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World Geography - Summerville High School

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urbanization   more people moving from towns to cities  
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indigenous   native  
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urban sprawl   urban areas growing out of control  
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metropolitan area   a city and its surrounding territories sharing industry  
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Megacity   population over 10,000,000  
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Concentric Zone Model   cities form in rings with downtown being the center  
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Sector Model   Cities develop in zones  
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Multiple Nuclei Model   A city may develop with more than one downtown  
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Central Business District   AKA ... Downtown  
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Tenement   slum apartment building  
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Favelas   Brazilian shanty towns/slums  
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Industrialization   transform from agriculture to manufacturing  
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Gentrification   Rich moving in. Poor moving out.  
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Suburb   residential outlying district of a city  
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Aristocrats (or "Aristocats")   The nobles (rich)  
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Entrepreneur   Takes financial risk to start a business  
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Capitalist   Someone in the business of making money  
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James Watt   Responsible for steam engine (or at least given credit)  
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The "Commons"   public farm land  
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Crop Rotation   moving crops around to keep nutrients in the soil  
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United Kingdom   1st to go through Industrial Revolution  
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