Human Environment- Settlement, Transport and Communication | CLASS 7 GEOGRAPHY NOTES | Human Environment | Settlement |Transport | Communication | CHAPTER 7 GEOGRAPHY NOTES
VERY SHORT QUESTIONS ANSWER.
Q1. Which Asian country has the largest railway network?
Ans. India
Q2. Which type of road is constructed under the ground?
Ans. Subways
Q3. Which mode of transport is most suitable to reach an island?
Ans. Ship
Q4. What is site?
Ans. The place where a building or a settlement develops is called its site.
Q5. Which cities are linked by the Golden Quadrilateral?
Ans. The Golden Quadrilateral connects Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
Q6. What are the materials used in building houses in rural areas?
Ans. Local materials like stones, mud, clay, straw etc. are used to construct houses.
Q7. What are called temporary settlements?
Ans. Settlements which are occupied for a short time are called temporary settlements.
Q8. What is compact settlement?
Ans. A compact settlement is a closely built area of dwellings, wherever flat land is available.
Q9. Which is the highest roadway in the world?
Ans. Manali-Leh highway in the Himalayan Mountains is one of the highest roadways in the world.
Q10. How human settlements became larger?
Ans. With the development of trade, commerce and manufacturing, human settlements became larger.
SHORT QUESTIONS ANSWER.
Q1. What are the four means of transport?
Ans: The four means of transport are as follows:
1. Roadways
2. Railways
3. Waterways
4. Airways
Q2. What do you understand by the term ‘settlement’?
Ans: Settlements are places where human beings built their homes. Earlier human beings lived in forests and in caves, but with time and advancement in vegetation, humans made homes to create settlements.
Q3. Which are the activities practiced by the rural people?
Ans: Activities like agriculture, fishing, forestry, crafts work, trading, etc are practised by the rural people.
Q4. Mention any two merits of railways.
Ans: Two merits of railways are as follows:
1. Heavy goods can be transported to longer distances within a shorter period of time
2. It is a cheaper means of transport
Q5. What do you understand by communication?
Ans: Communication is the process of conveying messages to others. Technology has helped us discover faster means of communication. Telephones, Mobile phones and the internet are a few means of communication that we use.
Q6. What is mass media?
Ans: Different means of communication have brought about an information revolution in the country. Various media like radio, television and newspapers are used to provide information to people. This mode of providing information is known as mass media.
LONG QUESTIONS ANSWER.
Q1. What are the characteristics of houses built in rural areas?
Ans. Characteristics of houses built in rural areas
i. In rural areas, people build houses to suit their environment.
ii. In regions of heavy rainfall, they have slanting roofs.
iii. Places where water accumulates in the rainy season the houses are constructed on a raised platform or stilts.
iv. Thick mud walled houses with thatched roofs are very common in areas of hot climate.
v. Local materials like stones, mud, clay, straw etc are used to construct houses.
Q2. Discuss the two types of waterways?
Ans. Waterways are the cheapest for carrying heavy and bulky goods over long distances. They are mainly of two types – inland waterways and sea routes.
Inland waterways
Navigable rivers and lakes are used as inland waterways. Some of the important inland waterways are the Ganga-Brahmaputra river system, the Great Lakes in North America and the river Nile in Africa.
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Inland waterways is used to transport goods from one place to another inside a mass of land while sea routes the goods are usually transferred from one land mass to another via the oceans and the seas.
Sea routes
Sea routes and oceanic routes are mostly used for transporting merchandise and goods from one country to another. These routes are connected with the ports. Some of the important ports of the world are Singapore and Mumbai in Asia, New York, Los Angeles in North America etc.
