1. World’s Largest Cities

2. World’s Largest Cities
GOAL:
To use maps and data to
explain patterns of population
and movement
OBJECTIVES: TLW
Locate the largest urban areas in the world in several time periods
Describe the pattern of urban settlement in each period
Explain some economic, geographic or political reasons for the location of the largest cities in each period
World’s Largest Cities

3. World’s Largest Cities
At what point in history did a city in the Western Hemisphere make the top ten list?
In the year 500 CE, Teotihuacan, Mexico had a population of 125,000, becoming #6 on the Largest World Cities list. It did not appear on any other list after this, and it was 1900 before any other Western Hemisphere city appeared.

4. World’s Largest Cities
When was the first time a city had at least a million people? What city?
Beijing, China reached a population of 1.1 million in 1800

5. World’s Largest Cities
Europe had at least one city on the list from 100 CE until what year?
In 1950, London, Paris, Ruhr (Germany) and Moscow were on the list. By 2000, no European country made the top ten list.

6. World’s Largest Cities
Which Continent has the most cities in the top ten?
Describe the changes!

7. World’s Largest Cities
Which Continent has the most cities in the top ten?
Describe the changes!

8. World’s Largest Cities
Use your map to answer
the questions on
Patterns of World Cities.
Be ready to share your answers!

9. Largest World Cities in 100

10. Largest World Cities in 500

11. Largest World Cities in 900

12. Largest World Cities in 1000

13. Largest World Cities in 1200

14. Largest World Cities in 1500

15. Largest World Cities in 1600

16. Largest World Cities in 1800

17. Largest World Cities in 1900

18. Largest World Cities in 1950

19. Largest World Cities in 2000

20. Largest World Cities in 2015

21. World’s Largest Cities
Using a map of a time period either immediately preceding, or immediately after your map, compare the patterns.
What cities have either dropped off or been added?
What new regions are represented?
What event or events could have caused the change?

22. World’s Largest Cities
What region or regions lost or added cities? Why?
What time period shows the most difference from the previous one?
At what point did a city in the Western Hemisphere appear on the list?

23. World’s Largest Cities
What time period shows a loss of urban population?
What event or events could have caused the change?
When did the first city reach one million people?

24. World’s Largest Cities
Using the population tables or maps,
choose a city on at least three lists.
Describe its population changes
and the change in its relative location
at each period in history.