The Making of a Global World MCQ Quiz

30 questions

1. Which goods were important in early global trade?

   1. It disrupted global trade
   2. Spices
   3. World Bank
   4. Falling prices increased debt pressure

2. What did abolition of the Corn Laws encourage?

   1. Rapid long-distance communication
   2. Cheaper food imports into Britain
   3. It disrupted global trade
   4. Connected inland markets with ports

3. Which technologies reduced transport time?

   1. Steamships and railways
   2. Industrialisation and urbanisation increased demand
   3. Spices
   4. Cotton textiles

4. What was indentured labour?

   1. World Bank
   2. Contract labour for a fixed period
   3. Falling output, prices and employment
   4. Spices

5. Which country supplied many indentured workers?

   1. India
   2. Steamships and railways
   3. International economic cooperation
   4. Contract labour for a fixed period

6. Why did many Indians accept indenture?

   1. Connected inland markets with ports
   2. World Bank
   3. A cattle plague
   4. Poverty and limited opportunities

7. What was Rinderpest?

   1. It moved labour, skills and ideas
   2. They fell sharply
   3. A cattle plague
   4. World Bank

8. When did the Great Depression begin?

   1. Major creditor and industrial power
   2. Contract labour for a fixed period
   3. 1929
   4. International Monetary Fund

9. What happened to world trade during the Depression?

   1. Plantations needed labour
   2. Cotton textiles
   3. It declined sharply
   4. Poverty and limited opportunities

10. How did the Depression affect Indian peasants?

    1. Rapid long-distance communication
    2. India
    3. Urban consumers
    4. Falling prices increased debt pressure

11. What was Bretton Woods intended to promote?

    1. 1929
    2. Cotton textiles
    3. A cattle plague
    4. Post-war economic stability

12. Which institution was created for international monetary cooperation?

    1. Poverty and limited opportunities
    2. Cotton textiles
    3. Cheaper food imports into Britain
    4. International Monetary Fund

13. Which institution helped finance reconstruction?

    1. International Monetary Fund
    2. Poverty and limited opportunities
    3. World Bank
    4. It declined sharply

14. What did globalisation increasingly mean after the 1970s?

    1. A cattle plague
    2. Integration of production and markets
    3. Integrated colonies as raw-material suppliers and markets
    4. World Bank

15. Why did Britain import food in the nineteenth century?

    1. Industrialisation and urbanisation increased demand
    2. A cattle plague
    3. A move toward freer trade
    4. Spices

16. Who benefited from cheaper food imports?

    1. Cheaper food imports into Britain
    2. Urban consumers
    3. Rapid long-distance communication
    4. Steamships and railways

17. What did railways do for globalisation?

    1. To avoid inter-war economic instability
    2. Connected inland markets with ports
    3. Spices
    4. Rapid long-distance communication

18. What did the telegraph enable?

    1. Rapid long-distance communication
    2. They fell sharply
    3. Falling output, prices and employment
    4. Spices

19. Why were plantation workers recruited after abolition of slavery?

    1. Plantations needed labour
    2. World Bank
    3. It declined sharply
    4. Steamships and railways

20. What did colonialism do to global trade?

    1. Integrated colonies as raw-material suppliers and markets
    2. Connected inland markets with ports
    3. Spices
    4. Urban consumers

21. Which industry was central to British industrial growth?

    1. Cotton textiles
    2. India
    3. To avoid inter-war economic instability
    4. Major creditor and industrial power

22. How did World War I affect trade?

    1. It declined sharply
    2. Plantations needed labour
    3. It moved labour, skills and ideas
    4. It disrupted global trade

23. What was the economic role of the United States after World War I?

    1. They fell sharply
    2. Spices
    3. Major creditor and industrial power
    4. International economic cooperation

24. What happened to agricultural prices during the Depression?

    1. Cotton textiles
    2. Poverty and limited opportunities
    3. Spices
    4. They fell sharply

25. Why was the Bretton Woods system created?

    1. World Bank
    2. To avoid inter-war economic instability
    3. Cotton textiles
    4. Plantations needed labour

26. Why is migration important to globalisation?

    1. International Monetary Fund
    2. They fell sharply
    3. It moved labour, skills and ideas
    4. Rapid long-distance communication

27. What did the abolition of Corn Laws symbolise?

    1. International economic cooperation
    2. A move toward freer trade
    3. World Bank
    4. Industrialisation and urbanisation increased demand

28. What is a global production network?

    1. A move toward freer trade
    2. Major creditor and industrial power
    3. Rapid long-distance communication
    4. Production stages spread across countries

29. What did the Great Depression cause?

    1. Connected inland markets with ports
    2. A move toward freer trade
    3. Falling output, prices and employment
    4. Production stages spread across countries

30. What did post-war institutions encourage?

    1. Rapid long-distance communication
    2. To avoid inter-war economic instability
    3. Industrialisation and urbanisation increased demand
    4. International economic cooperation

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