CBSE Class 9 History Pastoralists in The Modern World Worksheet Set A

Q1)      Where do the gaddi shepherds spend their winters?

Ans:    The gaddi shepherds spend their winters in the low hills of shivalik range.

Q2)      Who are nomads?

Ans:     Nomads are people who do not live in one place but move from one area to another to earn their living.

Q3)      What do the banjaras sell?

Ans:    The banjaras sell plough cattle.

Q4)      Which country colonized Kenya?

Ans:      Great Britain colonized Kenya.

Q5)      Where do Raikas live?

Ans:     Raikas lived in the desert of Rajasthan.

Q6)      What are customary rights?

Ans:     Customary Rights that are used by people by custom and tradition. They had to set up a relationship with farmers on the way so that the herds could graze in harvested fields and manure the soil. They combined a range of different activities like cultivation, trade and herding to make their living.

Q7)      How did the Pastoralists Cope with these Changes?

Ans:     

1. Pastoralists reduced the number of cattle in their herds as there was insufficient pasture to feed them. After the partition, many migrated to Haryana.
2. Richer pastoralists settled down in their newly bought lands and gave up their nomadic life over the years.
3. The poorer pastoralists borrowed money from moneylenders in exchange of their cattle and sheep or worked in fields or small towns as labourers.

Q8)      What do you mean by pastoralism?

Ans:     Pastoralism is a way of keeping animals such as cattle, sheep that involves moving from one place to another to find water and food. Nomads are people who do not live in one place but move from one area to another to earn their living.

Q9)      Why the Dhangars were an important pastoral community of Maharashtra?

Ans:     Dhangars were an important pastoral community of Maharashtra. They stayed in the central plateau of Maharashtra during the monsoon grew bajra and moved west by October. After a march of about one month they reached the Konkan where they lived till the onset of monsoon. Afterwards they left the Konkan and the coastal areas with their flocks and returned to the settlements on the dry plateau.

Q10)    What do you mean by Mandaps of Ringal?

Ans:     The Gujjar cattle herders live in the mandaps made of Ringal a hill bamboo and grass from the Bugyal. A mandap was also a workplace. Here, the Gujjar used to make ghee which they took down for sale. In recent years, they have begun to transport the milk directly in buses and trucks. These mandaps are at about 10,000 to 11,000 feet as buffaloes cannot climb any higher.