Module 44 practice quiz [The Origin and Influences of Urbanization]

Industrial production

Religious orders

Socioeconomic stratification

Regional migration

Family relationships

Chengdu, China

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Barcelona, Spain

Lima, Peru

Remoulins, France

The Russians introduced cities from Moscow, displacing the Hindu cities.

The Chinese dispersed urban life through ocean voyages on the Indian Ocean.

Greeks and Romans influenced the spread of cities between Spain and Portugal around 400 C.E.

European colonialism was the driver of the diffusion of city life to the Americas and South Africa during the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.

Cities dispersed within China but not outside of China's borders.

Subsistence farming

Manufacturing

Commercial agriculture

Discovery of fossil fuels

Tourism

To be better situated along transportation networks

Top be better protected from foreign invasion

To distance the new capital cities from the countries' colonial histories

To build modern, planned cities and administrative centers

To attract world trade to a new site

These cities are early hearths of domestication, functioning as centers of agricultural production.

These cities were hubs of population growth, rapidly expanding to become the first megacities.

These industrial cities were centers of manufacturing, supplying Western Europe with new technology.

These port cities were centers of trade, serving as links in terms of capital and labor mobility.

These cities were early adopters of sustainable design principles, providing an example for other cities.

The growth of urbanized areas in the region was influenced by many cities achieving dominance as political, financial, and informational capitals.

The development of urbanized areas in the region was influenced by growing trade networks between Europe, the Caribbean, and North America.

The growth of cities in the region was influenced by the accessibility of raw materials and markets through rivers and canals.

The development of urbanized areas in the region was influenced by the ability to easily transport goods between coastal areas and the interior of the country.

The development of cities in the region was influenced by the abundance of deep-water harbors and waterfalls where the flat coastal plains met higher lands.