CBSE Class 10 Social Science The Making of a Global World Worksheet Set A

Question. Around 500 years back which crop was not known by our ancestors?
Answer : Potato.

Question. What changes took place in the world due to the discovery of new sea routes of America?
Answer : a) Europe's poor began to eat better and live longer with the introduction of the humble potato.

Question. Name those two inventions of nineteenth century which brought changes in the world?
Answer : 1) Steam engine
2) Railways

Question. Name the European country which conquered America?
Answer : Spain

Question. Name the Allied Countries?
Answer : Britain, France and Russia.

Question. Which country has the veto power in IMF and world bank?
Answer : United States of America

Question. Give any two factors which helped in making of global world?
Answer : 1)Trade
2) In search of work
3) Money

Question. Why the price of wheat fell upto 50% between 1928 to 1934 in India?
Answer : Due to Great Depression.

Question. What is Al-Dorado in Latin America?
Answer : City of Gold.

Question. Who discovered American continent?
Answer : Christopher Columbus.

Very Short Answer Type Questions 

Question : Why were indentured labourer hired from India and China ?
Answer : In the nineteenth century, thousands of Indians and Chinese labourers were hired to work on plantations, mines, and road and railways construction projects as indentured labourers.

Question : What was the impact of economic crisis on US banks ?
Answer : Due to economic crises, the US banks were unable to recover investments, collect loans and repay depositors.

Question : How were jute producers of Bengal affected by the economic crisis ?
Answer : Due to economic crisis, the price of raw jute declined by more than 60 per cent as gunny bags exports collapsed.

Question : What is El Dorado?
Answer : El Dorado was deemed to be the fabled city of gold.

Question : How did dependency on potatoes kill the poorest peasants of Ireland?
Answer : The poor peasants of Ireland became so dependent on potatoes that when potato blight occurred in the mid-1840s, hundreds and thousands of people died of starvation.

Question : Why did the insolvency of peasants increase during economic crisis in India?
Answer : Indian peasants exhausted their savings, mortgaged lands and sold jewellery and precious metals to meet their expenses.

Question : Why did people migrate from Europe to Australia and America ?
Answer : Due to the increasing demand for food and employment, people from Europe migrated to Australia and America in search for better future prospects.

Question : Why did the Big European Powers meet in Berlin in 1885?
Answer : On account of the Partition of Africa, the Big European powers met in Berlin at a conference in 1884-85.

Question : Who forced the government to abolish Corn Laws ?
Answer : Industrialists and urban dwellers compelled the government to abolish Corn Laws.

Question : What was Paper Partition ?
Answer : In 1885, the major European powers assembled in Berlin to divide the countries of Africa between them. This event was called Paper Partition.

Question : What were the effects of the ‘Great depression’ on the Indian economy ?
Answer : The Great Economic Depression of 1930s adversely affected economic condition of India.
(i) It greatly affected Indian trade, as the exports and imports of India declined between 1928 and 1934.
(ii) Agricultural prices declined sharply, but the colonial government refused to lessen revenues demand. Peasants producing for the global market were the worst hit.
(iii) Raw jute was produced and processed in the industries to develop gunny bags. The export of gunny bags collapsed and prices of raw jute fell by more than 60 per cent. Peasants of Bengal became highly insolvent during that time. They exhausted their savings, mortgaged lands, and sold their precious jewellery to meet their expenses. The depression was not that severe for urban India.

Question : How did the Fordist industrial practice spread in US and Europe ?
Answer : Fordist industrial practices permeated the American landscape. The Fordist model was extensively imitated in Europe in the 1920s. Mass production lessened costs and prices of engineered goods. Owing to higher wages, workers could afford to purchase durable consumer goods such as cars.Car production rose manifolds in the US. At the same time, there was a spurt I n the purchase of refrigerators, washing machines, gramophone players and radio based on 'hire purchase' or 'weekly or monthly' instalments. These purchases spawned a boom in house construction and home proprietorship, financed by loans. As a matter of fact, it created a stable cycle of higher employment and incomes, increasing consumption demand, rising investment and more employment opportunities.

Question : Explain how the global transfer of disease in the premodern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas.
Answer : In the pre-modern world, the global transfer of disease led to the colonisation of the America because the native of the New World were susceptible to diseases brought about by the colonisers. The Europeans were moderately immune to small pox. Being ostensibly cut-off from the rest of the world, the natives of the New World had no protection against serious diseases. These germs decimated the whole native communities and paved the way for foreign conquests. In principle, weapons and soldiers could easily be destroyed but diseases could not be eliminated with ease.

Question : Why did the developing countries organise the G-77? Give three reasons.
Answer : The reasons for organising the G-77 are enumerated as follows:
(i) Most developing countries barely benefitted from the fast growth the western economies faced in the 1950s and 1960s. Therefore, they integrated themselves into a closeknit group, the group of 77 or G-77 to demand a New International Economic Order (NIEO).
(ii) NIEO signifies a system that would give developing countries real control over their natural resources, fair prices for raw materials and better access for their manufactured goods in the markets of developed countries.
(iii) G-77 wanted to change the international financial system, which was proposed by the Bretton Woods Conference. Nevertheless, nothing was done to eradicate poverty and improve the economic condition of the colonies.