The Making of Global World
The Age of Industrialisation 1. Explain what we mean when we say that the world 'shrank' in the 1500s In the 1500s , the world became smaller because Europeans found new ways to travel by sea to Asia and the Americas. This made it easier for people from different continents to interact and trade with each other. So even though the world is still the same size, it felt smaller because people could travel and communicate more easily. 2. Who profits from jute cultivation according to the jute growers' lament? Explain. Farmers in Bengal grew raw jute and sold it to factories to be turned into bags for export. They hoped that the demand for jute bags would increase, but it did not happen. Instead, the market for jute bags decreased and the price for raw jute fell by 60%. The farmers were left in debt and only the traders and moneylenders made money from jute cultivation. 3. ...