CBSE Class 7 Geography Settlement Transport And Communication Worksheet

Very Short Answer Type Questions

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 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.

Short Answer Type Questions

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. 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. 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.

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1.What do you understand by the term 'settlement'?

2.What are the major activities practiced by the rural people?

3.How will you define 'communication'?

4.What do you understand by the term 'mass media'?

5.What is Wet Point Settlement?

6.Why do we study human settlement in geography?

7.What does the term 'Pass' denote in geography?

8.Which is the highest roadways in the world?

(A) Manali - Leh highway (B) Golden Quadrilateral

(C) Express ways (D) Lahasa

9.What is/are the characteristic(s) of houses in places of heavy rainfall and where water

accumulates in rainy season?

(A) Houses have slanting roofs. (B) Houses are constructed on a raised platform

or stilts.

(C) Both 'a' and 'b' (D) None of them

10.Which highway connects Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai?

(A) Express Ways (B) Golden Quadrilateral

(C) National Highway 1 (D) National Highway 2

11.Which kind of engine has been replaced by Diesel and Electric engines?

(A) Steam engines (B) Petrol engines (C) CNG engines (D)

None of them

12.Which country's railway network is the largest in Asia?

(A) Japan (B) China (C) India (D) Pakistan

13.Which means of transport can be metalled and unmetalled?

(A) Railways (B) Waterways (C) Roadways (D) Airways

14.What is the one word for the roads built underground?

(A) Under paths (B) Subways (C) Both 'a' and 'b' (D) None of them

15.What is the drawback of Airways as a transport?

(A) It is very expensive. (B) It can crash anytime.

(C) It cannot fly every time. (D) It is very time consuming.

16.In the Andes Mountains of South America, ________ are used as a mode of transport

(A) Yaks (B) Llamas (C) Camels (D) Mules

17.What made transport easier?

(A) Invention of wheel (B) Invention of phone (C) Invention of bulb (D)

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