Give reasons for Spain and Portugal being the first in the 5th century to venture across the Atlantic.
1. The rulers of both Spain and Portugal had passion for acquiring wealth in the form of gold and treasure for glory and titles.
2. They also wanted to establish colonies in the regions.
3. The Christian Missionaries wanted to venture across the Atlantic.
4. Many Christians wanted to bring people of other lands into the fold of Christianity.
Compare the civilization of the Aztecs with that of the Mesopotamians.
What were the new developments helping European navigation in the 15th century?
How did the discovery of South America lead to the development of European colonialism? HOTS
Write an account of the journey of an African boy of seventeen captured and taken to Brazil as a slave.
What new food items were transmitted from South America to the rest of the world?
Look at the diagram showing the positive feedback mechanism on page 13. Can you list the inputs that went into tool making? What were the processes that were strengthened by tool making?
Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?
What were the features of the lives of the Bedouins in the early seventh century?
Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?
Describe two features of early feudal society in France.
Which elements of Greek and Roman culture were revived in the 14th and 15th centuries ?
How did Britain’s involvement in wars from 1793 to 1815 affect British industries?
Comment on any points of difference between the native peoples of South and North America.
What were the major developments before the Meiji restoration that made it possible for Japan to modernise rapidly?
Humans and mammals such as monkeys and apes have certain similarities in behaviour and anatomy. This indicates that humans possibly evolved from apes. List these resemblances in two columns under the headings of (a) behaviour and (b) anatomy. Are there any differences that you think are noteworthy?
Why did knights become a distinct group and when did they decline?
Why were Italian towns the first to experience the ideas of humanism?
How were the lives of different classes of British women affected by the Industrial Revolution?
What were the relative advantages of canal and railway transportation?
Describe two features of early feudal society in France.
How satisfactory is a museum gallery display in explaining the culture of a people? Give examples from your own experience of a museum.
Look at the diagram showing the positive feedback mechanism on page 13. Can you list the inputs that went into tool making? What were the processes that were strengthened by tool making?
Which elements of Greek and Roman culture were revived in the 14th and 15th centuries ?
Which of the following do you think is best documented in the archaeological record: (a) gathering, (b) tool making, (c) the use of fire?
‘If history relies upon written records produced by city-based literati, nomadic societies will always receive a hostile representation.’ Would you agree with this statement? Does it explain the reason why Persian chronicles produced such inflated figures of casualties resulting from Mongol campaigns?