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Class 7 Geography Chapter 8 –, Human Environment Interaction---(i) Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located., Answer: The Amazon Basin is located in South America., (ii) What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin., Answer: The crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin are, tapioca, pineapple and sweet potato. Cash crops like coffee, maize, and cocoa are also grown., (iii) Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the, Amazon., Answer: The birds that are likely to be found in the rainforests of, Amazon are humming Bird, toucans and the bird of paradise., (iv) What are the major cities located on the River Ganga?, Answer: Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Patna and Kolkata are, the major cities located along the River Ganga., (v) Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?, Answer: The one-horned rhinoceros is found in the Brahmaputra Plain., , . Tick the correct answer., (i) Toucans are a type of, (a) birds, (ii) Manioc is the staple food of, (c) Amazon, (iii) Kolkata is located on the river, (b) Hooghly, (iv) Deodars and firs are a type of, (a) Coniferous trees, (v) Bengal tiger is found in, (b) delta area

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1.What do you understand about Slash and Burn?, , Answer: Slash and burn is a way of cultivating land where, farmers clear a piece of land by slashing or cutting down trees, and bushes. After two or three crops, the soil loses fertility. So, farmers abandon that patch and clear another plot of land to, cultivate., 2.What are tributaries?, Answer: The small riverS that join the main river are called, tributaries., 3.Which crops are grown by the people of rainforests?, Answer:, •, •, •, , Tapioca,, pineapple and, sweet potato., , 4.What is ‘Maloca’ in the Amazon basin?, Answer: Large apartment-like houses with steeply slanting roofs, are called Maloca in the Amazon basin., 5.Amazon basin is rich in the variety of wildlife. Explain., Answer:, •, •, •, •, , •, , Birds such as toucans, hummingbirds, birds of Paradise are, found here, which make loud sounds in the forests., Animals like monkeys, sloths and anteating tapirs are found, here., Various species of reptiles and snakes also thrive in these, jungles., Various species of reptiles and snakes also thrive in these, jungles. Anaconda and Boa constrictor are some of the, species., Basin is also home to thousands of species of insects.