Samacheer Kalvi 7th Social Science Term 1 Geography Solutions Chapter 3 Pdf
Tamilnadu Board Samacheer Kalvi 7th Social Science Term 1 Geography Solutions Chapter 3: Tamilnadu State Board Solution Class 7 Social Science Term 1 Geography Chapter 3 – Population and Settlement.
Samacheer Kalvi 7th Social Science Geography Solutions Chapter 3: Overview
Board |
Samacheer Kalvi |
Class |
7 |
Subject |
Social Science Geography |
Term |
1 |
Chapter Name |
Population and Settlement |
Unit 3 : Population and Settlement
Multiple choice questions: (marks :1)
1.) The group with fair skin,dark brown eyes,wavy hair and narrow nose are known as:
A.) Caucasoid
B.) Negroid
C.) Mongoloid
Ans: caucasoid.
2.) Dark eyes,black skin,black wooly hair,wide nose,long head and thick lips group of people are known as:
A.) Caucasoid
B.) Negroid
C.) Australoid
Ans: negroid.
3.) Wide nose,curly hair,dark skin and short height people are known as:
A.) Caucasoid
B.) Mongoloid
C.) Australoid
Ans: australoid.
4.) The group with light yellow to brown skin, straight hair,flat face,broadhead and medium nose are known as:
A.) Negroid
B.) Mongoloid
C.) Australoid
Ans: mongoloid.
5.) ………major languages are recognised by the Indian constitution.
A.) 20
B.) 22
C.) 24
Ans: 22.
6.) World population day celebrated on:
A.) 11th March
B.) 11thSeptember
C.) 11th July
Ans: 11th July.
7.) 21st May celebrated as:
A.) International mother language day
B.) World population day
C.) The world cultural diversity day
Ans: The world cultural diversity day.
Answer the following questions:(marks:1)
1.) What is migration?
Ans: The study of movements and mobility of population is called migration.
2.) What is race?
Ans: The race is a group of people with more or less permanent distinguishing characteristics that are inherited.
3.) When did world religious day celebrate?
Ans: Third Sunday in January every year.
4.) When did international mother language day celebrate?
Ans: international mother language day celebrated on 21st February.
Answer the following questions: (marks:2/ 3)
1.) What is religion? Write down the classification of religion?
Ans: Religion means a particular system of faith and worship, which brings human being with human society.
Classification of Religion:
a) Universalizing Religions: Christianity, Islam and Buddhism.
b) Ethnic Religions: Judaism, Hinduism and Shintoism.
c) Tribal or Traditional Religions:Animism, Shamanism and Shaman.
2.) What is language? What are the major languages in the world?
Ans: Language is a great force of socialization. Language, either in the written or oral form, is the most common type of communication. Language promotes the transmission of ideas and the functioning of political, economic, social and religious systems. Major Languages in the world are:
- Tamil
- Hindi
- Chinese (Mandarin)
- English
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Arabic
- German
3.) What is a city?
Ans: The term City is generally applied to large urban places with a central business district. In India an urban place with more than one lakh the population is considered as a city .
4.) What do you mean by a town?
Ans: Town is a general name for an urban place, usually a settlement meeting a prescribed minimum population threshold. The settlement with a population more than 5000 people is called a town.
5.) What is a mega City?
Ans: A mega city is a very large city typically with a population of more than 10 million people. A mega city can be a single metropolitan area. For example,Canton, Tokyo, Delhi, Mumbai etc.
6.) What is a satellite town?
Ans: A satellite town is a town designed to house the overpopulation of a major city, but is located well beyond the limits of that city. Satellite towns are generally located outside the rural urban fringe. In India most satellite towns are purely residential in character.
7.) What do you mean by a megalopolis?
Ans: The word megalopolis means a large settlement which is formed by the combination of two or more large cities whose total population exceeds ten million. The region made up of cities between Boston and Washington D.C is a well-known megalopolis. In India, Kolkata is the largest urban area which is a megalopolis. Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot in Gujarat are the important megalopolis cities in India.
8.) What is conurbation?
Ans: A Conurbation is a region comprising of a number of cities, large town, and other urban areas that through population growth and physical expansion have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. For example: Mumbai in Maharashtra, Gurgaon, Faridabad in Haryana, Noida in Uttar Pradesh Etc.
9.) What do you mean by a smart city?
Ans: In an urban region, a city which is very much advanced in terms of infrastructure, real estate, communication and market availability is called a Smart City. The first ten smart cities of India are Bhubaneshwar, Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Ludhiana, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Vishakappattinam, Solapur and Davanagere. Tamil Nadu has 12 major cities to be transformed as smart cities. They are Chennai, Madurai,Tirunelveli,Tiruchirappalli ,Thanjavur, Tiruppur, Salem, Vellore, Coimbatore, Thoothukudi, Dindigul and Erode.
10.) According to WHO , what are the criteria of a healthy city?
Ans: World Health Organization or WHO suggests that among other things a healthy city must have:
- A Clean and Safe environment
- Meets the basic needs of all its inhabitants
- Involves the ” Community” in local government
- Provides easily accessible health service.
11.) What are the factors affecting rural settlement?
Ans: A rural settlement is a community, involved predominantly in primary activities such as agriculture, lumbering, fishing and mining. The factors that affects the rural settlement are:
- Nature of topography
- Local weather Condition
- Soil and water resources
- Social organisation
- Economic condition
12.) Write down the differences between rural and urban settlement?
Ans:
Rural: |
Urban: |
Rural areas have predominantly primary activities such as agriculture. | Urban areas have domination of secondary and tertiary activities such as Industries. |
Sparsely populated | Densely populated |
Villages and hamlet | Cities and towns |
Simple and relaxed life | Fast and complicated life |
Less pollution seen | More pollution |
Less opportunities in career | More opportunities in career |
Less expenses | More expenses |
Answer the following questions:
1.) What is settlement? What are the types of settlement?
Or,
What is settlement? Write down the pattern of rural settlement?
Or,
What is settlement? Write down the classification of urban settlement?
Ans: Settlement is a place where people live and interact through activities such as agriculture, trading and entertainment. It is mainly of two types:
A. Rural settlement and B. Urban settlement.
Rural settlement: A rural settlement is a community, involved predominantly in primary activities such as agriculture, lumbering, fishing and mining.
Pattern of Rural Settlement :
The pattern of settlement has been defined as the relationship between a house or building to another. A rural settlement pattern is a function of relief, climate, water supply and socio-economic factor. It is broadly classified under the following patterns:
- In a Linear settlement, houses are arranged along the either side of roadways, railways line, river,canal,the edge of a valley, etc.
- The rectangular settlements are almost straight, meeting each other at right angles. Such a settlement is found in plain areas or intermontane plains. For example: settlements found in Sutlej.
- Houses built around a central area are known as Circular patterns of settlements.Such settlements develop around lakes and tanks.
- The Star like pattern of settlement develops on the sites and places where several roads converge and houses spread out along the sides of roads in all directions. e.g. The Namakkal urban settlements.
Urban settlement : An urban settlement engages predominantly in secondary and tertiary activities, such as industries, trade and banking. Classification of Urban Settlements: The definition of urban area varies from one country to another. Some of the common classifications are:
- Town : The settlement with a population more than 5000 people is called a town.
- City : The term City is generally applied to large urban places with a central business district. In India an urban place with more than one lakh population is considered as a city .
- Mega city: A mega city is a very large city typically with a population of more than 10 million people. A mega city can be a single metropolitan area. Such as: Canton, Tokyo, Delhi, Mumbai Etc.
- Megalopolis: The word megalopolis is given to a large settlement which is formed by the combination of two or more large cities whose total population exceeds ten million. The region made up of cities between Boston and Washington D.C is a well-known megalopolis.
- Conurbation : A Conurbation is a region comprising of a number of cities, large town, and other urban areas that through population growth and physical expansion have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. Mumbai in Maharashtra, noida in uttar pradesh etc. Are examples of conurbation.
- Satellite Town: A satellite town is a town designed to house the overpopulation of a major city, but is located well beyond the limits of that city. Satellite towns are generally located outside the rural urban fringe. In India most satellite towns are purely residential in character.
- Smart City: In an urban region, a city which is very much advanced in terms of infrastructure, real estate, communication and market availability is called a Smart City. Such as: Bhubaneshwar, Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Ludhiana, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur etc.
2.) What is settlement? What are the patterns of settlement? (2+3)
Ans: Settlement is a place where people live and interact through activities such as agriculture, trading and entertainment. A rural settlement is a community, involved predominantly in primary activities such as agriculture, lumbering, fishing and mining. An urban settlement engages predominantly in secondary and tertiary activities, such as industries, trade and banking.
Patterns of Settlements :
Settlements are classified into Compact settlements and Dispersed settlement
- Compact settlements: Compact settlement is also known as nucleated settlement. In this type large number of houses are built very close to each other such settlements develop along the river valleys and fertile plains. In India compact settlements are found in the northern plains and the coastal plains of peninsular India.
- Dispersed Settlements: Dispersed settlements are generally found in the areas of extreme climate, hilly tracts, thick forests, grasslands, areas of extensive cultivation. In these settlements, houses are spaced far apart and after interspersed with fields. In India this type of human settlement is found in the northern kosi tract, the Ganga delta ,the Thar Desert of Rajasthan and the foot hills of Himalayas and the Nilgiris.
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