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Urbs 230 Midterm Exam Questions With
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Urbanization - Answers✔- Process(es) of transformation of places and populations into a state
of being urban
- Transforming space, material, economic, demographic growth and development
Peak and Bain table shows that - Answers✔The average annual rate of change in world urban
population has decreased over time
Urban Age - Answers✔One half of the world's population is now urban, and the rate is very
rapid, particularly int he global south
Wirth's Definition of a City - Answers✔large size, high population density, and socially
heterogeneous people
Stats Can definition of urban - Answers✔- Pop center with at least 1000 people and pop density
of 400 people per square km
Stats Can urban center sizes - Answers✔- Small pop center: 1,000 - 29,999
- medium pop center: 30,000 - 99,999
- Large pop center: 100,000+
How do surrounding areas build up the metropolitan area? - Answers✔based on people's jobs,
daily activities in relation to the city center
What is a census metropolitan area? (CMA) - Answers✔- Urban areas including cities and their
suburbs
Stats Can definition of CMA and CA - Answers✔- Area consisting of one or more municipalities
situated around the core
- Must have pop of at least 100,000 and 50,000 like in the core.
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- CA must have a core pop of at least 10,000
Size of a hectare - Answers✔- 1 hectare = 100 ares = 10,000 m^2
- 1 are = 100m^2
- 100 hectares = 1km^2
Challenges of measuring urban globally - Answers✔- Compatibility of spatial boundaries
- Criteria used to classify urban and rural
- Insufficient pop data
- Globalization: fast transport and telecommunications
5 causes of sedentary societies - Answers✔- Climate warming: ability to grow more crops for
longer
- Religion
- Agriculture: surplus food, reorganization of society, non agriculture jobs
- Permanent settlement
- Larger population
Urban agglomeration - Answers✔- Continuous urban areas that include core cities and
surrounding suburbs
Megalopolis - Answers✔a region in which several large cities are connected "in a row"
Metacity - Answers✔Metropolitan cities with over 20mill people.
Regions with urban origin and agricultural communities - Answers✔- Mesopotamia
- Egypt
- Northern China
10 criteria to distinguish first cities from a village - Answers✔1) bigger and more densely
populated
2) Classes of people who didn't involve food production
3) Surplus given to deity/King
4) Monuments
5)Specialists supported by temple or cult ruling
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Urbs 230 Midterm Exam Questions With
Verified Answers
Urbanization - Answers✔- Process(es) of transformation of places and populations into a state
of being urban
- Transforming space, material, economic, demographic growth and development
Peak and Bain table shows that - Answers✔The average annual rate of change in world urban
population has decreased over time
Urban Age - Answers✔One half of the world's population is now urban, and the rate is very
rapid, particularly int he global south
Wirth's Definition of a City - Answers✔large size, high population density, and socially
heterogeneous people
Stats Can definition of urban - Answers✔- Pop center with at least 1000 people and pop density
of 400 people per square km
Stats Can urban center sizes - Answers✔- Small pop center: 1,000 - 29,999
- medium pop center: 30,000 - 99,999
- Large pop center: 100,000+
How do surrounding areas build up the metropolitan area? - Answers✔based on people's jobs,
daily activities in relation to the city center
What is a census metropolitan area? (CMA) - Answers✔- Urban areas including cities and their
suburbs
Stats Can definition of CMA and CA - Answers✔- Area consisting of one or more municipalities
situated around the core
- Must have pop of at least 100,000 and 50,000 like in the core.
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CA must have a core pop of at least 10,000
Size of a hectare - Answers✔- 1 hectare = 100 ares = 10,000 m^2
- 1 are = 100m^2
- 100 hectares = 1km^2
Challenges of measuring urban globally - Answers✔- Compatibility of spatial boundaries
- Criteria used to classify urban and rural
- Insufficient pop data
- Globalization: fast transport and telecommunications
5 causes of sedentary societies - Answers✔- Climate warming: ability to grow more crops for
longer
- Religion
- Agriculture: surplus food, reorganization of society, non agriculture jobs
- Permanent settlement
- Larger population
Urban agglomeration - Answers✔- Continuous urban areas that include core cities and
surrounding suburbs
Megalopolis - Answers✔a region in which several large cities are connected "in a row"
Metacity - Answers✔Metropolitan cities with over 20mill people.
Regions with urban origin and agricultural communities - Answers✔- Mesopotamia
- Egypt
- Northern China
10 criteria to distinguish first cities from a village - Answers✔1) bigger and more densely
populated
2) Classes of people who didn't involve food production
3) Surplus given to deity/King
4) Monuments
5)Specialists supported by temple or cult ruling
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