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WorksheetsThe Making Of A Global World part 2
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were the Allies in World War II?
a)
Britain, France, the Soviet Union
b)
B.Russia, USA, Holland
c)
Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the US
d)
France, the Soviet Union, USA
2.
What was the problem faced by the European colonies in Asia and Africa after Independence?
a)
Burden of overwhelming poverty and a lack of resources
b)
Overpopulation and illiteracy
c)
The economic and social handicaps of long periods of colonial rule
d)
Dependence on the colonial powers for economic growth
3.
Why were the Europeans attracted to Africa?
a)
By its natural beauty
b)
By the opportunities for investment
c)
For its vast land resources and mineral wealth
d)
For recruitment of labour
4.
Tamil migrants went to
a)
Ceylon and Malaya
b)
Mauritius and Fiji
c)
Trinidad and Guyana
d)
Ceylon and Surinam
5.
Name the place and the year of United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference:
a)
China, 1911
b)
Tokyo, 1944
c)
Vietnam, 1939
d)
Bretton Woods in New Hampshire, USA, 1944
6.
What was the currency used for more than a millennia in the ancient trade?
a)
Coins
b)
paper notes
c)
cowries (the Hindi cowdi or seashells)
d)
no currency , barter system
7.
What is Indentured labour?
a)
contractual labour
b)
bonded labour for life
c)
labour without wages
d)
A bonded labourer under contract to work for an employer for a specific amount of time, to pay off his passage to a new country or home
8.
Britain grew ……….. in India and exported it to China and, with the money earned through this sale, it financed its tea and other imports from China.
a)
Cotton
b)
Rice
c)
Opium
d)
Wheat
9.
What steps were taken at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944?
a)
discussed how to stabilize world economy
b)
decided various measures to fulfill the loss of nations post war
c)
C.suggested steps for industrial upliftment
d)
D established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (popularly known as the World Bank)
10.
Which areas did the Indian indentured workers come from?
a)
eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, central India and the dry districts of Tamil Nadu.
b)
Rajasthan and Gujrat
c)
Bengal and Assam
d)
Punjab
11.
What were the effects of the Great Depression on the US Economy?
a)
Effected only agriculture prices
b)
agricultural overproduction, falling agricultural prices, US could not lend money, businesses collapsed
c)
industrial backlash
d)
famines and disease
12.
Who worked in American plantations during the 18th century:
a)
Emigrants from Europe
b)
Slaves captured from Africa
c)
Unemployed population of America
d)
None of the Above
13.
Until well into the eighteenth century, which two countries were among the world’s richest countries?
a)
England and America
b)
China and India
c)
Africa and England
d)
America and Africa
14.
Common foods like potatoes, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chillies, sweet potatoes were introduced in
a)
Europe
b)
China
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
15.
The silk routes linked Asia with
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
both & (b)
d)
America
16.
What was the main reason behind the world shrank?
a)
European sailors found a sea route
b)
Production increase for European market
c)
Europe become the centre of the world trade
d)
None of these
17.
An industrial society based on mass production cannot be sustained without …………………
a)
export market
b)
international market
c)
Mass consumption
d)
mass disposal
18.
From ancient times travellers travel long distances in search of
a)
Food
b)
Knowledge
c)
Peace
d)
Spiritual leaders
19.
Which goods from the American continent enhanced Europe’s wealth and financed its trade with Asia after its discovery in the 16th century?
a)
food products
b)
cash crops
c)
Precious metals, particularly silver
d)
pottery and arts
20.
It had made huge sacrifices to defeat Nazi Germany, and transformed itself from a backward agricultural country into a world power during the very years when the capitalist world was trapped in the Great Depression. Which country is being mentioned here?
a)
France
b)
Soviet Union
c)
USA
d)
Britain
21.
Which of the following countries has an effective right of veto over key IMF and World Bank decisions?
a)
France
b)
Australia
c)
Russia
d)
USA
22.
From where could an Indian peasant borrows capital for growing food?
a)
From Indian bankers, traders and moneylenders who followed European colonisers into Afric
b)
Only from Bankers
c)
Only from traders and moneylenders
d)
None of these
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