Warm-Up Answer the following questions in the notes section of your notebook.
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Transcript of Warm-Up Answer the following questions in the notes section of your notebook.
Warm-Up
Answer the following questions in the notes section of your notebook.
1. What is population density?2. How does population density differ from population?3. What factors influence where people choose to live?4. Why do people choose to move to the city?
World GeographyPatterns of Settlement
What influences where people settle?• Water sources• Climate• Fertile soil• Central location• Economic activities• Natural resources
Do settlement patterns change over time?• Absolutely!!!!• The discovery of valuable resources, construction of new
transportation routes, or new technology can attract people.
Urban Centers - Vocabulary• Suburbs• Metropolitan region• Squatter
settlement/shanty town• Infrastructure
Structure of a City
Central Business District
Residential
Suburbs
Squatter Settlements
Writing Samples
Process by which city’s grow by 100,000 people a year. Urbanization overall has a negative affect on people. Lack of supplies, and negative population affting the people.
Urbanization is the process by which cities grow. Many people choose to move to the city for job opportunities and access to services. However, urbanization overall has a negative effect on people. When the city grows at too quickly of a rate, there can be lack of supplies, as well as pollution, which affects the people.
Writing Samples
Urbanization is the process in which cities grow larger. Urbanization can cause harm to people in an urban area. No housing, lack of food, and crime can be very harmful effects of urbanization.
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Urbanization makes a city grow and may be important to it but what about the residents that have lived there before? Negative impact. Less jobs and transportation would be some of the problems caused by urbanization.
Urbanization is the growth of cities and can be a concern to the residents who live there. However, urbanization can have a negative impact on urban residents. Less jobs and inadequate transportation are just some of the problems caused by urbanization.
APUSH Quiz
Define the economic theory of mercantilism.
Explain what role colonies play in mercantilism.
Thursday, September 11
1. Please pick up a handout and a workbook.2. Warm-Up
Study the information on the handout and then rank the countries from 1 to 3, with 1 being the most developedand three being the least developed.
Levels of Development Vocabulary1. Human Development Index2. more developed nations3. less developed nations4. newly industrialized/emerging economies5. gross domestic product (GDP)6. per capita GDP 7. standard of living8. life expectancy9. literacy rate10. infant mortality rate