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WorksheetsThe Making of a Global World Part 1
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
By which year had the global agricultural economy had taken shape, accompanied by complex changes in labour movement patterns, capital flows, ecologies and technology?
a)
1890
b)
1870
c)
1900
d)
1880
2.
When did the Indentured labour system was abolished in India?
a)
1921
b)
1925
c)
1915
d)
1928
3.
When did the Great Depression set in?
a)
1931
b)
1928
c)
1929-30
d)
1932
4.
What were the number of people who migrated from all parts of the world in the 19th century?
a)
10 million from Europe to America
b)
Nearly 20 million all over the world
c)
Nearly 50 million
d)
150 million from all over the world migrate.
5.
Active coastal trade linked the Indus valley civilisations as far back as ……………
a)
3000 BCE
b)
2000 BCE
c)
1000 BCE
d)
2500 BCE
6.
What was the time period the Second World War was fought?
a)
6 years
b)
8 years
c)
10 years
d)
2 years
7.
What did the “Bretton Woods” associated with?
a)
a A post-war international system to preserve economic stability
b)
b A United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
c)
c A peace settlement
d)
Both a and b
8.
What do you mean by Rinderpest?
a)
A disease
b)
Name of a medicine
c)
A place
d)
None of the above
9.
What do you mean by Group of 77 or G – 77?
a)
A protest against the western economic policies
b)
A group formed by western nations
c)
A group formed by the developing countries
d)
All of the above
10.
By which crucial influences Post-war reconstruction was shaped?
a)
a The US emerged as the dominant country in the western world
b)
b The collapse of capitalist world
c)
c The emergence of Soviet Union as a world power
d)
Both a and c
11.
What were the effects of the Great Depression on India?
a)
affected Indian trade, exports and imports nearly halved, wheat prices in India fell by 50%, colonial government refused to reduce revenue, agricultural prices fell sharply
b)
Indian economy was not affected much
c)
partial industrial losses
d)
only agricultural problems
12.
Who said that smallpox signalled God’s blessing for the colonists: ‘… the natives … were neere (near) all dead of small Poxe (pox), so as the Lord hathe (had) cleared our title to what we possess”
a)
Alfred Crosby
b)
John Winthorp, the first governor of the Massachusetts
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Michael Fitzgerald
13.
Later which subcontinent became the centre of the world trade?
a)
America
b)
India
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
14.
In between whom the Second World War was fought?
a)
America and Europe
b)
USA and Japan
c)
The Allies and the Axis powers
d)
None of these
15.
What do you mean by globalisation?
a)
An economic system that has emerged since the last 50 years
b)
Trade, migration of people in search of work
c)
Movement of capital
d)
None of these
16.
The First World War was fought mainly in
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
America
d)
Afric
17.
When the export of cotton textile to Britain declined, India did not lose much. Why?
a)
because demand for Indian cotton textile in America increase
b)
because South-East Asian countries welcomed Indian cotton textiles.
c)
because India’s home market had adequate number of buyers for Indian textile.
d)
because China opened a market for Indian textile.
18.
During the First World War women in Europe stepped into jobs which earlier men were expected to do. What was the reason?
a)
because men went to battle.
b)
because men went to other countries in search of jobs.
c)
because of liberalisation of women in society.
d)
because menfolk decided to take charge of the household work.
19.
Who was a Dissenter ?
a)
believer in all religious practices
b)
preacher
c)
follower of religion and politics
d)
One who refuses to accept established beliefs and practices
20.
Which were these routes that were identified by the historians?
a)
Between only Asia and Europe
b)
over land and by sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia, and linking Asia with Europe and northern Afric
c)
only sea routes through Asia, Europe, Africa
d)
only land routes through Asia and Europe
21.
In which country did the Great Depression start?
a)
Britain, 1929
b)
France, 1930
c)
USA, 1929
d)
Germany, 1929
22.
Who were the Allies in World War 1?
a)
Britain, France and Russia (later joined by the US)
b)
Britain, France, Holland
c)
Britain, Russia, USA
d)
Russia, USA, Holland
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