NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Social Science History Chapter 1
Social Science Class 10 History
The Rise of Nationalism in Europe 1
Important Questions
Objective Type Questions
One Mark Questions:
Questions No: 6
What was zollverein? How was it responsible for economic unification of Germany?
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Zollverein was a custm union.
~ Initiative of Prussia in 1934.
~ Abolished tarrif barriers.
~ Reduced the no. of currencies from 30 to 2.
~ Promoted a network of railways to promote
mobilty.
~ A wave of economic nationalism strengthened
the wider nationalist sentiments growing at
that time.
The Zolloverein was a German customs union that was founded in 1834 during the Prussian rule. It formulated many rules for free trade and economic cooperation among the German states. It abolished the tariff barriers and reduced the number of currencies from over thirty to only two
It was a custom union.
It helped in German unification by-
a) abolished tariff barriers so it help in trading.
b) reduced the number of currencies from 30 to 2.
It was a German Customs Union which abolished tariff barriers