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2)where does the majority of the world live?

a)in urban cities    b)rural areas       c)small towns

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1)After economic growth how were the crime rates in cities?
a)the same   b)lower   c)higher   d) there are no crime rates

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"Influence of Site and Situation on Cities"

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"Influence of Site and Situation on Cities"

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the best of the earliest agricultural settlements grew into urban centers after the Neolithic Revolution (10,000 BCE) as humans grew crops and domesticated crops. The most successful were the world's first city-states

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a city state has its own political system and functional independently from other city states, while in modern day being part of a country. It is essentially a city with surrounding villages and territory. Early city states emerged in several locations around the world. They often are near "urban hearths" and lots of resources. Many city-states were from ancient cities.

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Suburbs were caused by urbanization. Large, better quality houses for cheaper cost. More spread out than cities. With a growing economy after WW2, and high crime rates in the cities, people started moving to the outskirts of the cities. While equal amount of people were split between urban, suburban, and rural in the 60s, urban populations have increased. Population density of rural areas have increased, spread of business, and growing populations.
A Lot of people are returning to the cities, while others are moving to even rural-er areas. Tons by cities that grow big enough to be one is called a satellite city.

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the process of developing cities, the process requires cities and infrastructure. More people live in the city than rural areas. This is one of the most important phenomena of the 19th and 20th century. the majority of the world lives in cities.

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1)How did people survive before a settlement was found?
2)What are the characteristics of a urban settlement?
3)What is the process of developing cities and towns called?

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Settlements, around 12,000 years ago, were small and agriculturally based. They then grew to develop the presence of agricultural surplus, the rise of social stratification and a leadership class or urban elite, and the beginning of job specialization, because of irrigation, farming, and domestication of animals and plants. Hierarchy and class systems were formed because of this.

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Settlement- place with a permanent human population

Ecumene: bewildering variety of types of communities with a range of population densities

Suburbanization: the process of people moving, usually from cities, to
residential areas on the outskirts of cities.

Urbanization: the process of developing towns and cities

Percent urban: an indicator of the proportion of the population that lives in cities and towns as compared to those that live in cities.

Re urbanization:suburbanites return to live in the city in a process

Ex urbanization: others move farther out into rural areas and work remotely, in a process

Satellite city: an established town near a very large city grown into a city independent of the larger one

City- state: a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.