Class 11 History - Themes in World History - Chapter The Three Orders NCERT Solutions | Compare the conditions of life for a Fre

What was the function of medieval monasteries?

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

How did long-term changes in population levels affect economy and society in Europe

Imagine and describe a day in the life of a craftsman in a medieval French town.

Describe two features of early feudal society in France.

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?

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

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?

Why would the early temple have been much like a house?

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

How did the discovery of South America lead to the development of European colonialism? HOTS

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 interesting features of the inventions of this period?

‘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?

Which of the following were necessary conditions and which the causes, of early urbanisation, and which would you say were the outcome of the growth of cities:

(a) highly productive agriculture,

(b) water transport,

(c) the lack of metal and stone,

(d) the division of labour,

(e) the use of seals,

(f) the military power of kings that made labour compulsory?

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

Give reasons for Spain and Portugal being the first in the 5th century to venture across the Atlantic.
 

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