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AMH 2.5 nation of ci
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| urbanization | expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them |
| rural-to-urban migrants | people who move from an agricultural area to a city |
| skyscrapers | very tall buildings |
| Elisha Otis | developed a safety elevation that would not fall if the lifting rope broke in the 1850s |
| mass transit | public transportation systems that carry large numbers of people |
| suburbs | residential areas surrounding a city |
| Fedrick Law Olmsted | a landscape engineer, designed Fairmount Park (also designed New York city's Central park) |
| tenements | multistory buildings divided into apartments to house as many residents as possible |
| cholera | a severe bacterial infection of the small intestine that causes dehydration, usually caused by drinking contaminated water |