2 MARKS SHORT QUESTIONS &ANSWERS
1.Which country experimented with socialism? what is meant by socialism?
Ans:USSR experimented with socialism
Socialism :
- In socialism the state owned all land
- Factory and banks nationalised by government
- The government followed planned development
- The planned development objective is to ensure equality and fraternity of all people in the country.
2. At the beginning of the 20th century how did the world divided?
At the beginning of 20th century the world was divided into
1. Developed industrialised countries of the west like Britain, USA, Germany, France & Italy etc
2. Asia and African countries colonized by industrial countries.
3.Why did the developed industrialised countries of the west divide into two enemy groups?
Ans:The developed industrialised countries divide into two enemy groups.
1. Germany, Austria & Hungary are one side.
2. Britain, France and Russia or other side
This both groups wanted to dominate over the world and control as many colonies and markets in Asia and Africa led to occurrence of the world wars.
4. Mention the names of countries in tripple alliance and tripple Entente?
Ans:Triple alliance: The secret aliens made by Germany with Austria in 1879 and Italy in 1882 called as triple allians.*
*Germany ,Austria and Italy
Ans:Tripple Entente:
The secret aliens made by France with Russia in 1891 with Britain in 1904 called as tripple Entente.
*France ,Russia &Britain
5. Define imperialism?
ANS:With the growth of industrial capitalism the competition among developed industrialised countries of the west like Britain, Germany and USA to access raw materials and markets for their products Asia and Africa continent colonies.
6. What was the immediate cause of first world war in 1914?
- On june28 ,19 14 a bosnian serb assassinated the crown Prince Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary.
- Austria asked Serbia for the explanation on this assassination.
- Due to the unsatisfactory reply of the Serbia ,on 28th July 1914 Austria declared war against to Serbia this was the immediate cause of first world war.
7. What were the” central powers”?
Ans:In first World war the countries which were participated on the side of Austria were known as Central powers.
Central powers: Germany,Italy& Turkey
8. What were the allied powers?
Ans:First world war the country supported Serbia called as allied powers.
Allied powers: Britain, France &Russia
9. Why did USA entered into first world war?
Ans: the German troops sunk USA’s commercial ship at Lusitania in 1917 so USA jumped into the war on the side of allied countries.
10. What is the main treaty done after first world war? what is the importance of it?
After the first world war many discussions and treaties were done. treaty of Versailles is important one.
Importance of treaty of Versailles
Britain and its three allied countries imposed terms and conditions on the defeated powers.
- The Austro Hungarian and Ottoman Turkey empires were dissolved and broken up into small nation States.
- The German Empire too was broken up and replaced by a democratic republic.
- The Ottoman Empire was replaced by the republic of Turkey.
- Turkey colonies in Africa divided among the victorious powers.
- A large number of new countries were formed like Austria ,Hungary, Yogoslavia, Czechoslovakia ,Estonia, Latvia &Finland etc..
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