TN Board Class 8 Geography Unit 4 Migration and Urbanisation

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I Choose the correct answer.

 

People move from _______ to _______mainly in search of better jobs

• Rural to Urban
• Urban to Rural
• Hills to plains
• Plains to hills

 

A person moves from his own country to another country is known as ______

• Immigrant
• Refugee
• Emigrant
• Asylum seeker

 

The migration in search of fertile agricultural land is ______ migration

• Rural to Rural
• Rural to Urban
• Urban to Rural
• Urban to Urban

 

War is one of the ______ causes of human migration

• Demographic
• Socio-Cultural
• Political
• Economic

 

The main reason for the development of urbanisation in pre-historic period was _____

• Excess Production of food grains
• Domestication of cattle
• Fishing
• hunting

 

II Fill in the blanks. 

1. Urbanisation is determined by ______ number of factors.[three]
2. __________ is the major push factor operating in rural areas.[Unemployment]
3. ______ Metropolitan city in India has the second highest urban population in the world.[Delhi]
4. The movement of a person based on his free will and desire to live in a better place is called _________ migration.[voluntary]
5. In modern time urban growth was accelerated by the development of ________[Industries]

 

III Match the following

• Emigration – In migration
• Immigration – Out migration
• Pull factor – Unemployment
• Push factor – Socio- Cultural migration
• Marriage – Employment opportunity

Answer

• Emigration – Out migration
• Immigration – In migration
• Pull factor – Employment opportunity
• Push factor – Unemployment
• Marriage – Socio-Cultural migration

 

IV State whether the following statements are true or false

1. Slums are generally found in cities  [True]
2. Mass migration is absent in the modern period. [False]
3. The process of Urbanisation has a short history. [False]
4. Cities and towns are the major polluters of environment. [True]
5. Transhumance is also referred as seasonal migration. [True]

 

V Consider the given statements and choose the correct option from the given ones

Statement (A): Urbanisation is mainly due to the movement of people from rural to cities.

Reason (R) : Rural to Urban migration is not a predominant one.

• A is correct but R is incorrect
• Both A and R are incorrect
• Both A and R are correct
• A is incorrect and R is correct

 

VI Answer briefly