6.1 The Origin and Influence of Urbanization

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What is the term for the permanently inhabited portion of the earth's surface?

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Ecumene

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What is the term for farms and villages, or areas with low concentrations of people?

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Rural

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What is the term for areas that are primarily residential areas near cities?

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Suburbs

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What is a place with a permanent human population called?

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Settlement

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What is the process of developing towns and cities, an ongoing process that does not end once a city is formed?

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Urbanization

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What is the common statistic associated with regions, countries, and even continents that is the proportion of the population that lives in cities and towns as compared to those that live in rural areas?

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Percent urban

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What term describes the characteristics of the immediate location, such as physical features, climate, labor force, and human structures?

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Site

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What term refers to the location of a place relative to its surrounding and connectivity to other places, such as near a gold mine, on the coast, or by a railroad?

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Situation

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What is the term for an urban center and its surrounding territory and agricultural villages?

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City-state

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What is an area generally associated with defensible sites and river valleys in which seasonal floods and fertile soils allowed for an agricultural surplus, such as the Tigris and Euphrates Valley?

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Urban hearth