Question

List three ways in which the different geographical location of Kerala and Ladakh would influence the following:
The food people eat.
The clothes they wear.
The work they do.

Answer 1

Hint: Kerala is a state in South India, its capital is Thiruvananthapuram. Ladakh is administered as a union territory by India. Its capital is considered as Leh, Kargil. Both of these states are situated on two different sides of India. One state is in the South and the other is in the North. Kerala is situated on the Malabar coast whereas Ladakh is a mountainous region near the Himalayas.

Complete answer: The different ways in which the different geographical locations of Kerala and Ladakh would influence the following are:
THE FOOD PEOPLE EAT:
The staple diet of people living in Kerala is fish and rice. The reason for the food they eat is because Kerala is more of a coastal region and a place which is highly suitable for agriculture compared to Ladakh, and their culture is also one of the reasons for their diet. Whereas people in Ladakh eat more dairy products like ghee and butter and use more milk-based products because they live in a cold dessert kind of place where the people rear goats and yaks.
THE CLOTHES THEY WEAR:
The people in Kerala wear cotton clothes due to the humid weather whereas, people in Ladakh mostly wear woollen clothes, cashmere and pashminas.
THE WORK THEY DO:
People in Kerala depend mostly on agriculture and fishing. They cultivate rice crops on a very large scale every year. They also grow a variety of spices, which make this an extremely attractive place for the traders. People in Ladakh on the hand rear sheep and cattle for a living. They collect wool from sheep and sell it to traders in Kashmir. They also depend on selling dairy products as they also rear yaks and goats.

Note: Do not confuse this topic with that of the culture of people in Ladakh and Kerala. The cultural influences of both these places have been quite similar in the past. Both these places were strongly influenced by the Chinese traders.