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Chapter-5
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Primary Activities
People engaged in primary activities are called redcollar workers due to the outdoor nature of their work.
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HUNTING AND G
ATHERING
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The name of the part of the chewing gum after the flavour
is gone? It is called Chicle it is made from the milky
juice of zapota tree.
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PASTORALISM
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Nomadic Herding
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Fig. 5.4: Areas of Nomadic Herding
AGRICUL
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AGRICULTURE
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Fig. 5.12: Areas of Extensive Commercial Grain Farming
Dairy Farming
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Fig. 5.14: Areas of Mixed Farming
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Fig. 5.16: Areas of Dairy Farming
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MINING
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OPEN-CAST OR
(STRIP MINING)
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1.
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i)
Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
(a) Coffee
(b) Sugarcane
Wheat
Rubber
In which one of the following countries co-operative farming was the most
successful experiment?
(a) Russia
(c) India
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EXERCISES
(iii)
(b) Denmark
Growing of flowers is called:
(d)
The Netherlands
(iv)
(v)
(b) Viticulture
(d) Plantation
In which one of the following regions is extensive commercial grain cultivation
not practised?
(a) American Canadian prairies (c)
(b) European Steppes
(d)
(vi)
(vii)
Pampas of Argentina
Amazon Basin
In which of the following types of agriculture is the farming of citrus fruit very
important?
(a) Market gardening
(c) Mediterranean agriculture
(b) Plantation agriculture
(d) Co-operative farming
Which one type of agriculture amongst the following is also called slash and
burn agriculture?
(a) Extensive subsistence agriculture
(b) Primitive subsistence agriculture
(c) Extensive commercial grain cultivation
(d) Mixed farming
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(ii)
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3.
Project/Activity
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Visit a nearby village and observe the cultivation of some crops. Ask
the farmers and list the various operations.
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