The Making of a Global World (Chapter-4)

Why the system of advances proved harmful for the weavers?

‘The Industrial Revolution was a mixed Blessing.’ Explain?

How did the British market expanded their goods in India?

Explain the main features of Proto – Industrialization?

What does the picture indicate on the famous book ‘Dawn of the century’?

What were the problems of Indians weavers at the early 19th century?

Who was a jobber? Explain his functions.

What was the result of First World War on Indian industries?

Why the system of advances proved harmful for the weavers?

‘The Industrial Revolution was a mixed Blessing.’ Explain?

How did the British market expanded their goods in India?

How did the British market expanded their goods in India?

Explain the main features of Proto – Industrialization?

What does the picture indicate on the famous book ‘Dawn of the century’?

What were the problems of Indians weavers at the early 19th century?

Who was a jobber? Explain his functions.

What was the result of First World War on Indian industries?

“One important feature of the US economy in the 1920’s was mass production.” Explain.

19th century indenture has been described as a ‘New system of slavery’. Explain .

What were the effects of the great Depression on the Indian economy?

Explain the impacts of the First World War?

What were the advantages of invention of refrigerated ship?

What were the effects of the British Government’s decision to abolish the corn laws?

How Bretton Woods System Worked?

What was the importance of the Indian trade for the British?

Explain what is referred to as the G-77 countries. In what ways can G-77 be seen as a reaction to the activities of the Bretton Woods twins?

Explain the causes of the Great Depression.

Explain the three types of movements or flows within international economic exchange. Find one example of each type of flow which involved India and Indians, and write a short account of it.

Imagine that you are an indentured Indian labourer in the Caribbean. Drawing from the details in this chapter, write a letter to your family describing your life and feelings.

What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement?

Give two examples from history to show the impact of technology on food availability.

Write a note to explain the effects of the following:

(a) The British government's decision to abolish the Corn Laws.

(b) The coming of rinderpest to Africa.

(c) The death of men of working-age in Europe because of the World War.

(d) The Great Depression on the Indian economy.

(e) The decision of MNCs to relocate production to Asian countries

Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas.

Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.