Starter quiz
- What defines a city?
- A place with only farms and open fields
- A large settlement with a high population, buildings, and infrastructure ✓
- Any area with trees and rivers
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- Where is Mumbai located?
- North India
- West India ✓
- South India
- East India
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- Why do many people migrate to Mumbai?
- For job opportunities and a better life ✓
- Because it has fewer people
- To escape cold weather
- Because of its farming industry
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- What is the main difference between rural and urban areas?
- Rural areas have more people than urban areas
- Rural areas have more factories than urban areas
- Urban areas have more buildings and a higher population than rural areas ✓
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- What is Mumbai known for?
- Being India’s financial and entertainment capital ✓
- Farming and agriculture
- Being a small coastal village
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- What is the population of Mumbai (2024 estimate)?
- 5 million
- Over 20 million ✓
- 2 million
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Exit quiz
- Mumbai is one of the largest and most ______ populated cities in the world!
- sparsely
- under
- densely ✓
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- Where is Mumbai located?
- North India
- East India
- South India
- West India ✓
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- What did Mumbai's official name used to be?
- Bangalore
- Bombay ✓
- Madras
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- People are thought to have first inhabited Mumbai in the ______, hundreds of thousands of years ago.
- Stone Age ✓
- 18th Century
- 2000s
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Key learning points
- Mumbai was once a small fishing port however it has grown significantly over time.
- Mumbai’s population has increased; more and more land is becoming built up and infrastructure has developed.
- Mumbai’s rapid growth and status as a global city provides a wide range of opportunities.
- Many large transnational corporations are based in Mumbai such as Tata and the State Bank of India.
Common misconception
Mumbai was only inhabited by people recently.
People are thought to have first inhabited Mumbai in the Stone Age, hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Keywords
Infrastructure - all the basic systems in a country, such as transport and power supply
Services - a service is a system that supplies a public need, for example waste collection
Global city - a city that is a major centre for trade and communication with other places around the world
Transnational corporations - large businesses that operate in many different countries globally
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