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