Unit 8
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| City-State | An independently governed community consisting of a city and the surrounding lands, notably present in ancient Greece
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| City | Densely-populated and highly-structured settlements that serve a variety of functions
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| Urban | Characteristic of a city or town
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| Rural | Areas of open land with few people, homes, and businesses
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| Suburban | Outlying area or community around a city; residential area on the outskirts of a city
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| Edge Cities | A new concentration of business in suburban areas due to urban sprawl
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| Megalopolis | A large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities, such as the area between Boston and Washington, D.C.
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| Gentrification | Renewal and rebuilding of downtown areas that originally housed low-income families but young urban professionals are now moving into
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| Megacities | A great city that is made up of several large and small cities
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| Urban Sprawl | Spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city
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| Urbanization | The relocation of people from rural areas to urban areas
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| Latin American Cities Model | Urban model distinct from the rest of the world because it contains a spine of services that extend out from a central market, which usually contains a large cathedral
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| Sector Model | Proposes that a city develops in sectors instead of rings; as a city grows, activities flourish and expand outward in wedges
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| Concentric Zone Model | Shows the pattern of different types of urban activities, maintaining that different types of services and living conditions move outward in a circular pattern from the downtown area
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| Multiple Nuclei Model | According to this model, a city contains more than one center around which activities revolve; different services cluster around different parts of the city
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| Central Place Theory | Geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size, and location of human settlements in an urban system
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