I.FILL IN THE BLANKS:-
1.________, worked in American plantations during the 18th century.
2. _________, was the reason for decline of cotton textile export from India
to Britain in the early 19th century.
3. From the mid-19th century, faster industrial growth in Britain led
to________.
4. From ancient time’s travelers travel long distances in search of_______.
5. Common foods like potatoes, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chilies, sweet
potatoes were introduced in_________.
6. Thousands of people fled Europe for America in the 19th century due
to_________.
7. 10,000,000 people died in Ireland between 1845-1849 due to________.
8. The assembly line method is associated with the name of ______’
9. The silk routes linked Asia with ________and______.
10. America was discovered by_______.
11. ________ was the winner of Nobel prize.
12. Why were the Europeans attracted to Africa?
13. What do you mean by Rinderpest?
14. The invention of ______ enabled the transport of meat over long
distances.
15. Britain had a trade surplus with______.
Answers
Answer:
1) House workers
2) The British cotton
3) higher income
4) food
5) Europe
6) cities were crowded and dease were spread
7) potato famine
8)
9) the eastern, the western
10) Columbus
11)
12)In the late 19th century, Europeans were attracted to Africa due to its vast resources of land and minerals. Europeans came to Africa hoping to establish plantations and mines to produce crops and minerals for export to Europe. They could get cheap labour also to work on lesser wages in the mines and plantation farms.
13)an acute infectious disease of ruminant mammals (such as cattle) that is caused by a morbillivirus (species Rinderpest morbillivirus) and that is marked by fever, diarrhea, and inflammation of mucous membranes and by high mortality in epidemics.
14)refrigerated ships
15)Britain had a 'trade surplus' because India was exporting food products to Britain which had less market value and it was importing finished goods which had higher market value.