Sociology Unit 6 Vocab Review

A place of dense human settlement, or in other words, a location where many people live close together.

• city

• suburbs

• rural area

_____ ________ examines the human interactions, social organization, and life in urban areas.

• Urban surveys

• Urban sociology

• Urban planning

Ur, a Mesopotamian city, is one example of an early ______ city.

• postindustrial

• industrial

• preindustrial

The _________ city is one in which global finance and electronic information dominate.

• postindustrial

• industrial

• preindustrial

A process where a greater percentage of the population lives in cities and suburbs than in rural areas.

• megacity

• urbanization

• human ecology

The study of human relationships with each other in urban areas and with the environment itself.

• urban ecology

• urbanization

• urbanism

_______ is an area with a dense population that encompasses more than one city.

• Suburb

• Edge city

• Megalopolis

_______ is the restoration and rebuilding of decaying urban areas, often by wealthier individuals.

• Gentrification

• Sprawl

• Urbanization

The spreading of a city into the rural area that surrounds it

• megalopolis

• Sprawl

• Urbanization

In the United States, the fastest growing areas are in the South and West or in what is called the Sunbelt.

• True

• False