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1. Arab traders took pasta to 5th century _______ an island now in Italy.
2. Before its discovery ________ had no contact with the world for millions of years.
3. Economists have mentioned ________ types of movement ‘flows’ in international economic exchanges.
4. In 1885, the big European powers met in ________.
5. In Africa, in the 1890s a fast spreading disease of ________.
6. ________ migration from India illustrates the two sided nature of the 19th-century world.
7. In 1921 ________ out of every five British workers had no work.
8. The IME and the World Bank were designed to meet the financial needs of the ________.

(1). Sicily, (2). America, (3). Three, (4). Berlin, (5). Rinderpest, (6). Indentured labour, (7). One, (8). industrial countries

1. The far reaching history of disease-carrying germs can be traced back to the seventh century. (T/ F)
2. Trade and cultural exchange, both processes did not go hand in hand. (T/ F)
3. In the late 18th century the population of Britain had increased rapidly. (T/ F)
4. After the Corn Laws were scrapped, food could be imported into Britain more expensively. (T/ F)
5. In the late 1890s the US also became a colonial power. (T/ F)
6. Along the way rinderpest killed 90 percent of the cattle. (T/ F)
7. After industrialisation, cotton production in Britain began to decrease. (T/ F)
8. The US has an effective right of veto over key IMF and World Bank decisions. (T/ F)

(1). True, (2). False, (3). True, (4). False, (5). True, (6). True, (7). False, (8). True

1. When did the IMF and the World Bank commence operations?
2. When was World War I fought?
3. When was the indentured labour system abolished?
4. When was the World War II fought?
5. Nearly how many people were migrated from Europe to America and Australia century?
6. By what per cent the world trade grew annually between 1950 and 1970 ?

(1). 1947, (2). 1914-18, (3). 1923, (4). 1939-45, (5). 50 million, (6). 8 per cent

(1). > (d), (2). > (e), (3). > (a), (4). > (b), (5). > (c)