TCU Urban World Walker Exam One Exam | Questions & 100% Correct Answers (Verified) | Latest Update | Grade A+

Where did the world first urbanize, and why? How did urbanization spread around the world, geographically? Correct Answer: - Fertile Crescent in Mesopotamia in 3625 B.C. between - agriculture led to the first cities How have shares of the world's population shifted between urban and rural areas over the past several decades? Correct Answer: - The world became majority urban population in the last 200 years from industrialization - 2008 marked majority urban - The rural population has flattened out How does urbanization vary by world region? How has this changed over time? Correct Answer: - Africa is the lowest but still rapidly increasing - Asia is becoming more urban even though it has a history of rural folklore - Latin American and the Caribbean are the most urbanized 2 In the early 20th century, where were the world's largest cities located? Correct Answer: - London - New York - Paris - Tokyo Where are the world's largest cities expected to be located in 2030? (EX: M.C. Question) Correct Answer: - South Asia (India), Africa, China and Japan, Brazil What is a city? What factors are associated with definitions of "urban areas"? Correct Answer: - A geographic plexus, an economic organization, an institutional process, a theater of social action, and an aesthetic symbol of collective unity How do we study cities? Give examples of the use of: - Urban and social theory - Mapping and geographic information science - Quantitative analysis - Qualitative methods Correct Answer: Where is the Chicago metropolitan area? What does it encompass? Correct Answer: Aurora, Naperville, maybe even out to South Bend, IN, north to Waukegen 3 What factors contributed to Chicago's early growth? Correct Answer: The canal between great lakes and Mississippi river, fur trade, railways, shipping, stockyards, immigration When was Chicago founded, and by whom? Correct Answer: 1780s by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable What are some of the reasons why Chicago emerged as a major world city? Correct Answer: connected the great lakes with Mississippi river, became a financial, manufacturing and retail hub. immigrants and rural people moved to city for jobs. railways connected east and west