6.1 Flashcards
(7 cards)
agricultural surpluss
crop yields that are sufficient to feed more people than the farmer and their family
socioeconomic stratification
structuring of society into distinct socioeconomic classes, including leadership
first urban revolution
the agricultural and socioeconomic innovations that led to the rise of the earliest cities
capitalism
an economic and political system in which country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than owned and runned by the state
communism
an economic and political system in which all property is publicly owned and managed
streetcar suburbs
a settlement outside of a city with streetcar lines
second urban revolution
industrial innovations in mini and manufacturing that led to increased urban growth