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C. Answer the following questions in detail:
1. Discuss how human activities in the Amazon basin are different from those in the Ganga-Brahmaputra
basin.
2. Discuss the important role of the monsoons in the agricultural activities carried out in the Ganga
Brahmaputra basin.
3. Discuss the life of the people in the Amazon rainforests.
4. What are the main threats to the forests of the Amazon river basin?
5. Write a note on life in the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin.

Skill Based Questions

A. Explore the Internet and find out the information related to the life of tribal people living in the Amazon
Basin. (Digital Literacy and Exploratory)
B. In this chapter you have read that outsiders have introduced mining in the Amazon basin. This has resulted in
the persecution of native settlers who are also being made vulnerable to various diseases.

Should the people of the basin be left alone to survive as they have been doing for many centuries, or should
they be forced to interact with the outside world? (Critical thinking)
C. Make a presentation comparing and contrasting the lives of people in the Amazon rainforest and the Ganga-
Brahmaputra Basin. Your presentation should include the following points of contrast: (Technology literacy)
• Main rivers and their tributaries
• Main occupation of the people
• Main crops produced

• Changes taking place in recent times
D. Out an outline map of India Show the
Physical features of Ganga-Brahmaputra
basin.

HOTS (Critical Thinking)
The amazon basin is a sparsely populated region. Why?

Learning by Doing Experiential Learning
The Amazon forests were in the news recently because of the fire that had spread across the region, causing massive
destruction of trees as well as animals and livelihood. Continuous burning of the forests also released huge amount of
carbon dioxide, reducing the ‘lungs of the Earth’ into ashes. Find out what had caused the fire and how much
devastation it had caused.

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