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.

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

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.

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

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.

Briefly trace the process of German unification.

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

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

How was the history of nationalism in Britain unlike the rest of Europe?

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

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

Why did industrial production in India increase during the First World War?

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.

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

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

Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books? Choose one example from Europe and one from India.

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

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.

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

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

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.