Chapter 8 Novels, Society and History TEXTBOOK EXERCISES Question 1. Explain the following : (a) Social changes in Britain which led to an increase in women readers. (b) What actions of Robinson Crusoe make us see, him as a typical coloniser? (c) After 1740, the...
Chapter 7 Print Culture and the Modern World TEXTBOOK EXERCISES Question 1. Give reasons for the following : (a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295. (b) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it. (c) The Roman Catholic Church began...
Chapter 6 Work, Life and Leisure TEXTBOOK EXERCISES Question 1. Give two reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century. Answer: (i) Industrialisation was the most important factor which attracted people to London. (ii) The...
Chapter 5 The Age of Industrialisation TEXTBOOK EXERCISES Question 1.Explain the following : (a) Women workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny. (b) In the seventeenth century, merchants from towns in Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the...
Chapter 4 The Making of Global World TEXTBOOK EXERCISES Question 1. Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas. Answer: (i) Exchange of...
