Explain the three types of movements or | Class 10 Social Science - India an the Contemporary World - II Chapter The Making of a Global World, The Making of a Global World NCERT Solutions

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

Write a newspaper report on:
a) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) The Simon Commission

Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in Chapter 1.

Briefly trace the process of German unification.

List all the different social groups which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921. Then choose any three and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they, joined the movement.

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.

a) Guiseppe Mazzini
b) Count Camillo de Cavour
c) The Greek war of independence
d) Frankfurt parliament
e) The role of women in nationalist struggles

Who were Marianne and Germania? What was the importance of the way in which they were portrayed?

What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?

Explain what is meant by the 1848 revolution of the liberals. What were the political, social and economic ideas supported by the liberals?

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.

a) Guiseppe Mazzini
b) Count Camillo de Cavour
c) The Greek war of independence
d) Frankfurt parliament
e) The role of women in nationalist struggles

Imagine you are a woman participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Explain what the experience meant to your life.

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?

Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.

Why did some industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?

Write short notes to show what you know about:
a) The Gutenberg Press

b) Erasmus’s idea of the printed book

c) The Vernacular Press Act

What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
a) Women
b) The poor
c) Reformers

Write True or False against each statement:

a) At the end of the nine- teenth century, 80 per cent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.

b) The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.

c) The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India.

d) The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.

Give reasons for the following: 

a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.

b) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.

c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.

d) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.