Starter quiz
- Where is Mumbai located?
- North India
- East India
- South India
- West India ✓
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- What is Mumbai known for?
- Producing most of India’s food
- Being a small coastal village
- Being India’s financial and entertainment capital ✓
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- What is the population of Mumbai (2024 estimate)?
- Over 20 million ✓
- 2 million
- 5 thousand
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- What is rural to urban migration?
- The movement of people from the countryside to cities ✓
- People moving to another country
- A seasonal change in population
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- What is a major reason people move from rural areas to cities?
- To live in a quieter environment
- To have more space
- To find better job opportunities ✓
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- What is one negative effect of rapid urban migration?
- Less pollution
- Overcrowding in cities ✓
- Decrease in population
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Exit quiz
- What is inequality?
- Equal distribution of wealth and resources
- The uneven distribution of resources, wealth, and opportunities ✓
- The ability to live in any part of the world
- The creation of businesses in all countries
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- What is pollution?
- Anything that makes the environment dirty or unhealthy ✓
- Anything that makes the environment clean and healthy
- Anything that is found in rural areas
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- Mumbai is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Many people live in __________ settlements. These are located where there is unused land, sometimes in dangerous places.
- informal ✓
- formal
- safe
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- Many people in Mumbai live in extreme ______. This means they cannot afford basic human needs; food, clothing, a place to live.
- 'poverty' ✓
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Key learning points
- There are high levels of inequality in Mumbai.
- It is estimated that around 1.2 million people earn less than 20 rupees a day.
- Mumbai's transport system is incredibly busy and overcrowded.
- Some people live in informal settlements, however these are some of the happiest settlements in India.
Common misconception
Inequality is just about the difference in how much money people have.
There are many different inequalities between people’s lives such as access to education and health care, quality of housing, job opportunities and how people are treated.
Keywords
Services - a system that supplies a public need, for example waste collection
Pollution - anything that makes the environment dirty or unhealthy
Informal settlement - areas of makeshift housing where the people who live there don’t own the land or have access to services like clean water, power, sanitation
Inequality - when something is not shared evenly between everyone
Poverty - not having enough money to afford basic human needs such as food, clothing or somewhere to live
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