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ICSE · Class 12 · History

What The changing world economy since 1900 covers in ICSE Class 12 History: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session. Part of the ICSE Class 12 History syllabus.

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4 Topics · ICSE Class 12 History · 2026-27

Topics in The changing world economy since 1900

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1. Shift in world industrial leadership

  • In the nineteenth century Britain led world industry and trade, but Germany and the USA caught up in the late nineteenth century.
  • By 1914 the USA was the world's leading industrial nation.
  • In 1880 Britain produced roughly twice as much coal and pig iron as the USA, but by 1900 the USA had overtaken Britain.
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2. The capitalist and communist blocs after 1945

  • After 1945 the world split into capitalist and communist blocs.
  • The capitalist bloc consisted of the USA, Canada, western Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
  • The capitalist bloc believed in private enterprise, private ownership of wealth, profit, and ideally a minimum of state interference.
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3. The Third World and the North-South divide

  • The term Third World began in the 1950s for countries that were neither part of the First World nor the Second World.
  • Most Third World countries were former colonies in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
  • By 1970 the Third World contained roughly 70 per cent of the world's population.
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4. Oil, industrialization, and a split within the Third World

  • In 1973 OPEC began charging more for oil, partly to conserve supplies.
  • The higher oil prices enriched Middle East oil-producing states, Nigeria and Libya.
  • Libya under Colonel Gaddafi became an African success story because oil profits were used for agricultural and industrial development and for a welfare state.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Major shifts in the world economy from industrial dominance to globalization, inequality, environmental crisis, and financial instability

Rise of the USABritain's declineWorld Wars and economic changeCapitalist and communist blocsThe Third WorldNorth-South divideThird World povertyBrandt Report

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