CBSE Class 7 Geography Human Environment Interactions Worksheet

Human Environment- Settlements, Means of Transport and Communication

Answer the following questions in approximately in 1-15 words:-

Question. How does agriculture affect human settlement?
Answer: Agriculture requires permanent settlement at a place. By this, the surrounding area of the fields starts developing.

Question. Where did people live, first of all?
Answer: First of all, man started living along the rivers. Because, the Water for daily needs was easily available in these areas.

Question. How does topography of a place affect the development of human settlements of a place?
Answer: The area with plain topography always act as a great facility of habilitation. It is easy to cultivate crops, construct roads and lay railway lines in plain area than in the rugged topography.

Question. How are roadways important?
Answer: Roadways connect one place to another. These provide from door to door facility. Roads can be constructed even in mountainous areas.
Answer the following questions in approximately 50-60 words:-

Question. Write down the importance of railways while explaining them.
Answer: Railways- Railways carry a large quantity of goods and large number of passengers. At present, trains are run by electric and diesel engines.
Metros- Metros run not only on the surface of the earth but underground also. Metros have become very popular in big cities.
Important railways in world- 1. The railways of Soviet Union (Russia) 2. The railways of Japan 3. The railways of France. 

Question. Write about the important waterways/ ocean routes of the world.
Answer: Waterways are the most economical ways of transportation. The important waterways/ ocean routes of the world are:-
1. North Atlantic Ocean Waterway 2. The Pacific Ocean Waterway
3. Cape Waterway 4. Suez Canal Waterway
5. Panama Canal.

Question. Write about the internal waterways.
Answer: The large rivers and lakes act as internal waterways. The important internal waterways of the world are:- 1. Ganga Brahmaputra River (India) 2. Yangtze Kiang River (China) 3. Amazon River (South America)

Question. World has become a global village with the development of airways, illustrate the fact with example.
Answer: Airways is the fastest means of transportation. All the countries of world are interconnected through airways. We can travel to any part of the word in very less time. Thus, the world has become a ‘global village’.

Question. Which are the means of communication? What are the advantages of their development?
Answer: Means of communication increase a great link between people. Postal services, Telegram, telephone, mobile phone, radio, magazine, newspapers, internet etc. are the best means of communication. With the help of these means, a message can we conveyed to many people at one time. Through the internet services, we can get knowledge about any corner of the world.

Question. Write in detail about Suez Canal.
Answer: Suez Canal waterway is an important international waterway. It connects Mediterranean Ocean Sea and Red Sea. This waterway connects the European countries with the countries of the Southern Asia, Australia and West Africa.

More Question

1.Amazon river basin is the largest river basin of the :

(A) South America
(B) Equatorial Region
(C) World
(D) None

2.Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located.

3.What are the crops grown by the Amazon people.

4.Name the bird that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.

5.Whereare the one-horned rhinoceros found?

6.Which kind of forests are found in the Amazon Basin?

7.What are 'Maloca'?

8.What is population density?

9.Amazon basin is located in which continent?

10.What is a river basin?

11.What are the main crops of the Ganga - Brahmaputra plain?

12.Which river basin is the largest fertile river basin of the world?

13.What is the staple food of people who live in the Amazon basin?
(A) Wheat
(B) Jowar
(C) Manioc
(D) Bajra

14.What do you mean by 'Maloca'?
(A) Large apartments like houses with a steep slanting roof.
(B) Small thatched roof houses.
(C) Plastic houses
(D) None of them

15.What is the staple diet of people living in the Ganga - Brahmaputra basin?
(A) Fish and rice
(B) Fish and daal
(C) Roti and daal
 (D) Roti and fish

16.On which river is Kolkata port situated?
(A) Betul
(B) Tapi
(C) Hooghly
(D) Ganga

17.Which of the following steps are included in the Slash and burn agriculture process?

(i) Farmers clear a piece of land by slashing or cutting down the trees and bushes

(ii) The trees and bushes are burnt, which releases the nutrients into the soil

(iii) Crops are grown in the cleared field for a few years

(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (ii) and (iii) (C) (i) and (iii) (D) All of them

18.How did the life of the people of Amazon basin slowly changed?

(A) In 1970 the Trans - Amazon highway made all parts of the rainforest accessible.

19.Match the following from the code given below-

Column A            Column B

A. Taj Mahal      (i) On banks of river Yamuna

B. Kaziranga      (ii) Lucknow

Q1 What is settlement? Explain permanent and temporary settlement?

Q2.Define site, transhumance ?

Q3 Write a short note on transport.

Q4. Write short notes on the following:-

        a) roadways

        b) railways

        c) waterways

Q5. Explain how advancement in communication has brought about an information revolution in the world?

Q6 What are the advantages of rail transport?

Q7. On world map, mark important ports, airways cities of the world?

Q9. Write true or false:-

       a) settlements existed on the earth and man started living on it.

       b) Urban settlements extend from small town to metropolis.

       c) In rural settlements people face problems of pollution.

       d) Pipeline is appropriate method of carrying mineral oil.

       e) London, New York, Mumbai, Tokyo, Singapore, hongkong, trans Siberian railway, longest and shortest sea route from Mumbai to Capetown

Q10.Why is rice the main crop cultivated in the ganga-brahmaputra basin?

Q11. Discuss in class the different human activities which cause river pollution and what steps can you take individually and collectively.

Q1. Explain the terms equatorial region, tributaries and population density.

Q2 Name some tributaries of river ganga ?

Q3. Name some crops grown in ganga Brahmputra delta?

Q4 Give an account of type of vegetation and animals found in ganga Brahmputra region?

Q5. What is the main occupation of the people in ganga region?

Q6 What is a desert?

Q7. Name the vegetation and animals found in sahara ragion?

Q8. Name the countries lying in sahara region?

Q9. What are depressions and oasis?

Q10. Name the crops grown in sahara region?

Q11 Give an account on sahara region and ganga Brahmputra region?

Q12. On physical map of the world, mark the region of ganga Brahmputra and sahara region.

Q13 What do you mean by prairies?

Q14 Discuss about the location of prairies?

Q15 What is Chinook?

Q16 What are ranches?

Q17 Why are praies named as grainaries of the world?

Q18 Name the crops grown in prairies?

Q19 Discuss about climatic condition in prairies?

Q20 Define a combine?

Q21 Which important animals are found in prairies?

Q22 Name the great lakes of U.S.A.?

Q23 Name the cities in praries?

Q24 Give an account of prairies?

I State whether true or false:

1 Early settlements grew near the river valley as water was available and land was fertile. [ ]

2. The villages are urban settlement. [ ]

3. Places where water accumulates, the houses are constructed on stilts. [ ]

4. Rural settlements are always compact settlement. [ ]

5. Chinese railway network is the largest in Asia. [ ]

6. Sea routes and oceanic routes are mostly used for transporting merchandise and goods from one country to another. [ ]

7. Airways is the most expensive means of transportation due to high cost of fuels. [ ]

8. The railway network is well developed over the hilly areas. [ ]

9. People living in temporary settlement practice hunting, gathering shifting cultivation and transhumance . [ ]

II Fill in the blanks:

1. The place where a building or a settlement develops is called _________________.

2. Settlements which are occupied for a short time are called __________________.

3. ____________ settlement is mostly found in hilly tracts, thick forest and regions of extreme climate.

4. Invention of ____________ made transport easier.

5. In the Andes Mountains of South America, ___________ and in Tibet ___________ are used for transportation.

6. The _________________ roadway connects Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

7. ______________ highway in the Himalayan Mountain is one of the highest roadways in the world.

8. _________________ are extremely useful in most inaccessible areas in times of calamities.

9. The satellites have made __________ faster. They have helped in ________________________________________________.

10. The ______________ railway is the longest railway system connecting St.Petersburg to Vladivostok in Russia.

11. The invention of _____________ and the Industrial Revolution helped in speedy development of railways.