1. Explain why nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another. What are the advantages to the environment of this continuous movement?

Answer:

(i)The pattern of continuous movement between summer and winter pastures was typical of many pastoral communities of the Himalayas, including the Bhotiyas, Sherpas and Kinnauris.

1. What were the social, economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905?

Answer:

Social and Economic Conditions:

(i)The Social and economic conditions in Russia before 1905 were backward. About 85 per cent of the Russian empire’s population earned their living from agriculture.

1. Explain the  reasons for the  changes in clothing patterns and  materials in the  eighteenth century.

Answer:

(i)Before the age of democratic revolutions and the development of capitalist markets in eighteenth-century Europe, people's  dressing  pattern reflected  their  regional codes.

1. Explain briefly what the  open  field  system meant to rural people in eighteenth-century England. Look at the  system from the  point of view  of:

A rich farmer

A labourer

A peasant  woman

Answer: