Urbanization

What does “urbanization” mean?

• The study of cities.

• The process of forming cities.

• People finding work in cities.

• Farming in a city.

Which of the following would be factors for beginning a city in a certain place?

• Access to food, fresh water, good farmland, and trade.

• Access to food, money, and hunting materials.

• Access to fresh water, religious sites, and electricity.

• Access to money, food, gold, and saltwater.

Why did many of the first cities begin near rivers?

• Rivers were common places to find valuable metals such as gold and silver.

• Rivers gave easy access to land in the mountains.

• Rivers were a source of fresh water, food, and transportation.

• All of the above.

What is one reason why modern humans come to and stay in cities?

• Access to building materials.

• Jobs and other economic opportunities.

• Poverty and crime.

•  Good land for farming.

Which of the following statements is true about urbanization?

• Over half the world’s population lives in cities.

• In the last 50 years, half of the world’s cities have had their population go down.

• By 2050, over ⅔ of the world population will be farmers.

• Over half the world’s population lives in suburbs.

What areas of the world are urbanizing the most?

• Developed countries in North America and Europe.

• Warm climate countries in South America and the Middle East.

• Developing countries in Africa and southern Asia.

• Cold climate countries in northern Europe and Russia.

What is the long term effect of redlining?

• It has caused the segregation of most American schools.

• Some of the poorest neighborhoods in America today were once redlined neighborhoods.

• It has caused the integration of most American cities.

• Most of the mortgage officers who practiced redlining are now in jail.

Which statement is true?

• Many people living in low income neighborhoods feel like city services are difficult to access.

• Many people living in middle class neighborhoods feel like city services are difficult to access.

• Many businesses are hiring their own private police, fire, and sanitation services because most cities refuse to provide them.

• Many people are moving to the suburbs because cities do not provide sanitation services.

What is an effect of gentrification?

• Low income families increase the value of their property.

• Middle class white families lose value on their property.

• Low income families are often displaced and forced to move out of their neighborhood.

• All of the above.

What is “decentralization?”

• When families work in a city but live just outside it.

• Taxing people who live outside a city but use city resources.

• Discriminating against minorities and lower class people when deciding on mortgages.

• When a business takes its factory outside the city because of cheaper land.