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v Grasslands are known by different names in different places and they are located in the interior of
continents with continental type of climate.
v The prairies are located in America and Canada; the vast grasslands are most suited for farming and cattle-
rearing.
v The farmers in the prairies are rich as they own large farms producing surplus grains.
v The cattle farms are called ranches in the prairies, where cowboys look after them.

v The velds are plateaus with an altitude ranging from 600 m to 1600 m.
v Excessive cattle-rearing has resulted in extinction of wildlife.
v Cattle-rearing, dairy farming and industrialisation have made the people rich in the velds.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. The grasslands in the continent of ______________ are known as prairies.
(a) North Africa (b) North America (c) South Africa

2. The ______________ are known as the granaries of the world.
(a) prairies (b) velds (c) none of these
3. In Prairies, during winter temperature goes as low as ______________ .

(a) –20°C (b) –10°C (c) –2°C
4. ______________ is the local wind that blows in the prairies.
(a) Loo (b) Chinook (c) Harmattan
5. The cattle farms in the prairies are called ______________ .

(a) fields (b) parks (c) ranches
6. The ______________ have rich deposits of minerals.
(a) velds (b) prairies (c) both of these

7. Pretoria is a large centre of ______________ .
(a) industries (b) agriculture (c) both of these
8. ______________ is practised in the velds.

(a) shifting cultivation (b) mixed farming (c) none of these
B. Match the following :

1. Chinook u u Ploughing along the natural slopes.
2. Cowboy u u A local wind blowing in the prairies.
3. Ranches u u Growing crops in narrow strips or lines.
4. Strip cropping u u The practice of cattle-rearing and farming on the same field.

5. Contour ploughing u u A caretaker for cattle in the prairies riding a horse.
6. Mixed farming u u Cattle farms in the prairies.
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