Urban Development and Technological Innovations: A Historical Perspective, Quizzes of Geography

Download Urban Development and Technological Innovations: A Historical Perspective and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Decentralization DEFINITION 1 economic considerations (e.g. industrial parks), technological developments (e.g. electricity, phone, cars) TERM 2 Suburbanization DEFINITION 2 shift of population and businesses from central cities to suburbs. Rapid growth and expansion of the suburban parts of metropolitan areas. TERM 3 Four Eras of Post Colonial North American City DEFINITION 3 Building urban consciousness Urban expansion Metropolitanization 1950 to Present TERM 4 Colonial American City (1500-1800) DEFINITION 4 Patterns based on European cities Through out of the colonial period the five cities of Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, and Charelston were the largest and most influential cities. This is the period of building urban consciousness TERM 5 Urban Expansion Era (1800- 1880) DEFINITION 5 Transportation systems allowed movement from west and continues urbanization. Urban development occurred next to waterways All regions except south and mountain regions of the west were experiencing great amount of growth. Civil War- confrontation between urban-rural and industrial and agricultural values. TERM 6 Social Polarization DEFINITION 6 Polarization between wealthy and poor Emergence of middle class= new course in the development of American society. TERM 7 Characteristics of Cities in Urban Expansin DEFINITION 7 First census taken in 1970 revealed that only five cities had 10,000 or more inhabitants and only 200,000 lived in urban areas. Cities were growing in size and numbers, not only in the east but were spreading to the west. TERM 8 Social Changes of the 19th C.E. DEFINITION 8 Women joined the labor force first were lower-class woman who had to work for survival. mid 19th century middle class women joined too. Brought about a change in the population married later, had fewer children. TERM 9 Metropolitanization 1880- 1950 DEFINITION 9 Characterized by: dramatic technological changes that revamp the city in transportation and tech. innovations. Centralization of city functions. TERM 10 Transportation (1860-1950) DEFINITION 10 Railroad, Trolley, Subway impacted how much food is brought into a city transportation within a city changed (i.e large cities needed underground subways)