question_answer1)
Who
was Captain Swing?
question_answer2)
What
were open fields?
question_answer3)
What
were Common lands or Commons?
question_answer4)
What
were enclosed lands?
question_answer7)
How
did turnip and clover help in increasing fertility of the soils?
question_answer8)
What
was the advantage of Enclosure Movement to landowners?
question_answer9)
What
was the impact of Enclosures on Midlands and the countries around?
question_answer10)
What
happened to the labourers after Enclosure Movement?
question_answer11)
Which
machines helped landowners to reduce their dependence on labour?
question_answer12)
Why
did threshing machine replace labour?
question_answer13)
What
is an 'Agricultural Depression'?
question_answer14)
When
did Captain Swing, an imaginary character appear in England?
question_answer15)
How
did Native American groups live?
question_answer16)
How
did white Americans transform the landscape?
question_answer17)
How
did America become 'a land of promises'?
question_answer18)
How
did settlers come in successive waves in America?
question_answer19)
Which
two new crops were introduced by White settlers in the cultivated lands?
question_answer20)
Why
was demand for wheat increasing in USA?
question_answer21)
Who
said Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war'?
question_answer22)
Who
were Wheat Barons?
question_answer23)
How
was thick grass of Prairies removed and ploughing done?
question_answer24)
What
was the invention of Cyrus McCormick for harvesting?
question_answer25)
What
were 'Combine harvesters'?
question_answer26)
What
conditions created Great Agrarian Depression in USA?
question_answer27)
What
was Dust Bowl?
question_answer28)
Why
was land under cultivation increased when the British came in India?
question_answer29)
Which
crops were produced in India during colonial period for the world market?
question_answer30)
How
could the western merchants like British buy tea from China?
question_answer31)
Who
introduced opium into China in the early 16th century?
question_answer32)
What
was opium primarily known for?
question_answer33)
Who
all became opium addicts in China?
question_answer34)
How
was cultivation of opium a difficult process?
question_answer35)
What
was the role of an opium agent in opium production?
question_answer36)
What
was the government's opium revenue?
question_answer37)
In
which parts of India was opium produced?
question_answer38)
Who
was Captain Swing? What did the name symbolise or represent?
question_answer39)
Describe
the seasonal movement of Gaddi shepherds of Himachal Pradesh.
question_answer40)
What
were the reasons for starting the 'enclosure movement' in England?
question_answer41)
How
were common lands changed into enclosed lands by the rich farmers?
question_answer42)
How
did the 'enclosure movement' proceed in England?
question_answer45)
How
was increase in food production made possible?
question_answer46)
Why
were turnips and clover grown by farmers in their farms?
question_answer47)
What
were the advantages of enclosures?
question_answer48)
What
do you know about native American groups?
question_answer49)
How
were American Indians replaced by White Americans?
question_answer53)
What
were the 'Dust Bowls'?
question_answer54)
What
were the effects of 'Dust Bowls'?
question_answer55)
Which
crops were grown in India for the world market?
question_answer57)
How
could the Western merchants balance their trade with China?
question_answer58)
Why
did Indian peasants begin to agitate against the low prices of opium?
question_answer59)
Why
were threshing machines opposed by some labourers, the poor in England?
question_answer60)
How
did the condition of secured labourers become insecure?
question_answer61)
What
does 'common land' mean to the English countryside peasant?
question_answer62)
Why
did enclosures begin by the end of the 18th century?
question_answer63)
What
happened to the poor after the enclosure movement?
question_answer64)
Why
were threshing machines introduced by the landlords?
question_answer66)
What
policy did the US government follow in driving the Indians westward?
question_answer67)
How
did the White Americans turn the grasslands into bread baskets of America?
question_answer68)
What
happened to the poor farmers after the use of new technology?
question_answer69)
What
were the causes of the formation of Dust Bowls?
question_answer70)
Why
did the British increase the land for cultivation in India?
question_answer71)
How
did the British make the Chinese addicted to opium?
question_answer72)
Why
were Indian cultivators unwilling to grow opium?
question_answer74)
How
did the British establish their monopoly over opium trade?
question_answer75)
Why
were the farmers of Bihar and Bengal unwilling to grow opium?
question_answer76)
How
did Agricultural Depression lead to job insecurity?
question_answer77)
What
role was played by the mechanical reaper in the harvest?
question_answer79)
How
did the tea trade start between Chinese and British?
question_answer80)
How
did the British start exporting opium to China?
question_answer86)
Why
did the peasants protest against the threshing machines in the 19th century?
question_answer87)
When
was the land enclosed for food production in England?
question_answer88)
Name
a crop which improved the fertility of the soil.
question_answer89)
When
did the American Indian settle on the Appalachian plateau?
question_answer90)
How
much land that wheat barons possess individually?
question_answer91)
Which
country came to be known as the Bread Basket of the World?
question_answer92)
Why
was the land enclosed in the 16th century?
question_answer93)
Why
the enclosure of land was opposed by the poor people?
question_answer94)
When
the dramatic expansion of wheat production developed in the USA?
question_answer95)
Name
the Depression which ruined wheat farmers everywhere.
question_answer96)
Who
was the inventor of the first mechanical reaper in the USA?
question_answer97)
Who
had introduced opium into China in the early l6th century?
question_answer99)
What
were the two major commercial crops in the early 19th century?
question_answer101)
What
was the cause of the Great Agrarian Depression of 1930s?
question_answer102)
Where
did the White Americans settle down between 1820-1850?
question_answer103)
Which
country faced dust storms during 1930s?
question_answer104)
How
much land was enclosed in Britain between 1750 and I860?
question_answer106)
Who
gained most from enclosures?
question_answer107)
What
did the Americans realised after 1930s?
question_answer109)
In
the 17th century why did the farmers begin to grow turnip and
clover?
question_answer110)
When
was the large part of England quite open?
question_answer111)
Who
introduced opium in China in early 16th century?
question_answer112)
Which
country became a country of opium addicts?
question_answer113)
Who
were 'Manchus'?
question_answer115)
Why
were threshing machines opposed by the poor in England?
question_answer116)
Who
was Captain Swing? What did his name symbolise or represent?
question_answer120)
How
were unwilling cultivators made to produce opium in India?
question_answer122)
"For
the poorer farmers, machines brought misery". Justify giving reasons.
question_answer131)
Explain
briefly the factors that led to the enclosures in England.
question_answer135)
Write
a paragraph on why the British insisted on farmers growing opium in India.
question_answer142)
What
were the occupations of native Americans?
question_answer143)
Give
one way in which enclosures affected the poor farmers.
question_answer144)
What
commodities was East India Company buying from China for sale in England?
question_answer145)
Why
had the Chinese banned the production and sale of opium?
question_answer146)
Why
was the war between Britain and China (1837-1842) called the Opium War?
question_answer147)
The
cultivation of opium was a ........ process. (Difficult/Easy)
question_answer150)
Why
in the 1930s America's dream of land of plenty turned into a nightmare?
question_answer151)
Strip
cultivation was practiced by........ (peasants/tribals) in England.
question_answer152)
Who
gained most from enclosures in England?
question_answer153)
Why
did the rioters destroy the threshing machines during the 1830s in England?
question_answer156)
What
was putting up a fence around a piece of land called?
question_answer157)
Why
peasants protested against the threshing
machines?
question_answer158)
Write
two causes of the Great Agrarian depression of 1930.
question_answer164)
Mark the different agricultural belts in the USA in 1920.
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Arrow indicates movement of commodities and the direction.
In this triangular trade what England import from India
and in what form did it come back to India.
What were the effects of the triangular trade on India and
China?
