Chapter 8 – Human Environment Interactions - The

Tropical and the Subtropical Region

Q1. Fill in the blanks.
                         i.        Toucans are a type of ____________.

                        ii.        Manioc is the staple food of______________.

                       iii.        Kolkata is located on the river____________.

                       iv.        Deodars and firs are a type of___________________.

                        v.        Bengal tiger is found in________________.

                       vi.        _______________lies between 10°N and 10°S.

 
Q2. True/False
                         i.        The plains have a dense network of roads. ________

                        ii.        The river Amazon flows through equatorial region. _________

                       iii.        Silk is produced through the cultivation of tape worms. ________

                       iv.        Piranha is a kind fish found in the river. _________

                        v.        Amazon Basin is characterized by hot and wet climate. __________

Q3. Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located. 

Q4. Name the river on which Taj Mahal is located?

Q5. Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found? 

Q6. What does population density mean? 

Q7. Where are Kaziranga and Manas wild life sanctuaries situated? 

Q8. Which is the largest river basin in the world?

Q9. What do the people of Amazon rainforest grow?

Q10. What are the cash crops grown by people of Amazon Basin? 

Q11. What is called “Maloca”? 

Q12. What is called the river’s mouth? 

Q13. Who was the first person to discover the Amazon River? 

Q14. Name the countries of the basin through which the equator passes.

Q15. Where Ganga and Brahmaputra basin lies? 

Q16. What is the Ganga Brahmaputra basin? 

Q17. Why and how terraces are built? 

Q18. What are the other names of Brahmaputra? 

Q19. What is the population density of Uttarakhand, West Bengal and

Bihar?

Q20. Name the tributaries of river Ganga.

 
Q21. What are bromeliads?
 
Q22. Why sunlight does not reach the ground in rainforest?
 
Q23. What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin?
 
Q24. Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the
Amazon.
 
Q25. What are the major cities located on the River Ganga?
 
Q26. What animals can be found in the Amazon rainforest?
 
Q27. What are the main features of Ganga Brahmaputra basin?
 
Q28. What are the crops grown in Ganga Brahmaputra basin?
 
Q29. Why paddy is grown in the Ganga-Brahmaputra plains?
 
Q30. What is Susu? What does its presence indicate?
 
Q31. Why rainforests are depleting?
 
Q32. What kind of natural vegetation is found in the Amazon basin?
 
Q33. What do people of the Amazon rainforest do?

Q34. What is the type of climate of the Amazon basin?

 
Q35. How does varied topography of Ganga Brahmaputra basin affect the
distribution of population there?
 
Q36.Describe the wildlife found in the Ganga Brahmaputra Basin.
 
Q37.Describe the vegetation found in the Ganga Brahmaputra Basin.
 
Q38. Write a short note on the agricultural activities of the people in the
Ganga Brahmaputra Basin?
 
Q39. How is tourism an important activity in the Ganga-Brahmaputra
basin?
 
Q40. What is slash and burn practice?
 
Q41. Amazon Basin is extraordinarily rich in the variety of life found here.
Discuss.