NCERT Class 7 Social Science Part 2 Chapter 5 India, a Home to Many Solutions
NCERT Class 7 Social Science Part 2 Chapter 5 India, a Home to Many Solutions India, a Home to Many Questions and activities 1. On the outline of a world map, try to trace the routes that the communities mentioned in this chapter may have used to reach India. What types of physical geographies did they have to negotiate? Answer: Jews, Syriac Christians, Parsis, Arab merchants and Baha’is came from West Asia (Israel, Persia, Arabia) mostly by crossing the Arabian Sea and reaching the western coast of India (Kerala and Gujarat). Armenians came from the Armenia–Persia region by land and sea routes to places like Agra, Surat, Kolkata and Chennai. Siddis were brought from Africa across the Indian Ocean to western India. Polish refugees travelled from Europe by long land and sea routes to Gujarat. Tibetan refugees crossed the Himalayan Mountains to enter northern India. Physical geographies they had to cross: Mountains (Himalayas, highlands) Deserts and plateaus (West Asia, Persia) Seas and ...