NOTEBOOK WORK FOR GRADE 8 GEOGRAPHY
TERM-II
CHAPTER 4: AGRICULTURE
Q1. WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES? EXPLAIN WITH EXAMPLES.
Q2. WHAT IS AGRICULTURE?
Q3. NAME THE FACTORS INFLUENCING AGRICULTURE.
Q4. NAME TWO FIBRE CROPS AND MENTION THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR THEIR GROWTH.
Q5. GIVE REASONS:
A) AGRICULTURE IS KNOWN AS THE BACKBONE OF INDIAN ECONOMY.
B) DIFFERENT CROPS ARE GROWN IN DIFFERENT REGIONS.
Q6. DISTINGUISH BETWEEN:
A) PRIMARY ACTIVITIES AND TERTIARY ACTIVITIES.
B) A FARM IN INDIA AND A FARM IN THE USA.
CHAPTER 5: INDUSTRIES
Q1. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM “INDUSTRY”?
Q2. WHAT ARE THE MAIN FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE LOCATION OF AN INDUSTRY. DRAW A DIAGRAM TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
Q3. WHICH INDUSTRY IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE BACKBONE OF MODERN INDUSTRY AND WHY?
Q4. DISTINGUISG BETWEEN:
A) AGRO-BASED AND MINERAL BASED INDUSTRY
B) PUBLIC SECTOR AND JOINT SECTOR INDUSTRY
Q5. ON AN OUTLINE MAP OF INDIA, MARK THE FOLLOWING:
A ) THE ONLY IRON AND STEEL PLANT IN INDIA BEFORE 1947- TISCO (JAMSHEDPUR)
B)
THE STATE WHERE FIRST MECHANISED TEXTILE MILL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1854-
MUMBAI
C)
THE MANCHESTER OF INDIA- AHMEDABAD
D)
MAJOR HUB OF IT INDUSTRY- BENGALURU
E)
THE STATE WHERE FIRST TEXTILE MILL ESTABLISHED- FORT GLOSTER NEAR KOLKATA
CHAPTER 6: HUMAN RESOURCES
GLOSSARY- LIFE EXPECTANCY, IMMIGRATION, EMIGRATION
Q1. WHY ARE PEOPLE CONSIDERED A RESOURCE?
Q2. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES FOR THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION IN THE WORLD?
Q3. THE WORLD POULATION HAS GROWN VERY RAPIDLY. WHY?