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The Making of a Global World
Social Science · CBSE Class 10 · English Medium · 4 questions and answers
Sample questions
- Q: What was the Silk Route?
- A: The Silk Routes were a network of pre-modern trade and cultural links connecting Asia with Europe and northern Africa, named after the export of Chinese silk to the West.
- Q: How did food items show long-distance cultural exchange?
- A: Foods such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chillies and sweet potatoes were unknown to our ancestors and were introduced to Europe and Asia from the Americas after Columbus discovered them.
- Q: What role did the discovery of the Americas play in the 16th century?
- A: The precious metals, especially silver, from mines in present-day Peru and Mexico enhanced Europe's wealth and financed its trade with Asia.
- Q: How did diseases like smallpox affect America?
- A: The Europeans carried germs such as smallpox to which America's original inhabitants had no immunity; these diseases killed and decimated whole communities, helping in colonisation.
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