Urban Geo Review

How did the invention of agriculture lead to the formation of cities and towns? (Think 1st industrial revolution)

• New farm machinery meant less labor was needed on farms

• People needed to travel in order to find a food source

• Shorter life spans

• People were able to grow their own food and stay in one place

The amount of people a business needs to survive

• Range

• Threshold

• Market Place

• Function

Makeshift settlements lacking basic services in less developed countries are called what?

• Suburbs

• Site

• Slums

• Blight

Which level of the urban hierarchy has the fewest functions?

• Megacities

• Hamlets

• Villages

• Towns

What theory does this represent?

• Central Place

• Growth Place

• Market Area

• HInterland

What is a city the plays an important role globally as a center of buisness, politics, and culture?

• Megacity

• Suburb

• City Proper

• World City

What is the maximum distance people are willing to travel for a good or service

• Range

• threshold

• function

• market area

Globally, approximately _____% live in cities

• 25

• 54

• 75

• 86

The increase in the number of people living in towns and cities is known as what?

• Domestication

• Globalization

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

7.5 A _________________ is more than twice as big as the next largest city in the country. It dominates the economy, politics, and culture of its country.

• world city

• gateway city

• forward capital

• primate city