The Making of a Global World questions for CBSE X

In early European accounts of the Americas, El Dorado was the fabled city of what?

How did population growth affect late-eighteenth-century England’s food economy?

Which examples illustrate long-distance exchange through food?

Consider the statements given below and choose the correct answer. Statement (I): Until the nineteenth century, poverty and hunger were common in Europe. Statement (II): European cities were crowded and deadly diseases were widespread during those years.

Read the given statements and choose the correct option. Statement I: The name “silk routes” points to the importance of East-bound Chinese silk cargoes. Statement II: Until the eighteenth century, China and India were among the world’s richest countries.

Why did the wheat price fall down by 50% between 1928 and 1934?

During the (i) Potato Famine (1845 to 1849), around 1,000,000 people died of starvation in (ii) and many hungry children were digging for potatoes in the field which had already been harvested hoping to discover some leftovers. (i) (ii)