Question 1 - NCERT Questions - Chapter 5 Class 9 History - Pastoralists in the Modern World - History

Explain why nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another. What are the advantages to the environment of this continuous movement?

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1. Nomads are those people who move from one place to another to earn a living .
2. In many parts of India nomadic pastoralists move with their sheep and goats , or camels and cattle .
3. They move in search of pastures for their animals.
4. When the pasture was exhausted or unusable in one place they moved their herds and flocks to new areas .

Advantages to the environment because of this continuous movement:

Advantages to the environment because of this continuous movement were

1. This continuous movement also allowed the pastures to recover and prevent their overuse.
2. The cow dung provides manure .