CBSE Class 8 Social Science Geography Urbanised World Worksheet Set 03

Answer: E-governance: using the internet and technology to provide government services. E-participation: citizens taking part in governance through digital means. Industrialisation: the growth of industries in a country. Metropolis: a very large city. Metropolitan city: a large city with its suburbs. Modernisation: becoming modern in methods and ideas. Predominant: the main or strongest. Proportion: a part compared with the whole. Rationalisation: the use of reason and logic. Sociological: related to society.

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Answer: 1. (a) rural to urban; 2. (c) age-old; 3. (c) both; 4. (a) National Capital Region (the textbook option 'national capital territory'); 5. (c) concept cities.

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Answer: 1. False: it creates social, economic and environmental changes. 2. True (as per the textbook's UN projection). 3. False: they have more than 10 million, not 100 million. 4. True. 5. False.

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Answer: 1. Urbanisation; 2. social, economic, environmental, political and cultural (demographic); 3. Satellite; 4. analysed (stored and used to improve services); 5. smart cities.

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Answer: 1. The growth of towns and cities as people move from villages. 2. Jobs and industries; better education and health facilities. 3. Better services and more jobs. 4. Gurgaon and Noida (Delhi's satellite towns); Navi Mumbai. 5. Dholera and Amaravati (also Bhubaneswar, Pune).

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Answer: Urban areas give jobs, schools, hospitals, better transport, entertainment and a better standard of living, and they spread ideas. People move for jobs, education, health, and to escape poor farm incomes.

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Answer: Asia is urbanising quickly, with many of the world's largest cities such as Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai. Costs rise as more people compete for limited land, and more roads, water and power are needed. In smart cities officials use apps, websites and sensors to receive complaints and suggestions directly from people.

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Answer: Causes: jobs and industries, better education and health, better transport, poor farming and natural disasters in villages, and the pull of city life. Impact on the environment: more pollution of air and water, loss of trees, waste problems, traffic, noise, heat islands, and pressure on water and energy.

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Answer: A satellite city is a smaller city built near a big one to reduce crowding, but linked with it by roads and trains (Noida, Gurgaon). Smart cities use technology and data to run services well. Data from citizens and devices tells officials where traffic, power or water problems occur, so they can solve them. This makes use of infrastructure efficient: for example, lights switch on when needed and buses run on demand.

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Answer: Concept cities are new, planned cities designed around an idea (such as being green or smart). They are growing because old cities are overcrowded and need new space and facilities.

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Answer: It shows tall buildings, crowded housing, traffic and little open space, which are signs of rapid urban growth with pressure on land and services.

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