hum geo unit 6 Flashcards
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city
conglomeration of ppl and building together serves as a center of politics, culture, and economics.
urban
the buildup of the city and the suburbs around it
urbanization
movement of pple from rural to urban areas very quickly. can lead to unnadequate infrastructure.
why does U.s have a high urban population
our land is big and the cities are spread out
why does italy have a high urban population
has phusical features that forces people to live closer together, which leads to urbanization
why does australia have a high urban population
most of the countiy is desert so have to live closer together leading to urbanization.
egalitarian
ppl worked for the common good of the village
orignis of urbanization
first there where small villages where most of the pouplation was involved in agriculture for food. however as more food came, it meant more people, so then some ppl did not need to farm. And thes when cilivations where created. the first urban revelotuion came from the first agricultural revolution.
social stratification
back in the first cilivations social hierachy, there had to be some sort of gov. which imposed taxes in the form of food.
characterizations of civilizations
- advanced cities that r planned for growth
- Adavnced technology, the abily to build simple machines
- record keeping sucha as birth, death, tax certificates
- spelized jobs
- complex institutions sucha as gov and religon.
hearths of civilazation
- 5- mesoameria , the connection between north and south ameriea
- 3 - indus valley near india
- 2 -nile valley connected between africa and europe
- 1- mesopotamia, the fertile creasnt
- 4- Huang he river valley near china
they all had riveres in common as its needed to start a cilization
when and why did pple start to live in cities - mesopotamia
3500 bce in mesopotamia. this is because of hierchey, the temple/ reeligous center in where the most important ppl lived, then in the outside of the walls is where the less important lived
when and why did pple start to live in cities - nilve river valley
in 3200 bce in nile river valley, had a priest king idelogy, had no walls for protection because it was desert on one side and river on the ther. they had a theocracy
indus river valley
- harappa and mohenjo daro is where the river start and runs
- was intericatly planed, even had irrgiation and sewage system
- however is the only hearth that died out, this was because of famine caused by land degradation.
Huang He and wei river valleys
was purposefully planne citiesm had a grid pattern. had walls and temples and places fort he lerdership/higher class.
Mayan and aztec cities
theocratic centers wheere hte rulers had divine authroity and where god-kings.
what is Borcherts epochs
epoc means era. kinda like DTm and ETM but whith technology
Borcherts epochs
1- 1790-1830: sail-wagon epoch
2- 1830-1870 : industrial revolution / iron horse epoch
3- 1870-1920 : steel rail epoch
4- 1920- 1970: auto air eminty epoch
5- 1970 - presnet day : high technology epoch
roman cities
a sytem of cities and small town s, tlinked tgh by lots for road and sea routes. thery were sites for trade. had a porum whihc is a agora and acropolis puttogether. had eitheri extreme wealth or poverty.
how urbanization was diffused.
acropolis and agroa
acropolis : a religous place and a gov
agora : a market center
maritime exploration led to
- change is situation to favor costal location, cause trade is faster in water
- was continued under colonialism : making money for the mother coutny
- allowed wealth for mercantile cities in europe
- and the europe modeled as cicites for tother colonies
the 2nd urabn revelution
movement of people to cities to work in amnufacturing
what caused the second urban reveloution
the sendond agr revelution, which improved food production and created a surplus of food
and industrialization which was encouraged the growth of cities near industrial resources. needed land labor and capital.
how was the send urbadn revelotuom
as people becoem to move in quickly there was no time for infrasture to suppor thrm. so cities become messy abd busy. overcrwoding, sanitation issues, child labor and more.
