Class 10 History

Chapter 3 - The Making of Global World

● Globalization refers to integrate national economies with the global economies. This actually increases the value of the
national marketplace & also helps the country’s economy to develop in a better sense and gain recognition. The History of
globalization is a testament to all the events that have led to this drastic social and economic change.

● Globalization- It is defined as an economic system which is associated with the free movement of technology, goods,
people, and ideas all across the world. This term is normally used to describe the rapid increasing interdependence of the
world’s cultures, populations and their growing economies. This change is generally brought by cross-trade b/w different
countries across the world.

● First World War Over 30 nations declared this war between 1914 and 1918. The majority were on the side of the Allies,
including Serbia, Russia, France, Britain, Italy and the United States. They were opposed by rivals Germany, AustriaHungary,
Bulgaria and the erstwhile Ottoman Empire, who together called the Central Powers.

● Silk Routes It was one of the most important route that linked distant places across the world in ancient times. This
routes existed before the Christian Era and thrived to its peak until the 15th century. These routes were a great example of
booming pre-modern trade & the growing cultural relationships between distant places across the world. Religious
Preachers across different faiths ranging from Buddhism, Christianity to Islam had traveled through these routes.

These silk routes were in fact a great source of trade and culture. Historians have identified several of these silk routes. In
today’s time. These routes are both the land and sea links which were used for trading or exchanging crucial goods like
textile & various precious metals.

● Conquest, Trade, and Disease: Conquest between the Portuguese and Spanish and the colonization of America was
underway during this time.

 The most deadly weapon Spanish conquerors used was called smallpox germs.
 American original Inhabitants had almost zero immunity against such diseases.
 America's discovery- the vast fertile lands, minerals, & crops paved the way for a global change in that time.
 Silver and various other precious metal mines located in Mexico and Peru boosted Europe's wealth & funded
trade with Asian countries.
 The Indian subcontinent also played a key role in the trade network. It was known for trading knowledge, goods,
customs, and so on.

● Nineteenth Century

❖ In the nineteenth century, the sudden population boom in Great Britain led to an increase in the demand for food
grains.

❖ Food which was imported in Britain was cheaper than indigenous produce.

❖ The corn laws also led to the imposition of restriction in the import of corn. British agriculture couldn’t compete with
imports, and huge areas of land was left uncultivated.

❖ Rapid industrial growth in Britain shortage of food also led to the additional food imports.

❖ Food was then transported via ships and railways.

❖ Other items such as rubber, cotton, and coal were also part of the import trade too.

● Role of technology

❖ Significant technological inventions of the 19th- century were called telegraph, railways, and steamships.

❖ After the invention of the refrigerated ships, animals were butchered and then were shipped to Europe in the form of
frozen meat.
● Rinderpest

❖ Rinderpest is the deadly and rapidly spreading cattle plague which drastically affected Africa in the 1880s.

❖ It was actually carried by an infected cattle which was imported from British Asia.

● Indentured Labor Migration from India

❖ Indentured labor in real sense referred to a bonded laborer who were under a strict contract to work for a particular
employer.

❖ Indian indentured laborers were normally recruited to work in Guyana, Surinam, Fiji, Mauritius, and the other Caribbean
islands.

❖ Recruitment was done by deceiving them.

❖ On arrival, Laborers found out about the actual harsh working conditions.

❖ This new form of slavery was abolished in year 1921.

● Inter-War Economic

❖ Europe was the real epicentre of the first world war.

❖ The world also experienced economic hardships, political instability, & these hardships and economic instabilities were
met with the other instabilities which were caused by the second world war.

❖ First world war also led to the mass production of tanks, machine guns, chemical weapons, and aircraft.

❖ Men of the working age were recruited as soldiers from all across the globe.

● Great Depression Globally

❖ It was in the period b/w 1929 to mid-1930s.

❖ There was a huge global decline in employment, production, trade, & income.

❖ The agricultural sector was also adversely affected as well as the prices.

● Agricultural overproduction also had severe consequences.

❖ Out of the combination of many factors which led to the great depression, agricultural overproduction & the
disintegration of the US banking system were two of them.

❖ Withdrawal of US loans also affected multiple countries in real sense.

❖ The US banking system further collapsed during this period, and many banks went bankrupt here In India.

❖ The Indian subcontinent was also drastically affected as well during that time.

❖ Rates of Indian exports and imports extensively declined as prices almost fell.

❖ Bengal jute cultivators were the most affected community here.

❖ A shift of population from village to town and cites was being observed as people migrated to the growing city-side.

❖ The Post-World Era

❖ After 2 decades of the First World War, the Second World War broke out.

❖ The US and USSR came out as two superpowers after the war.

❖ Bretton Woods Institutions.

❖ To secure a further stable economy, a framework was decided by the United Nations Monetary and Financial
Conference, which help at Bretton Woods located in New Hampshire, US.

❖ The World Bank and International Monetary Fund(IMF) were established here.
❖ The World Bank or the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development was established for the post-war era
reconstruction.

❖ The IMF was also founded to handle external surpluses and the deficits of the member nations.

IMF and World Bank were famously called as Bretton Twins, and they commenced their operations in year 1957. The
system was as per the fixed exchange rates.

● Decolonization and Independence

❖ Most countries in the Asian & African continents became independent in the time.

❖ NAM & the UNO supported their independence.

❖ Developing Countries also coordinated themselves into a

❖ G-77 group to demand an NIEO or New International Economic Order.

❖ NIEO was meant a new system which gives the member countries complete control of their raw materials, national
resources, & indigenously produced goods.