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Published on: 30/10/2019
Term 2 Migration and Urbanisation
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1.
The main reason for the development of urbanisation in pre-historic period was _____
Production of food grains
Domestication of cattle
Fishing
hunting
2.
War is one of the ______ causes of human migration
Demographic
Socio-Cultural
Political
Economic
3.
The migration in search of fertile agricultural land is ______ migration
Rural to Rural
Rural to Urban
Urban to Rural
Urban to Urban
4.
A person moves from his own country to another country is known as ______
Immigrant
Refugee
Emigrant
Asylum seeker
5.
People move from _______ to _______ mainly in search of better jobs
Rural to Urban
Urban to Rural
Hills to plains
Plains to hills
6.
List out any four most populous cities in the world.
7.
What is Urbanisation?
8.
Name any two pull factors of migration.
9.
State the causes of the ecological or natural migration.
10.
What are the causes of rural to urban migration?
11.
Define “Migration”.
12.
Discuss the problems of urbanisation.
13.
Explain in detail about the various causes of migration?
14.
On the outline map of the world mark the following places
1. Tokyo
2. New Delhi
3. Mexico city
4. Shanghai
5. Sao Paulo
6. Oceania
7. Latin America
8. Paris
9. London
10. Cairo
1.
(a)
Production of food grains
2.
(c)
Political
3.
(a)
Rural to Rural
4.
(a)
Immigrant
5.
(a)
Rural to Urban
6.
i) Tokyo - (Japan)
ii) Delhi - (India)
iii) Shanghai - (China)
iv) Mexico City - (Mexico)
7.
Urbanisation refers to the process in which there is an increase in the proportion of population living in towns and cities.
8.
i) Employment
ii) To improve their financial status.
9.
i) The causes operate under this category are natural ones. They include volcanic eruption mankind changed considerably
ii) They almost left the nomadic life and started to live in permanent settlements.
iii) People continued to move from one region to another in search of fertile land for cultivation
Ex: earthquake, flood, drought, etc.
10.
i) Natural population growth
ii) Rural to urban migration and the reclassification of rural areas into urban areas.
11.
Migration is defined as the permanent semi permanent change of residence of an individual or group of people over a significant distance.
12.
Problems of urbanisation
a) Housing and Slums
b) Over Crowding
c) Water supply, Drainage and Sanitation
d) Transportation and Traffic
e) Pollution
a) Housing and Slums
There is a lack of space for housing and a marked reduction in the quality of housing in the urban areas due to increase in population Rapid rate of urbanisation results the development of slums
b) Over Crowding:
Over crowding leads to unhealthy environment in the urban areas. If also the cause of many diseases and riots.
c) Water supply, Drainage and Sanitation:
No city has found the clock water supply in the world. Drainage situation is equally bad.
d) Transporation and Traffic
i) Absence of planned and adequate arrangements for traffic and transport is another probleem in urban centres.
ii) The increasing number of two wheelers and cars make the tratfic problem worse
e) Pollution:
i) Towns and cities are the major polluters of environment.
ii) Industries in and around the urban centres polltrtes. The atmosphere with smoke and toxic gases
13.
Various causes of migration
a) Ecological or Natural causes of Migration
b) Economic causes of Migration
c) Socio-cultural Causes of Migration
d) Demographic Causes of Migration
e) Political causes of Migration
a) Ecological or Natural causes of Migration
The causes operate under this category ate natural ones. They include volcanic eruption, man-kind changed considerably. (ex.) earthquake, food, drought etc..
b) Economic causes of Migration
i) Economy is one of the most imported causes of human migration from one area to another
ii) The availability of fertile agricultural land employment opportunities, development of technology etc
c) Socio-cultural causes of Migration:
Migration of women after marriage and migration associated with pilgrimage are based on the socio-cultural customs.
d) Demographic causes of Migration
In demographic sense, the population composition like age and sex, over population and under population are the major causes of migration
e) Political causes of Migration
Various political causes like colonization, wars, government policies etc., have always been playing Important role in human migration from to time. Wars lave been one of the significant causes of migration since ancient time.
14.
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