History Making Of the Global World By Anis Ali

 1.   Food – an example of long distance culture exchange

·        Spaghetti and noodles

·        Pasta

·        Foods in India

·        Dependence on potato

·        Discovery of India

2.   The most powerful weapon of Spanish consequences

·        Germs of smallpox

·        No immunity

·        Spread of disease

·        Way for conquest

3.   Why thousand fled from Europe to America?

·        Poverty ad hunger

·        Overcrowded cities

·        Deadly disease

·        Religious conflicts

4.   Flows within international economic exchange

·        Flows of trade

·        Flows of capital

·        Flows of Labour

5.   Corn Laws: Pressure from landed groups- restricted import of corn

       Effects

·        Industrialists- unhappy with corn law- corn produced less-prices increased.

·        Peasants were unhappy- land utilized- good sum of money.

·        Urban dwellers were unhappy.

6.   Role of Technology

·        Railways, steamships and telegraph

·        Technological advances

7.   Problems in carrying live animals on ships

·        Lot of space

·        Died in voyage

·        Became unfit

8. Advantages of carrying slaughtered animals

·        Reduced shipping costs

·        Lowered meat prices

·        More varied diet

9. Methods to recruit African labour by Europeans

·        Imposing heavy taxes

·        Changing inheritance laws

·        Rinderpest: It was a cattle disease.

10. What was it? How it reached Africa? Why?

·        Carried by infected cattle from British Asia to feed the Italian soldiers

·        Reached Africa’s Atlantic Coast in 1892.

Effects:-

·        Lass of cattle- destruction of African livelihoods

·        Monopoly over scare resources

·        Control over cattle.

  11. Uses of Britain’s trade surplus with India

·        Balancing trade deficits

·        Play ‘home charges’

·        Pay interests

 12. Significance of World War 1

·        Use of modern weapons/ First modern industrial war

·        Large number of solders from around World

·        Large transportation

·        Massive destruction

 13. Effects of 1^st World war

·        Mass death and destruction

·        Reduction in workforce of Europe

·        Restructuring of industries

·        Reorganization of society

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14.  Effects of Economic Boom(during war)

·        Production increased

·        Employment increased

15.  Methods followed by Henry ford for mass production.

·        Assembly line

·        Doubling wages

·        Banning trade unions

16.  Impacts of Assembly line method

·        Copying in Europe

·        Low cost and prices

·        More affordability

·        Mass production

·        Demand for work increased

17.  Factors for great depression

·        Agriculture overproduction

·        Loans from US

·        Withdrawal of US loans

18.  Effects of Great depression on India

·        Halved import and export

·        Prices crashed

·        Indebt ness of peasants and farmers

·        Refusal for reduction in revenue

19.  How peasants coped up with GD?

·        Increased peasants indebt ness

·        Used their savings

·        Mortgaged lands

·        Sold jewellary

20.  Lessons for USA from inter- war economic experience

·        Mass production by full employment

·        Economic links with outside world

21.  Influences that shaped post- war reconstruction

·        US dominance

·        Dominance of the Soviet union

22.  Aims of Bretton wood system

·        Role IMF

·        Role of world bank

23.  Effects of Bretton woods system

·        Growth of incomes and trade

·        Stale growth

·        Spread of technology and enterprises

24.  Factors for end of Bretton woods system

·        Rising cost of overseas involvement

·        No command of US dollars

·        Focus over developing countries

·        Fixed exchange rate

25.  Factors helping China a position in World Market

·        Low wages, cheap labour

·        Low cost structure of Chinese goods

·        Hardworking workers

26.  After corn laws scrapped – effects on Britain

·         British agriculture unable to compete

·        Vast area remain uncultivated

·         Unemployment

·        Migration

27.  Role of Silk route in Globalization

·        Connecting the Word

·        Trade and commence

·        Culture exchange

28.  Role of conquest in globalization

·        Industries

·        Introduction of English language

·        Exchange of knowledge

·        Establishment of Railways

29.  What were the ancient or pre-modern factors which helped in globalization

·        Travelers

·        Traders

·        Priests and Pilgrims

·        Germs and disease

30.  3 types of Flows

·        Flow of trade

·        Flow of labour

·        Flow of capital

31.  How a global agriculture economy took place

·        Flow of trade

·        Flow of labour

·        Flow of capital

32.  Factors which led to making of a global world

·        Railways

·        Telegraph

·        Steam ships

·        Internet

33.  Effects of reinterprets

·        Rest ruction of cattle

·        Destruction of livelihood

·        Monopolization of cattle’s

·        Conquering part of Africa