Chapter 3 – The Making of a Global World

After the war, Britain borrowed large sums of money from:

When Britain was pre-occupied with war, industries had developed in:

Before the war, eastern Europe was a major supplier of:

The US economy resumed its strong growth in the early:

A well-known pioneer of mass production was the:

Fordist industrial practices was widely copied in Europe in the:

Car production in the US rose from in 1919 to more than in 1929:

The Great Depression began around 1929 and lasted till the:

By 1933 over 4,000 banks had closed and between 1929 and 1932 about:

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement at the height of the depression in:

The country that had made huge sacrifices to defeat Nazi Germany was:

The Financial Conference of July, 1944 was held at:

The IMF and the World Bank commenced financial operations in:

The dollar was anchored to gold at a fixed price of:

China had been cut off from the post-war world economy since its revolution in:

Buddhism emerged from eastern India and spread in several directions through intersecting points on:

The Portuguese and Spanish conquest and colonisation of America was decisively under way by the:

Nearly 50 million people emigrated from Europe to America and Australia:

The US became a colonial power in the late 1890s by taking over some colonies earlier held by:

A fast-speeding disease of cattle plague or rinderpest had a terrifying impact on people’s livelihood and the local economy, in Africa in the:

By the 1890s, South Africa contributed over 20 percent of the world:

Most India’s indentured workers came from the present-day region of:

Recruitment was done by agents engaged by employer and:

‘Chutney music’ became popular in:

Indentured labour was abolished in :

Indian traders and money-lenders followed European colonizers into:

Between 1812 and 1871, the share of raw cotton exports rose from:

Britain grew opium in India and exported it to:

The First World War was fought mainly between two power blocs. One side were Britain, France and Russia and on the opposite side were:

During the war, industries were restructured to produce: