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प्रश्न
Name three great explorers connected with the African continent.
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उत्तर
David Livingstone, who discovered Victoria Falls in 1855. Mungo Park followed the course of the river Niger. Henry Morton Stanley traced the course of the river Congo from Lake Tanganyika to its mouth.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Identify two countries that belong to each of the following groups and state why they are so-called:
- Low countries
- Balkan states
- Scandinavian countries
Name any four major important cities of Europe.
On the outline map of Europe, use different colours to mark and label the following:
- Oceans—Arctic, Atlantic
- Seas—Mediterranean, Baltic, North Sea
- Straits—Dover, Gibraltar
- Plateau—Central Massif, Meseta
- Mountains—Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians
- Rivers—Danube, Rhine, Volga
- Lakes—Ladoga, Onega, Vanern
- Capitals—Paris, Moscow, Berl
Refer to the physical map of Europe in your atlas. Moving in an anti-clockwise direction starting from the Arctic Ocean and the White Sea, observe and note down the names of all the surrounding water bodies such as seas, bays, gulfs, straits, etc. Then mark each of them on an outline map of Europe.
Give the latitudinal extent of Africa and explain why it is mostly a tropical continent.
Name a few minerals found in large quantities in Europe.
With the help of two examples from Europe, show how the vegetation of Europe is closely related to climate.
Collect pictures and information on the natural vegetation and wildlife of Europe from encyclopedias and the Internet, and make a scrapbook.
Collect information about the Great Barrier Reef from encyclopedias or the Internet and write a diary describing all you have learned about it in your scrapbook.
What are monotremes? Give examples.
