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APHG 6.1-6.3 Urban

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Created by: Ajsteele

Popular AP Human Geography sets

1.1, 1.4

introduction to maps

Scale of analysis and Regional analysis

Geographic Data, Spacial concepts, Human-Environmental interaction

1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7

FIRST SET OF VOCAB

Second set of pop vocab

Term	Definition
site	The physical character of a place
world city (global city)	a city that functions as a service center of the world economy
urbanization	An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.
urban sprawl	the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions
exurbs	communities that arise farther out than the suburbs and are typically populated by residents of high socioeconomic status
situation	the location of a place relative to other places
metacity	A city with a population over 20 million
edge cities	cities that are located on the outskirts of larger cities and serve many of the same functions of urban areas, but in a sprawling, decentralized suburban environment
urban hierarchy	A ranking of settlements according to their size and economic functions.
Central Business District	The central location where the majority of consumer services are located in a city or town (DOWN TOWN)
boomburgs	rapidly growing suburbs
suburbanization	Movement of upper and middle-class people from urban core areas to the surrounding outskirts to escape pollution as well as deteriorating social conditions (perceived and actual). In North America, the process began in the early nineteenth century and became a mass phenomenon by the second half of the twentieth century.
megacities	cities with more than 10 million people

physical	The _____ character of a place	1	1	true
functions	a city that _____ as a service center of the world economy	2	1	true
living	An increase in the percentage and in the number of people _____ in urban settlements.	3	1	true
cities	the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of _____ into surrounding regions	4	1	true
exurbs	Definition: communities that arise farther out than the suburbs and are typically populated by residents of high socioeconomic status	5	0	false
situation	Definition: the location of a place relative to other places	6	0	false
metacity	Definition: A city with a population over 20 million	7	0	false
edge cities	Definition: cities that are located on the outskirts of larger cities and serve many of the same functions of urban areas, but in a sprawling, decentralized suburban environment	8	0	false
urban hierarchy	Definition: A ranking of settlements according to their size and economic functions.	9	0	false
boomburgs	Definition: rapidly growing suburbs	11	0	false
middle-class	Movement of upper and _____ people from urban core areas to the surrounding outskirts to escape pollution as well as deteriorating social conditions (perceived and actual). In North America, the process began in the early nineteenth century and became a mass phenomenon by the second half of the twentieth century.	12	1	true
megacities	Definition: cities with more than 10 million people	13	0	false