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Glossary
1. Air pressure, extensive agriculture, intensive agriculture, intermontane plateaus, islands, monsoon winds, plantation, river basin, shifting agriculture, steppe, subsistence agriculture.
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Answer: Air pressure: the weight of air pressing on the earth's surface. Extensive agriculture: farming over a large area with few workers and machines. Intensive agriculture: farming on small land with much labour, fertiliser and irrigation for high yield. Intermontane plateaus: plateaus enclosed between mountain ranges. Islands: pieces of land surrounded by water. Monsoon winds: seasonal winds that change direction with the season. Plantation: a large farm growing one cash crop like tea or rubber. River basin: the area drained by a river and its tributaries. Shifting agriculture: clearing and burning a patch of forest to grow crops, then moving on. Steppe: temperate grasslands of Eurasia. Subsistence agriculture: farming mainly to feed the farmer's own family.
Teacher's Note: Use the key term in your answer.
A. Choose
1. South of the Northern Lowlands lie the ____. 2. Temperate grasslands of Eurasia. 3. A place in West Bengal famous for tea. 4. From the Pamir Knot to the north-east. 5. Winter in the Taiga lasts.
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Answer: 1. (b) Central Highlands; 2. (c) Steppe; 3. (b) Darjeeling; 4. (a) Tian Mountains; 5. (a) seven to eight months.
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B. True or False
1. The Northern Lowlands consist of two plains. 2. The Kuril Islands are governed by China. 3. South-west of the Pamir Knot are the Hindu Kush. 4. Takht-i-Sulaiman is the highest peak of the Sulaiman range. 5. The Arabian Plateau lies west of the Red Sea.
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Answer: 1. True (the West Siberian and Turan plains, plus others, depending on the book). 2. False: they are governed by Russia. 3. True. 4. True. 5. False: it lies east of the Red Sea.
Teacher's Note: Check Q1 against your textbook's count of plains.
C. Fill in the Blanks
1. The second range beginning in the Pamirs towards the south-west. 2. The plateau between the Elburz and Zagros. 3. The Deccan Plateau lies south of the Narmada up to the Nilgiri and ____ hills. 4. The Arabian Plateau lies west of the ____ Sea. 5. Rivers Lena, Ob and ____ drain the Northern Lowlands.
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Answer: 1. Sulaiman (the Hindu Kush); 2. Iran; 3. Cardamom; 4. Persian Gulf (Arabian Sea region); 5. Yenisei.
Teacher's Note: Q1 and Q4 follow the usual textbook map; please confirm.
D. 1-2 Sentences
1. The highest peak of the world. 2. The origin of the word monsoon. 3. The Karakoram range in China. 4. How are islands formed? 5. Where is the plateau of Anatolia?
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Answer: 1. Mount Everest (8,849 m). 2. It comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning season. 3. The Karakoram is called the Kunlun range in China. 4. Islands form from volcanic eruptions, coral growth, and land cut off by rising seas. 5. In western Turkey, between the Pontic and Taurus mountains.
Teacher's Note: Learn this point and write it in your own words.
E. 4-5 Sentences
1. How is slash and burn farming harmful?
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Answer: It destroys trees and wildlife, causes soil erosion, loses soil fertility when the land is used again and again, and adds smoke and carbon dioxide to the air.
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2. Areas with the tropical desert climate. 3. What is extensive agriculture? 4. How far does the Siberian plain stretch? 5. Which plateau lies between the Pontic and Taurus mountains?
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Answer: The Arabian Peninsula, parts of Iran, Thar and Central Asia have the desert climate. Extensive agriculture is farming over very large areas with few workers and big machines, as in the steppes of Russia and Kazakhstan. The Siberian plain stretches from the Ural mountains in the west to the Verkhoyansk range in the east. The plateau between the Pontic and Taurus mountains is the Plateau of Anatolia.
Teacher's Note: Give an example if the question allows.
F. 8-10 Sentences
1. Differentiate between intensive and extensive cultivation.
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Answer:
| Intensive | Extensive |
|---|---|
| Small farms | Very large farms |
| Many workers, less machinery | Few workers, many machines |
| High use of fertilisers and irrigation | Low use per hectare |
| High yield per hectare | Lower yield per hectare |
| Found in India, China, Japan | Found in the steppes of Russia, Kazakhstan |
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2. Factors that determine Asia's climate. One climate region in detail.
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Answer: Asia's climate depends on its latitude, nearness to sea, altitude, mountains, wind systems (monsoons) and ocean currents. Example: the monsoon climate of South and South-East Asia has hot summers, heavy rain from the south-west monsoon, and a cool dry winter. The natural vegetation is tropical deciduous forest, with teak and sal, and rain forest in the wettest areas. Rice, tea, jute and sugarcane are grown.
Teacher's Note: Remember this for your exam.
3. Chief food crops of Asia. Food crops versus cash crops.
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Answer: The main food crops are rice, wheat, millets and pulses. Food crops are grown to feed people, while cash crops such as tea, coffee, rubber, jute and cotton are grown to sell for profit.
Teacher's Note: Learn this point and write it in your own words.
4. Ocean currents, and what happens when warm and cold currents meet. Vegetation in the monsoon climate.
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Answer: Currents near Asia include the warm Kuroshio and the cold Oyashio. Where warm and cold currents meet, thick fog forms and plankton gather, so the area becomes a rich fishing ground. Monsoon vegetation is tropical deciduous forest which sheds leaves in the dry season.
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5. Why is Asia called the continent of extremes?
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Answer: Asia has the highest peak (Everest) and the lowest land (the Dead Sea). It has some of the driest deserts and the wettest places (Mawsynram), the coldest areas of Siberia and the hot Arabian desert, and both the most and least crowded places.
Teacher's Note: Give an example if the question allows.
6. The islands of the Malay Archipelago, and how islands are formed.
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Answer: They include Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea and the Philippines. Islands form by volcanic eruption, coral building, and when the sea cuts off part of the land.
Teacher's Note: Write a short, clear answer.
G. Think and Answer
1. Why does Central Asia suffer from extremes of climate? 2. Why is Tibet called the 'roof of the world'?
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Answer: 1. Central Asia is far from the sea and surrounded by high mountains, which block moist winds, so summers are very hot and winters very cold with little rain. 2. Tibet is the highest plateau in the world, about 4,000 to 5,000 m above sea level.
Teacher's Note: Remember this for your exam.
15. H. Picture study: name the kind of plantation, and where it is most common.
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Answer: The picture is not in the text. If it shows tea bushes on hill slopes, it is a tea plantation, most common in India (Assam, Darjeeling), Sri Lanka and China. If rubber, it is common in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Teacher's Note: Match the answer to the picture.
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