Jhum Cultivators, Hunters and Gatherers

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What is Shifting Cultivation? What are its Disadvantages?

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What is fallow land?

Q. What is jhum cultivation ?

1. Crop rotation
2. Indoor farming
3. Shifting cultivation
4. None of the above

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In fire fighting method Starvation is

1. Limitation of Oxygen

2. Elimination of fuel

3. Pouring water

4. Reduction of temperature

Q. What is another name of shifting agriculture in Mexico?

1. Roca
2. Jhumming
3. Milpa
4. Ladang

Q. What does "fallow" mean?

1. A type of tree
2. A type of river
3. Uncultivated land
4. None of the above

Q. Jhum cultivators plough the land and sow seeds.

1. True
2. False

Q. What does the term 'bewar' mean?

1. Hunter-gatherer
2. Peasant
3. Slave
4. Shifing cultivation

Q. Who were the Dikus ?

1. People from other tribes
2. Farmers
3. The rulers of a tribe
4. Outsiders

Q. What did the local weavers outsource from the Khonds?

1. Kusum
2. Palash
3. Sal
4. Mahua

Q. What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?

Q. How did tribals acquire goods that were not produced in their community?

1. They stole it from other groups.
2. They traded goods with other communities.
3. They bought and sold goods at the local markets.
4. They raided nearby communities constantly.

Q. The _____ were a community of hunter-gatherers from Orissa

1. The Mundas
2. The Khonds
3. The Labadis
4. The Bakarwals

Q. The Kusum and Palash flowers are used to colour the and leather.

1. clothes
2. walls
3. hairs

Q. _____ are tribal groups that survive by hunting animals and collecting resources from the forests.

1. Shifting cultivators
2. Slave labourers
3. Hunter-gatherers
4. Migrant workers

Q. The ash from the fire is rich in and is used as fertiliser.

1. potash
2. nitrogen
3. urea

Q. The pastoralists move to another area when the grass in one area is exhausted.

1. True
2. False

Q. are used to scratch the soil to prepare it for the cultivation.

1. Hoes
2. Tillers
3. Trowel

Q. why cotton textile needs humid climate? (3 pointer)