3 rd Term Worksheet [ ] Subject Geography Class VI Name : Sec. :

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1 1 geo (vi) 3 rd Term Worksheet [ ] Subject Geography Class VI Name : Sec. : Case Study 1 : The Lumberjacks of Canada Exercise: [80-81] [A] Choose the correct answers: [80] 1. What are the men who carry out the task of cutting of trees known as? (a) woodcutters (b) carpenters (c) lumberjacks 2. How many groups of lumberjacks are there? (a) two (b) four (c) five 3. Whose task is to cut the tress using electric and mechanical saws? (a) buckers (b) high-riggers (c) skidders 4. The difficult task of carrying or dragging the logs is done with the help of which vehicle? (a) tractors (b) boats (c) jeeps 5. In which season is lumbering done? (a) summer (b) spring (c) winter [B] State whether the sentences are true or false: [80] 1. It is the responsibility of the buckers to drag the logs out of the forests and take them to the landing sites. 2. Lumbering is done in autumn. 3. The primary task of the haulers is to ensure that once the logs are afloat they do not get into a logjam. 4. The frozen sap of the trees makes it easy to cut them. 5. If logs get jammed the lumberjacks jumps from log to log using the poles to free the logs. [C] Fill in the blanks with suitable words: [81] 1. It is the job of the to cut the branches and tree trunks into appropriate sizes before the wood is sent either saw mills or pulp mills. 2. is the cutting of trees and using the raw material to make many products, which can be sold to earn revenue for a nation. 3. These days lumbering has been made a bit easier by the use of mechanical, and overhead. 4. Canada has been blessed with forests full of trees. 5. Trees are cut and the logs are taken to the rivers and placed on them. [D] Answer the following questions in 3-4 sentences: [81] 1. How are logs freed from logjams?

2 2 geo (vi) 2. Why is lumbering done in winter? 3. Who are skidders? What is their task? 4. What is the task of the high-riggers? 5. What is the task of the sawyers? [E] Think and Answer: [81] 1. Why do you think lumbering has flourished in Canada? Is Canada blessed with features which support lumbering?

3 3 geo (vi) 2. Why are the sawmills located further downstream from the place where lumbering is done? Chapter 7 [South America] Glossary: [94] beverage: fold mountains: pampas: savannah: varnish: Exercise: [95-96] [A] Choose the correct answers: [95] 1. Where does the river Orinoco originate? (a) Andes Mountains (b) Guiana highlands (c) Brazilian highlands 2. Which is a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire? (a) Western Mountains (b) Central Plains (c) Eastern Highlands 3. Which is the largest river in the world? (a) Orinoco (b) Amazon (c) Paraguay

4 4 geo (vi) 4. What lies to the north of River Plate Basin? (a) Andes mountains (b) Eastern highlands (c) Gran Chaco 5. Which is the largest country in South America? (a) Brazil (b) Argentina (c) Paraguay [B] State whether the sentences are true or false: [95] 1. The Temperate Grasslands are also known as Selvas. 2. The Andes are referred to as the backbone of South America. 3. The Patagonian desert is a part of the Atacama desert. 4. The Eastern Highlands can be divided into two areas. [C] Fill in the blanks with suitable words: [95] 1. is the highest waterfall in the world. 2. Argentina is one of the largest producers of in the world. 3. Pearl fisheries are found in the islands. 4. Falkland islands are also known as. 5. is the highest peak in South America. [D] Answer the following questions in 1-2 sentences: [95] 1. What are the two main languages spoken in South America? 2. Which is the second largest country of South America? 3. What are the hardwood trees found in the Gran Chaco region known as? 4. Name the famous active volcanoes found in the Andes region. 5. Name the highest lake in South America. [E] Answer the following questions in 4-5 sentences: [95] 1. What are the main crops grown in South America? 2. What do you know about the Equatorial Forest?

5 5 geo (vi) 3. What are Llanos and Campos? 4. What are the two areas of the Eastern Highlands? 5. What do you know about the Temperate Desert of South America? [F] Answer the following questions in 8-10 sentences: [95-96] 1. Write a short note on the Central Plains. 2. What do you know about the fishing industry in South America?

6 6 geo (vi) 3. Write brief notes on the following: a. Temperate grasslands b. Hot desert 4. South America has a wide variety of birds and animals. Discuss with examples.

7 7 geo (vi) 5. Describe the Western Mountains of South America. [G] Think and Answer: [96] do 1. South America has an abundance of underutilised and unutilised water resources. What, you think, contributes to this abundance? 2. Do you think that South America is a diverse continent as far as physical features are concerned? Give reasons for you answer.

8 8 geo (vi) [H] Draw and label diagram. [95] Draw the course of river Amazon on an outline map of South America. [I] Picture study: [96] 1. Can you identify this water body??

9 2. In which region is it located? 9 geo (vi) 3. What is its importance? Case Study 2 : Life in the Amazon Basin Exercise: [99] [A] Choose the correct answers: [99] 1. Which country contains the largest part of Amazon rain forest? (a) Venezuela (b) Argentina (c) Brazil 2. Over how many species can be found in one hectare of Amazon rainforest? (a) 100 (b) 200 (c) What is the length of River Amazon? (a) 6452 km (b) 6868 km (c) 6214 km 4. Which is the biggest flower in the world? (a) Amazon water lily (b) India Lotus (c) China rose 5. About what per cent of Amazon s population is made up of indigenous people? (a) 8 per cent (b) 6 per cent (c) 9 per cent [B] State whether the sentences are true or false: [99] 1. The total area of the Amazon rainforest is over 3.2 million square miles. 2. The Amazon is also home to 57 endangered species. 3. About one-fourth of all running water on the planet flows through the Amazon. 4. There are about 30 times more fish species in the Amazon than in all European rivers combined. 5. The Caranguejeria spider is bigger than a football. [C] Fill in the blanks with suitable words: [99] 1. The Amazon rainforest stretches over countries. 2. One tree has been known to have 72 different of ants living in it. 3. The Amazon basin is the largest of fresh water on the planet. 4. Over 250 different languages are spoken by the tribes of the Amazon. 5. Outside the cities and towns, the Amazon is populated. [D] Answer the following in 3-4 sentences: [99] 1. Name the nine countries over which the Amazon rainforest is spread.

10 10 geo (vi) 2. Why has the jaguar population wiped out in the Amazon? 3. What happens to the main rivers in the Amazon during the rainy season? 4. What percent of insect species have so far been identified in the Amazon? 5. Where is the bulk of the human population in the Amazon Basin found? [E] Think and Answer: [81] 1. Why do you think over 20,000 species of plants remain unidentified and undiscovered in the Amazon?

11 11 geo (vi) 2. Why is the Amazon, sparsely populated outside the cities and towns? 3. Who are indigenous people? Why do you think some indigenous tribes of the Amazon still live in voluntary isolation from the outside world?