Very Short Answer-Class 10 – Social Science – History -Chapter 3: The Making of Global World

Class 10 – Social Science – History -Very Short Answer-Chapter 3: The Making of Global World

Q1. Why were indentured labourer hired from India and China ?

Ans :In the nineteenth century, thousands of Indians and Chinese labourers were hired to work on plantations, mines, and road and railways construction projects as indentured labourers.

Q2. How did dependency on potatoes kill the poorest peasants of Ireland ?

Ans :  The poor peasants of Ireland became so dependent on potatoes that when potato blight occurred in the mid 1840s, hundreds of thousands of people died of starvation.

Q3.  How did food like ‘Noodles’ travel to various parts of the world and got adopted by different names?

 Ans : The food like ‘Noodles’ travelled west from China to become Spaghetti and Pasta in Italy. It is also believed that Arab traders took pasta to fifth century Sicily, an island in Italy.

Q4. What kind of cultural exchanges were made through ‘Silk Route’ ?

Ans : ‘Silk Route’ was a popular network as it was frequented by the Christian missionaries, Muslim and Buddhist preachers.

Q5. Which common foods were introduced to our ancestors after Columbus discovered America?

 Ans : Potatoes, soya, maize, tomatoes, chillies, groundnuts and sweet potatoes were introduced in Europe and Asia after the discovery of America by Columbus.

Q6. What was Paper Partition ?

Ans : In 1885, the major European powers assembled in Berlin to divide the countries of Africa between them. This event was called Paper Partition.

Q7.Why did people migrate from Europe to Australia and America ?

 Ans : Due to the increasing demand for food and employment, people from Europe migrated to Australia and America in search for better future prospects.

Q8.  How frozen meat reached European market at reduced cost ?

Ans :  Animals were slaughtered for food in America, Australia or New Zealand and then transported to Europe as frozen meat at reduced cost.

Q9. Which important inventions transformed nineteenth century world ?

Ans :The railways, steamships and the telegraph were the significant inventions that transformed the nineteenth century world.

Q10. How did Rinderpest reach Africa ?

Ans : Rinderpest was borne by infected cattle imported from British Asia to feed the Italian soldiers in East Africa.

Q11. What was Rastafarianism?

Ans :Rastafarianism means a protest religion that reflected social and cultural connections with Indian emigrants in the Caribbean region.