THE MAKING OF A GLOBAL WORLD

One Mark Questions

1. (d) Noodles
2. (d) as a form of currency
3. a. An economic system that has emerged since the last 50 years
4. a. European sailors found a sea route
5. a. Goods, money, skills and ideas abroad.
6. b. Christopher Columbus
7. d. All of the above
8. d. All of the above
9. C. Both (a) and (b)
10.B. germs, such as those of small pox, proved a deadly killer and paved the way for conquest
11. (c) Biological weapons
12.(b) Smallpox
13.(c) A fabled city of gold
14.(a) India and China
15.B. involvement of trade, of migration, of people in search of work, the movement of capital
between different countries and political & social involvement
16.A. 3000 BCE
17.C. cowries (the Hindi cowdi or seashells)
18.A. West-bound Chinese silk cargoes travelling on the various routes
19.B. over land and by sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia, and linking Asia with Europe
and northern Africa.
20.A. gold and silver – flowed from Europe to Asia
21.A. potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chillies, sweet potatoes
22.B. potato
23.C. Precious metals, particularly silver
24.C. Smallpox
25. B. China and India
26.A. America
27.(d) Noodles
28.(b) Knowledge
29.(a) Europe
30.(a) potato famine
31.(c) both (a) & (b)
32.(b) Christopher Columbus
33.(a) Goods, money, skills and ideas abroad.
34.(a) European sailors found a sea route
35. b) Globalization
36.c) Trade and Cultures
37.(c) both (a) & (b)
38.(b) Christopher Columbus
39.(b) Christopher Columbus
40.(a) Goods, money, skills and ideas abroad.
41.(a) European sailors found a sea route
42.(b) Knowledge
43.(a) Europe
44.(a) potato famine
45.(a) poverty and widespread deadly diseases
46.(b)India and China

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