Frequently Asked Questions On 7th Geography Chapter 7
What Is Meant By Settlements?
Settlements are places where people build their homes. Early human beings lived on trees and in caves. When they started to grow crops it became necessary to have a permanent home. The settlements grew near the river valleys as water was available and land was fertile.
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What Is The Difference Between Temporary Settlement And Permanent Settlement?
Settlements which are occupied for a short time are called temporary settlements. The people living in deep forests, hot and cold deserts and mountains often dwell in such temporary settlements. They practice hunting, gathering, shifting cultivation and transhumance. However, more and more settlements today are permanent settlements. In these settlements, people build homes to live in.
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What Do You Understand By Waterways?
Waterways are the cheapest for carrying heavy and bulky goods over long distances. They are mainly of two types тАУ inland waterways and sea routes.
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What Do You Mean By Mass Media?
Different modes of communication are used to provide information, to educate as well as to entertain. Through newspapers, radio and television we can communicate with a large number of people. They are therefore called mass media.
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Describe The Fastest Mode Of Transport.
AIRWAYS is the fastest way of transport developed in the early twentieth century. It is also the most expensive due to high cost of fuels. Air traffic is adversely affected by bad weather like fog and storms. It is the only mode of transport to reach the most remote and distant areas especially where there are no roads and railways. Helicopters are extremely useful in most inaccessible areas and in time of calamities for rescuing people and distributing food, water, clothes and medicines. Some of the important airports are Delhi, Mumbai, New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt and Cairo.
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Class 7 Social Science тАУ Geography Chapter 7 тАУ Important Questions
Roadways
Airways
Waterways
Railways
Hunting
Gathering
Shifting cultivation
Agricultures
Fishing, forestry
Crafts work
Transhumance (Seasonal Migration).
Railways carry people over long distances quickly and cheaply.
They also carry heavy goods a raw material in bulk, transported from mines to industrial areas and from there to the market or ports.
That is why the world has now became small villa or get shrink.