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Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Continents of the World Text Book Back Questions and Answers

Evaluation

I. Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
There are _______ continents in the world.
a) Five
b) Seven
c) Nine
Answer:
b) Seven

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

Question 2.
The largest continent is _______.
a) Africa
b) Asia
c) North America
Answer:
b) Asia

Question 3.
_______ is the longest river in the world.
a) Kaveri
b) Sanga
c) Nile
Answer:
c) Nile

Question 4.
Lake Superior is located in _______.
a) North America
b) Australia
c) Europe
Answer:
a) North America

Question 5.
Penguins are found in _______.
a) Asia
b) Antarctica
c) Africa
Answer:
b) Antarctica

II. Match the Following:

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World 1
Answer:
Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World 2

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

III. True or False:

Question 1.
Asia is the third largest continent.
Answer:
False

Question 2.
India has one of the eight wonders of the world.
Answer:
False

Question 3.
Brazil is one of the largest coffee producers in the world.
Answer:
True

Question 4.
The great barrier reef is in India.
Answer:
False

Question 5.
Antarctica has half year of light.
Answer:
True

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

IV. Answer the following Questions:

Question 1.
Name the continents.
Answer:

  • Asia
  • Africa
  • North America
  • South America
  • Antarctica
  • Europe and
  • Australia.

Question 2.
Where is the Taj Mahal is located?
Answer:
Taj Mahal is situated in Agra on the banks of river Yamuna.

Question 3.
Describe North America’s important features.
Answer:

  • North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa.
  • The largest fresh water lake, Lake Superior is located in this continent.
  • The world’s third longest river the Mississippi, is located in North America.
  • The United States of America (USA) is a part of North America.

Question 4.
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
Answer:
The Great Barrier Reef is located in Australia.

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

Question 5.
Which continent is called the Frozen continent?
Answer:
Antarctica continent is called the Frozen continent.

V. Answer the following in detail:

Questions 1.
Write a short note on any two continents.
Answer:

  • Asia – Asia is the world’s largest continent in size and population.
  • Asia has the highest point on earth, the peak of Mount Everest which is in the Himalayas. Asia is the birth of great ancient civilisations: Harappan civilisation, Chinese civilisation, and Mesopotamian civilisation.
  • Africa – Africa is the second largest continent of the world.
  • The world’s longest river: the Nile and the world’s largest desert: the Sahara, both are home in Africa. More than 50% of the world’s gold and diamonds come from the mineral rich continent of Africa. Ethiopia in Africa is the hottest place.

Question 2.
Write a note on the monuments of India.
Answer:

  • India has several historical monuments. Taj Mahal is one such monument.
  • Taj Mahal is built completely using white marble stone. This most beautiful monument is recognised as one of the seven wonders of the world.
  • Other historic monuments in India include India gate and Qutub Minor in Delhi, Gateway of India in Mumbai, Charminar in Hyderabad, Brihadeeshwara Temple, and GangaiKonda Cholapuram in Tamil Nadu.

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

Question 3.
Give a detail study of Australia.
Answer:

  • Australia is the Island continent covered by a single country with unique landscapes and natural wonders.
  • The Great Barrier Reef, the pride and joy of Australia are made up of nearly 2,500 individual reefs and visible from space.
  • Australia includes the islands of Tasmania and numerous small islands.

Activity:

Question 1.
Write the name of the country and its continent in the table below.
Answer:

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

Country Continent
China and India Asia
Kenya, Egypt Africa
Ottawa, Canada North America
Argentina, Brazil South America
Norway,Sweden Europe

Think Zone:

Question 1.
Is it correct to pollute our rivers?
Answer:
No, it is not correct to pollute our rivers.

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

Question 2.
Which state is called the Bread Basket of India?
Answer:
The punjab and Haryana regions are considered the bread baskets of India.

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Continents of the World Additional Questions and Answers

I. Choose the correct answer.

Question 1.
_______ is the world’s largest continent in size and population.
a) Asia
b) India
c) Africa
Answer:
a) Asia

Question 2.
_______ is the capital of India.
a) Calcutta
b) Bombay
c) Delhi
Answer:
c) Delhi

Question 3.
The world’s third longest river the Mississippi is located in _______ .
a) North America
b) South America
c) Asia
Answer:
a) North America

Question 4.
_______ is the highest peak in the Andes.
a) Mt. Cotopaxi
b) Mt. Aconcagua
c) Mt. Everest
Answer:
b) Mt. Aconcagua

II. Match the Following:

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Answer:

  1. (e)
  2. (a)
  3. (d)
  4. (b)
  5. (c)

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

III. True or False:

Question 1.
Asia is the birth of great ancient civilisations.
Answer:
True

Question 2.
Europe is also called the Frozen continent.
Answer:
False

Question 3.
The world’s smallest country, the Vatican city, is in Europe.
Answer:
True

Question 4.
Antarctica is the hottest continent on Earth.
Answer:
Flase

IV. Answer the following:

Question 1.
What is Pangaea?
Answer:
Billions of years ago, the seven continents of the world were joined together as a single huge landmass called Pangaea.

Question 2.
Why do we say India has unity in diversity?
Answer:
India is called “Land of unity in diversity” because India consists of; various religion people and all of them live together happily in the land of India. India has different forms of language, dresses, food but still our Indian live unite.

Question 3.
What is Dark Continent?
Answer:
The continent was uninhabitable(Not fit for habitation) and remained unknown for thousands of years, earning it the name of ‘Dark Continent’.

Samacheer Kalvi 5th Social Science Guide Term 2 Chapter 3 Continents of the World

Question 4.
What is called the land of Lakes?
Answer:
Finland, in Europe, is called the ‘Land of Lakes’ because melting ice sheets have created a lot of lakes here.

Question 5.
Why Europe is called the Bread of Basket?
Answer:
Ukraine’s Steppe region is called the Bread Basket of Europe because it produces a large amount of wheat.

V. Answer the following in detail:

Question 1.
Describe South America’s important features.
Answer:

  • South America is a subcontinent, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in
  • the Northern Hemisphere.
  • The world’s largest river which is also the second longest is the Amazon river in South America. Brazil a country in South America is one of the largest coffee producers in the world.
  • The Andes form the highest mountain range in South America.
  • Mt. Aconcagua is the highest peak in the Andes.
  • One of the highest volcanoes of the world, Mt. Cotopaxi is found on this continent.
  • The Amazon rainforest is a moist, broadleaf forest.