GGR 124 University of Toronto EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE

Urbanization - correct answer Shifting population balance between urban and rural areas Social Surplus - correct answer Production of basic goods over and above what is needed for subsistence Frontier Mercantilism - correct answer Cities were commercial centers Little industry - some traditional crafts People would live above their shops Very small and specialized True 'walking' cities People didn't get around too much No formal transportation (Horse and cart if you could afford it) Agglomeration - correct answer A process involving the clustering or concentrating of people or activities. The term often refers to manufacturing plants and businesses that benefit from close proximity because they share skilled-labor pools and technological and financial amenities. Borchert's 4 stages - correct answer Stage I - Frontier Mercantilism: Stage II () Early Industrial Capitalism: Stage III () National Industrial Capitalism: Stage IV (1935 - present) Mature Industrial Capitalism: Mega lopolis - correct answer greatest concentration of population identified by large city Allen Pred's Classification - correct answer Allan Pred (1977) classified urban systems according to their internal interdependence and external openness Rank-Size Rule - correct answer City's rank in the urban system is inversely proportional its population size. The greater the population size, th