Human Environment Interactions – The Tropical and the Subtropical Region | Geography VII | Class 7th | Questions and Answers

 

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Human Environment Interactions – The Tropical and the Subtropical Region | Geography VII | Class 7th | Questions and Answers

 

Chapter 6: Human Environment Interactions – The Tropical and the Subtropical Region

1. Answer the following questions

Question (i): Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located.
Answer: South America

Question (ii): What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin?
Answer:
(i) Tapioca
(ii) Pineapple
(iii) Sweet potato
(iv) Coffee
(v) Maize
(vi) Cocoa
(vii) Rice
(viii) Banana

Question (iii): Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.
Answer: Toucans, hummingbirds, and birds of paradise

Question (iv): What are the major cities located on the River Ganga?
Answer:
(i) Allahabad (Prayagraj)
(ii) Varanasi
(iii) Patna
(iv) Kolkata

Question (v): Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?
Answer: Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India

2. Tick the correct answer

Question (i): Toucans are a type of
Answer: (a) birds

Question (ii): Manioc is the staple food of
Answer: (c) Amazon

Question (iii): Kolkata is located on the river
Answer: (b) Hooghly

Question (iv): Deodars and firs are a type of
Answer: (a) Coniferous trees

Question (v): Bengal tiger is found in
Answer: (b) delta area

3. Match the following

Question	Answer
(i) Cotton textile	(e) Ganga plain
(ii) Maloca	(d) Slanting roof
(iii) Piranha	(g) Fish
(iv) Silk worm	(c) Sericulture
(v) Kaziranga	(a) Assam

4. Give reasons

Question (i): The rainforests are depleting.
Answer:
(i) The rainforests are being cut down for agriculture, settlement, and industrial development.
(ii) Trees are also felled for timber and firewood, leading to deforestation.

Question (ii): Paddy is grown in the Ganga-Brahmaputra plains.
Answer:
(i) The Ganga-Brahmaputra plains have fertile alluvial soil, which is ideal for paddy cultivation.
(ii) The region receives adequate rainfall and has a good irrigation system.

5. Map Skills

(i) On an outline map of the Indian Sub-continent:
– Draw rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra from their sources to mouths.
– Mark major tributaries like Yamuna, Ghaghara, Gandak, Kosi (for Ganga) and Dibang, Lohit, and Subansiri (for Brahmaputra).

(ii) On the political map of South America:
– Draw the Equator.
– Mark countries it passes through:
(i) Ecuador
(ii) Colombia
(iii) Brazil

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