AP Human Geography / Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
6.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization
Notes
Early cities formed in river valleys after agriculture created food surpluses (Mesopotamia, Nile, Indus, Huang He).
- Today, urbanization is driven by jobs, services and rural-to-urban migration.
- Site and situation shape city growth.
Practice
Early cities developed after agriculture because of:
Not everyone had to farm.
A city's location on a trade route is part of its:
Connections.
Today, rapid urbanization is happening mostly in:
Africa and Asia.
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