Economic Activities Chapter 4

What is the primary characteristic of primary activities?

Why did people in very cold and extremely hot climates survive on hunting?

What is the main reason for the extinction or endangerment of many species?

What is the name given to people engaged in primary activities?

What did early hunters use to kill animals?

What is the primary mode of sustenance for the inhabitants of coastal areas?

What is the primary reason for the decline in the number of pastoral nomads and the areas they operate in?

What is the main characteristic of commercial livestock rearing?

What is the primary goal of commercial livestock ranching?

Which of the following countries is NOT known for commercial livestock rearing?

What type of agriculture is characterized by the cultivation of small patches of land, which are then abandoned after a few years?

What is the main problem associated with shifting cultivation?

What type of agriculture is dominant in densely populated regions of monsoon Asia?

What is the name of the type of agriculture practiced in the North Eastern states of India?

Why do pastoral nomads migrate from the plains to the mountains in summers?

What is the primary difference between nomadic herding and commercial livestock rearing?

What is a characteristic of intensive subsistence agriculture?

Where are tea plantations often established?

What is the primary crop grown in extensive commercial grain cultivation?

What is the reason for high yield per unit area in intensive subsistence agriculture?

Where are coffee fazendas (large plantations) found?

What is the characteristic of plantations in terms of labour?

What is the main difference between intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by paddy and intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by crops other than paddy?

What is the result of mechanisation in extensive commercial grain cultivation?

What type of crops are associated with mixed farming?

In which regions is mixed farming found?

Which of the following regions is characterized by extensive commercial grain cultivation?

Which type of agriculture involves the farming of citrus fruits?

What is the term used to describe the practice of growing flowers?

Which type of agriculture is characterized by the slash and burn method?

What is the primary reason for the development of large-scale dairy farming?

Which type of agriculture does not involve monoculture?

What is the primary feature of poultry farming and cattle rearing?

What is the main objective of collective farming?

What is the significance of the discovery of minerals in human history?

What is the main factor that affects the profitability of mining operations?

What is the primary advantage of surface mining?

What is the primary risk associated with underground mining?

What is the significance of co-operative farming?

What is the primary characteristic of co-operative farming?

What is the significance of Denmark in the context of co-operative farming?

What is the primary difference between surface and underground mining?

What is the primary source of income for farmers in mixed farming?

What is a characteristic of dairy farming?

Which of the following regions is NOT a major commercial dairy farming region?

What is a primary crop grown in the Mediterranean region?

What is the advantage of Mediterranean agriculture?

What type of farming is practiced in densely populated industrial districts of North West Europe?

What is the primary characteristic of truck farming?

What is the main difference between market gardening and truck farming?

What is the primary characteristic of factory farming?

What is the primary crop grown in the Netherlands?

What is the primary reason for hunting being banned in India?

In which type of regions is gathering often practiced?

What is the primary difference between gathering and hunting?

What is the name of the part of the chewing gum after the flavor is gone?

Why has gathering little chance of becoming important at the global level?

What is the primary reason for the development of pastoralism?

What is the term for the movement of nomadic herders with their livestock in search of pastures?

In which region are yaks and llamas reared?

What is the primary characteristic of nomadic herding?

What is the term for the process of migration from plain areas to pastures on mountains during summers and again from mountain pastures to plain areas during winters?