact of technology on food availability were: Faster railways, lighter wagons and larger ships helped transport food more cheaply and quickly from production units to even faraway markets.
8) The three types of movements or flows within the international economic exchange are trade flows, human capital flows and capital flows or investments.
9) With the printing press , a new reading public arose. Printing reduced the cost of books . the time and labour required to produce each book came down , & multiple copies could be produced with greater ease. Books flooded the market , reaching out to an ever-growing readership.
10) (i) As literacy spread to peasants and artisans, the literacy rate rose as high as 60 to 80 per cent in some parts of Europe. (ii) People wanted to read books and the printers produced books in ever increasing numbers. ... (v) Convinced by the power of print, there was virtual reading mania among Europeans of 18th century.
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