Class 9 Social Science: Pastoralists in the Modern World Worksheet (with Answers)
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- 1. Pastoralists are people who:
- (a) herd and move with animals
- (b) grow crops only
- (c) fish
- (d) trade in cities
- 2. A way of life involving constant movement is:
- (a) settlement
- (b) nomadism
- (c) urbanism
- (d) farming
- 3. Which is an Indian pastoral community?
- (a) Maasai
- (b) Zulu
- (c) Gujjars
- (d) Aztecs
- 4. The Maasai pastoralists live in:
- (a) West India
- (b) Europe
- (c) South America
- (d) East Africa
- 5. Who are pastoralists?
- 6. Name an African pastoral community.
- 7. How did colonial rule affect the lives of pastoralists in India?
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- 1. (a) herd and move with animals — They herd animals and move for pasture.
- 2. (b) nomadism — It is nomadism.
- 3. (c) Gujjars — The Gujjars are an Indian pastoral community.
- 4. (d) East Africa — The Maasai live in East Africa.
- 5. Herders who move with their animals in search of pasture and water.
- 6. The Maasai of East Africa.
- 7. Colonial rule made the lives of Indian pastoralists much more difficult by attacking the very basis of their nomadic way of life. Pastoral communities such as the Gujjars, Raikas, Dhangars and Gaddis depended on moving freely with their herds in search of pasture, but colonial policies reduced this freedom. The Forest Acts restricted or banned grazing in many forests, and vast areas of grazing land were turned into cultivated fields to raise land revenue, shrinking the pastures available. The Criminal Tribes Act unjustly branded many nomadic groups as criminals and restricted their movement, while grazing taxes added to their burden. As a result, pastoralists found their pastures reduced, their movements controlled, and their livelihoods threatened, forcing many into hardship.
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