CBSE Class 8 Social Science, Chapter 1: World Geography: Some Glimpses

Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages

• Introductionpages 1–2
• The Complexity of Mapping the Earthpages 2–4
• The Blue of the Blue Planet, the Oceanspage 4
• The oceanspage 5
• Ocean currentspages 5–6
• Ocean trenchespages 6–7
• The Great Barrier Reefpages 7–8
• Smaller water bodies and waterwayspages 8–9
• The Continents: Variety on Landpage 10
• Asiapage 11
• Roof of the world — the Tibetan Plateaupages 11–13
• Gobi Desert in the ‘Land of the Eternal Blue Sky’pages 13–14
• The Eurasian Steppespages 14–15
• The Uralspages 15–16
• Europepage 17
• The European Plainpages 17–19
• Africapages 19–22
• South Americapages 22–25
• North Americapage 26
• The Colorado Plateaupages 26–29
• The Australian Continentpages 29–32
• Looking back and forward…page 33
• The Paika Sangram: Odisha’s Early Uprising Against Colonial Rulepages 33–34
• The Sambalpur Uprising: A Saga of Resiliencepage 34