Unit 6 Review Activities

A relatively large, densely populated settlement with a much larger population than rural towns and villages

• city

• town

• village

• hamlet

Crop yields that are sufficient to feed more people than the farmer and his or her family

• situation

• site

• socioeconomic stratification

• agricultural surplus

The structuring of society into distinct social and economic classes, including leadership (for instance, a government or ruling class) that exercise control over goods and people

• situation

• site

• socioeconomic stratification

• agricultural surplus

The agricultural and socioeconomic innovations that led to the rise of the earliest cities

• first agricultural revolution

• green revolution

• first urban revolution

• industrial revolution

The industrial innovations in mining and manufacturing that led to increased urban growth

• second urban revolution

• green revolution

• first urban revolution

• neolithic revolution

An absolute location of a place on Earth

• situation

• site

• socioeconomic stratification

• agricultural surplus

The relative location of a place in reference to its surrounding features, or its regional position with reference to other places

• situation

• site

• socioeconomic stratification

• agricultural surplus

A set of activities intended to revitalize an area that has fallen on hard times

• redevelopment

• gentrification
• suburban sprawl
• rural development

A populated area on the outskirts of a city

• downtown
• cityscape
• suburb
• metropolis

The tendency of cities to grow outward in an unchecked manner

• Urban expansion
• Urban sprawl
• City expansion
• Metropolitan growth