Urban Geography
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Urban Geography
Directions: Click on the link that says 'Urban Geography'. Read all of the information in the mini-website and answer the following questions.
The Functions of Cities
1. List six reasons people build cities:
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2. Click on the link that says security and defense and look at the slideshow. What is a type of building and house that people built in Europe for defense?
3. Click on the link that says religious centers and look at the slideshow. List two cities that are important because they are religious centers.
4. Click on the link that says service centers and read the caption. List three service industries.
5. Click on the link that says manufacturing centers and look at the slideshow. What is the name of large factories in Mexico?
6. Click on the link that says government administration and look at the slideshow. What is the capital of Brazil and why was it moved?
7. Click on the link that says trade centers and look at the slideshow. What is the name of an open air market in the Middle East?
How The Function of Cities Changes Over Time
Directions: Click on the link that says 'Click here to learn how function changes over time'.
8. How has the function of Rio di Janeiro changed over time?
9. How has the function of New York changed over time?
10. How has the function of Pittsburgh changed over time?
11. How can the function of a city change due to resource depletion?
Site and Situation
12. What is site?
13. What is situation?
14. Fill out the following table based on site.
Site / Cities that are examples of siteWhere a river narrows / London and
Island
Confluence
Fall Line
Hilltop
Oasis
Harbor
15. Fill out the following table based on situation.
Cities that grew on trade routesCities that grew on railroads
Cities that are supply stations for ships
Cities that are focal points for pilgrimages
Cities that can control areas
16. What country did the Silk Road start in and what country did it finish in?
17. What two empires did the city of Timbuktu belong to?
18. What types of goods were carried from Timbuktu to North Africa?
19. Singapore is located on the Strait of ______.
20. Why did Russia build the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
21. What European country founded Capetown?
23. What religion considers Mecca a sacred city? What religion considers Varanasi a sacred city?
24. Istanbul is on the land route between what two continents?
The Influence of Cities On the Regions Around Them
25. List eight ways cities can influence areas around them. Please write several sentences for each point and be sure to describe it fully.
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26. List six problems associated with the growth of urban areas. Be sure to read each caption and write down complete sentences.
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