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Class 10 History SST Notes Chapter 3

1. The document discusses the phases and characteristics of globalization from ancient times to the post-World War 2 era. 2. It describes how in ancient times, traders, priests, and pilgrims traveled long distances carrying goods, money, ideas, and skills which linked different parts of the world through routes like the Silk Road. 3. Major developments like European conquests, colonization, and the emergence of the US and USSR as superpowers in the postwar period transformed the global economic and political landscape.

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Class 10 History SST Notes Chapter 3

1. The document discusses the phases and characteristics of globalization from ancient times to the post-World War 2 era. 2. It describes how in ancient times, traders, priests, and pilgrims traveled long distances carrying goods, money, ideas, and skills which linked different parts of the world through routes like the Silk Road. 3. Major developments like European conquests, colonization, and the emergence of the US and USSR as superpowers in the postwar period transformed the global economic and political landscape.

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Chapter-3

THE MAKING OF A GLOBAL WORLD


Phases Characteristics
1. Globalisation has a long history not something new
2. In Ancient times travelless, traders, priests, pilgrims travelled
3. Carrying goods, money, values, skills, ideas, inventions

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4. Silk route linked the world.
5. Food travels:- From america to Europe and Asia
6. Noodles from China to Italy to become spaghethi
7. Indian ocean-bustiling trade link-
Expeditions to Americas-brought precious metals

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9. Conquerors carried germs of small population pox to control

1. • Global agricultural economy developed


2. • Food production expanded in Russia, America,

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3. Australia to meet the british demand
4. In Britain corn law implemented industrialists and urban
The 19th dwellers forced to abolish cornlaw
Century 5. Role of technology-Railway, steamship and telegraph
(1815-1914) 6. European conquest of Asia and Africa as colonies
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7. Migration of indentured labour from India
8. Fine Indian cotton exported to Europe.
9. Indian bankers and traders financed export of to Agriculture
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flourishing emporia at busy ports world wide.

• First world war transformed US from debtor to creditor


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The Inter • Britain came under hugedebt
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war 3.
• Wheat production fell in Europe but increased in Canada,
economy America, Australia
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(Between 4. • Rise of mass production and consumption


two 5. • The great depression of 1929 in US
world wars) 6. • India’s imports and exports fell, peasants worst hit
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7. • India became exporter of Gold


8. • Industrial investment grew in urban India
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1. • US and USSR emerged as world powers


The Post 2. • Bretton woods conference established IMF and world bank
war era 3. •Decolonisation and Independence of Asian and African
(After 2nd countries
world war) 4. • By1960 dollar lost its command in worlds currency
5. • Formation of G-77 who demanded new economic order
6. • End of Bretton woods system.

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Points to Remember
1) Silk routes - The 'silk routes' points to the importance of West-bound
Chinese silk cargoes along this route. Historians have identified several
silk routes, over land and by sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia,
and linking Asia with Europe and northern Africa.
2) Corn Law - Under pressure from landed groups, the British government

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restricted the import of corn. The laws allowing the government to do
this were commonly known as the 'Corn Laws'.
3) Rinderpest Plague - Rinderpest is a fast spreading cattle plague which
hit Africa in the late 1880s.

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4) Bretton Woods - Bretton Woods is the name of Hotel in USA where the
National Monetary and Financial confrance held in 1944 to ensure the
stable economy.
5) Flow of Goods - Trade in goods such as grain and cloth.

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6) Flow of Labour - Migration of people to new areas in search of work.
7) Hosay - Trinidad the annual Muharram procession was transformed
into a riotous carnival called `Hosay' (for Imam Hussain) in which
workers of all races and religions joined.
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8) G-77- G-77 was a group organized by developing countries to demand
a New International Economical Order (NIEO) which would give these
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countries real control over their national resources, raw material,


manufactured goods and their markets.
9) Veto- A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a
law making body.
10) Tariff - Tax imposed on a country's imports from the rest of the world.
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Tariffs are levied at the point of entry, i.e., at the border or the airport.
11) Exchange Rates - They link national currencies for purposes of
international trade. There are broadly two kinds of exchange rates: fixed
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exchange rate and floating exchange rate


One Mark Questions-
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1) Name the Allied Countries?


2) What is Al-Dorado in Latin America?
3) Which country has the veto power in IMF and world bank?
4) Around 500 years back which crop was not known by our ancestors?
5) Name those two inventions of nineteenth century which brought

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changes in the world?
6) Why the price of wheat fell upto 50% between 1928 to 1934 in India?
7) Who discovered American continent?
8) Name the European country which conquered America?
9) Give any two factors which helped in making of global world?
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1) Britain, France and Russia.
2) City of Gold.
3) United States of America
4) Potato.

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5) 1) Steam engine 2) Railways
6) Due to Great Depression.
7) Christopher Columbus.
8) Spain
9) 1)Trade

Short/Long Questions (3/5 Marks)


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2) In search of work 3) Money

1) What changes took place in the world due to the discovery of new sea
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routes of America?
2) Why the thousands of people run away from Europe to America in 19th
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century?
3) What were the impact of industrialization of cotton industries on Britain?
4) What were the causes of attraction of Europeans towards Africa?
5) What do you mean by Surplus trade? Why the balance of trade is
always favorable for Britain in terms of India?
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6) What were the impact of first world war on the economy of Britain?
7) What were the causes of Economic Depression?
8) What were the effect of Economic Depression on Indian economy?
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9) Explain with the help of appropriate examples that how the agreement
system was explained as new slave system in 19th century?
10) What is globalization? Explain three forms of exchange rates.
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11) What do you mean by Bretton Woods agreement?

Answer Key
1. a) Europe's poor began to eat better and live longer with the
introduction of the humble potato.

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