Class 9 History Chapter 4 Forest Society And Colonialism Quiz 4 (25 MCQs)

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1. Swidden agriculture is known ..... in Central America
2. In which region of India did a rebellion against forest policies take place in 1910, leading to the suspension of forest reservation plans?
3. What were the major forest products traded by adivasi communities in India from the medieval period onwards?
4. The system of blandongdiensten implies
5. What did Dietrich Brandis advocate for commercial forests?
6. What impact did the forest acts have on the lives of forest people?
7. What term is used for a system of cutting trees controlled by the forest department, where one type of tree is planted in straight rows, replacing natural forests?
8. In recent decades, what shift in forestry goals has been recognized by governments across Asia and Africa?
9. The British colonial authorities used the forests primarily for:
10. What term is used for the traditional agricultural practice in many parts of Asia, Africa, and South America, involving cutting and burning parts of the forest in rotation?
11. What challenge did Surontiko Samin of Randublatung village present to state ownership of the forest in Java?
12. Who was the German forest expert invited by the British for advice on commercial forest?
13. When did the rebellion take place in Bastar?
14. What was the major impact of European colonialism on shifting cultivation practices in India?
15. How did the Dutch try to make the Kalangs of Java work under them in the 18th century?
16. What was the main purpose of the Forest Act of 1927, passed during British colonial rule in India?
17. What problem did the disappearing oak forests in England create in the 1820s?
18. Sacred grooves are known as
19. What was the impact of protests by local environmentalists in Bastar when the World Bank proposed replacing natural sal forests with tropical pine?
20. Which of the following is not a specialty of 'shifting farming'?
21. The blandongdienstein system of exempting villages from rent in return of free labour was introduced by whom?
22. The people of Bastar believe that by whom was the land given to each village?
23. What happened to the trade of forest products with the coming of the British?
24. What was the primary reason for the Dutch to enact forest laws in Java in the 19th century?
25. In what way did the Japanese exploit forests in Java during their occupation in World War II?