Give two examples from history to show the impact of technology on food availability.

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?

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

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

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?

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.

Give reasons for the following: 

a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.

b) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.

c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.

d) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.

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 print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

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

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.

Why did nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans?

Choose three examples to show the contribution of culture to the growth of nationalism in Europe.

Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.

Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.