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Farmers, fishermen and miners work outdoors. What are workers in primary activities nicknamed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the oldest economic activity known to humans?Read the answer and worked solution →Gatherers sell tree bark that yields which medicine?Read the answer and worked solution →Chewing gum base, chicle, comes from the milky juice of which tree?Read the answer and worked solution →Herders who move with livestock in search of pasture and water practise:Read the answer and worked solution →Which animals do nomads rear in the mountains of Tibet and the Andes?Read the answer and worked solution →Gujjars and Bakarwals move to mountain pastures in summer and back to the plains in winter. This is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Fenced ranches where one animal type is bred scientifically are typical of which countries?Read the answer and worked solution →Tribal farmers burn forest, farm the patch for a few years and move on. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →After how many years does a shifting cultivator's patch lose fertility and get abandoned?Read the answer and worked solution →Shifting cultivation is called Jhum in northeast India. What is it called in Indonesia and Malaysia?Read the answer and worked solution →Wet paddy farming on tiny family plots in monsoon Asia gives high yield per hectare but what?Read the answer and worked solution →Large estates, single crop, cheap labour and big capital describe which farming type?Read the answer and worked solution →The British set up rubber plantations in which colony?Read the answer and worked solution →Large coffee plantations in Brazil are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat farms on the Prairies, Pampas and Steppes are examples of which farming?Read the answer and worked solution →Which farming gives equal weight to crops and livestock, with fodder crops and rotation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is described as the most advanced and efficient type of rearing milch animals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the largest region of commercial dairy farming in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Grape cultivation, a speciality of the Mediterranean, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is famous for growing tulips flown to cities across Europe?Read the answer and worked solution →Farms growing only vegetables at a distance a truck can cover overnight practise:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the plantation cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the shifting namesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the farm typesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the herdersRead the answer and worked solution →Subsistence or commercialRead the answer and worked solution →Animals by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Farming bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Farmers, fishermen and miners work outdoors. What are workers in primary activities nicknamed?

  1. Red-collar workers
  2. White-collar workers
  3. Blue-collar workers
  4. Pink-collar workers
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Correct answer: A. Red-collar workers

1. Primary activities use the earth's resources directly. 2. Their workers are called red-collar. 3. The name comes from outdoor work. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 5, Primary Activities._

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Which is the oldest economic activity known to humans?

  1. Dairy cattle farming
  2. Gathering and hunting
  3. Mining and quarrying
  4. Plantation farming
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Correct answer: B. Gathering and hunting

1. Early humans hunted animals and gathered plants. 2. Gathering and hunting are the oldest activities. 3. They need little capital and low technology. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 5, Primary Activities._

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Gatherers sell tree bark that yields which medicine?

  1. Quinine
  2. Aspirin
  3. Penicillin
  4. Insulin
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Correct answer: A. Quinine

1. Some gathering is now commercial. 2. Bark gives quinine, tannin and cork. 3. Leaves give beverages and drugs. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 5, Primary Activities._

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