CBSE - The Making of a Global World

1 The Making of a Global World Which of the following diseases proved a deadly killer for the people of America?

(1) Cholera
(2) Small pox
(3) Plague
(4) None of the above

2 The Making of a Global World The number of people who migrated from Europe to America and Australia and other parts of the world in the 19th century was nearly

(1) 10 million from Europe and 100 million from all over the world.
(2) 20 million from Europe and about 150 million from all over the world
(3) 50 million people from Europe to America and Australia and 150 million from all over the world migrate
(4) The number is not certain, not enough proof

3 The Making of a Global World The most powerful weapon, which the Spanish conquerors of America had, was :

(1) superiority in conventional weapons
(2) germs, such as those of small pox, proved a deadly killer and paved the way for conquest
(3) Americas original inhabitants had no immunity against diseases that came from Europe
(4) both (2) and  (3)

4 The Making of a Global World The dramatic change in global agricultural economy occurred in West Punjab, India. The similarity was :

(1) Building of irrigation canals to transform semi-deserts into fertile agricultural
lands for growing wheat and cotton for export
(2) Peasants from other parts of Punjab were settled in these canal colonies
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) Importing labour from southern India

5 The Making of a Global World Post-war reconstruction was shaped by two crucial influences. They were :

(1) The US emerged as the dominant economic, political and military power in the western world
(2) The capitalist world collapsed
(3) The Soviet Union emerged as a world power
(4) Both (1) and (3)

6 The Making of a Global World Which of the following powerful weapons was used by the Spanish conquerors to colonise Americas during the mid-seventeenth cuntry?

(1) Conventional military weapons
(2) Modern military weapons
(3) Biological weapons (germs of smallpox)
(4) Nuclear weapons

7 The Making of a Global World In which one of the following cities did the European powers meet in 1885
to divide Africa between themselves?

(1) London
(2) New York
(3) Berlin
(4) Amsterdam

8 The Making of a Global World In which year did the Great Depression start?

(1) 1928
(2) 1929
(3) 1930
(4) 1936

9 The Making of a Global World In the 19th century hundreds of thousands of Indian and Chinese labourers went to work on :

(1) Farms all around the world
(2) In factories, in Africa
(3) In mines, plantations, road and railway construction projects around the world
(4) In the diamond and gold mines of South America

10 The Making of a Global World Which of the following is the first European country that conquered America?

(1) The French
(2) The English
(3) The Spanish
(4) The Germans