Class 11 History - Themes in World History - Chapter Changing Cultural Traditions NCERT Solutions | Why were Italian towns the first to expe

Compare the Venetian idea of good government with those in contemporary France.

Compare details of Italian architecture of this period with Islamic architecture.

What were the features of humanist thought?

Write a careful account of how the world appeared different to seventeenth century Europeans.

Which elements of Greek and Roman culture were revived in the 14th and 15th centuries ?

Look at the diagram showing the positive feedback mechanism on page 13. Can you list the inputs that went into tool making? What were the processes that were strengthened by tool making?

Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?

What were the features of the lives of the Bedouins in the early seventh century?

Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?

Describe two features of early feudal society in France.

Compare the civilization of the Aztecs with that of the Mesopotamians.

How did Britain’s involvement in wars from 1793 to 1815 affect British industries?

Comment on any points of difference between the native peoples of South and North America.

What were the major developments before the Meiji restoration that made it possible for Japan to modernise rapidly?

Humans and mammals such as monkeys and apes have certain similarities in behaviour and anatomy. This indicates that humans possibly evolved from apes. List these resemblances in two columns under the headings of (a) behaviour and (b) anatomy. Are there any differences that you think are noteworthy?

How were the lives of different classes of British women affected by the Industrial Revolution?
 

Compare the conditions of life for a French serf and a Roman slave.

Write an account of the journey of an African boy of seventeen captured and taken to Brazil as a slave.
 

Which of the following do you think is best documented in the archaeological record: (a) gathering, (b) tool making, (c) the use of fire?

Why did knights become a distinct group and when did they decline?

Other than the use of English, what other features of English economic and social life do you notice in 19th century USA?

‘If history relies upon written records produced by city-based literati, nomadic societies will always receive a hostile representation.’ Would you agree with this statement? Does it explain the reason why Persian chronicles produced such inflated figures of casualties resulting from Mongol campaigns?

How did the Qing dynasty try and meet the challenge posed by the Western powers?

What were the effects of the Crusades on Europe and Asia?

Why did Genghis Khan feel the need to fragment the Mongol tribes into new social and military groupings?