Adjusting to Colonial Life
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Q.
Explain briefly what the open field system meant to rural people in eighteenth-century England. Look at the system from the point of view of:
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A rich farmer
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A labourer
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A peasant woman
Q.
There are many similarities in the way in which the modern world forced changes in the lives of pastoral communities in India and East Africa. Write about any two examples of changes which were similar for Indian pastoralists and the Massai herders.
Q. What did some of the pastoralists do to adapt to the declining of grazing lands?
- Reduced cattle
- Increased cattle
- Reduced taxes
- Increased taxes
Q. Which of the following pastoral communities may have experienced difficulties in the procurement of grazing lands after the partition of India and Pakistan?
- Raikas
- Gollas
- Dhangars
- Gujjar Bakarwals
Q. Which of the following were possible reasons for the death of cattle during the famines in the context of the pastoralists?
- Floods
- Decline of the British
- Shortage of forage
- Overgrazing
Q. Intensive grazing led to a decline in pasture quality.
- True
- False
Q. Burst the bubbles containing the things which were taxed during the reign of the British government.
- Cows
- Transport
- Internet
- Salt
- Canal water
- Land
- Music
- Sheep
Q.
What are the similar things between the Maasai and the Indian Pastoralists?
