Practice - What happened to the shifting cultivators?
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Practice Questions
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What is jhum cultivation?
💡 Hint: Think about how farmers would traditionally move from one field to another.
Who were the dikus?
💡 Hint: Consider who the tribal people blamed for their financial struggles.
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What was jhum cultivation?
💡 Hint: Remember how farmers might change locations to farm.
True or False: Dikus are considered beneficial to the tribal communities.
💡 Hint: Consider how the tribal people viewed outsiders.
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Critically assess how British policies altered the economic structure of tribal societies during the colonial period.
💡 Hint: Consider both immediate and long-term effects on their economies.
What lessons can modern societies learn from the resistance movements of shifting cultivators in response to colonial oppression?
💡 Hint: Think about current movements and their parallels with historical resistance.
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