Class 11 History - Themes in World History - Chapter Confrontation of Cultures NCERT Solutions | What new food items were transmitted fro

Compare the civilization of the Aztecs with that of the Mesopotamians.

What were the new developments helping European navigation in the 15th century?

Give reasons for Spain and Portugal being the first in the 5th century to venture across the Atlantic.
 

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.
 

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?

What was the function of medieval monasteries?

Discuss how daily life was transformed as Japan developed?

How did long-term changes in population levels affect economy and society in Europe

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 were Italian towns the first to experience the ideas of humanism?

Discuss the arguments advanced in favour of the regional continuity model of human origins. Do you think it provides a convincing explanation of the archaeological evidence? Give reasons for your answer.

Write a careful account of how the world appeared different to seventeenth century Europeans.

What do ancient stories tell us about the civilisation of Mesopotamia?

Why were mobile animal herders not necessarily a threat to town life?

Why was the history of the Australian native peoples left out of the history books?