1. CHAPTER 6, SECTION 2 Human Systems Section 1: Economic Geography
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CHAPTER 6, SECTION 2
Human Systems
Section 1: Economic Geography
Section 2: Urban and Rural Geography
Section 3: Political Geography
Chapter 06

2. How have people used land throughout human history?
Chapter 6, Section 2 Urban and Rural Geography
Objectives:
How have people used land throughout human history?
How does urban geography describe human settlements?
What are some of the ways people use land in rural areas?

3. Definitions:
Domestication – being able to grow plants and tame animals for human use; many scientists believe that the domestication of plants and animals first began in Southwest Asia

4. Definitions:
Urbanization – the growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities (more people living in cities than in the country)
World Cities – the most important centers of economic power and wealth. Examples would include New York, London, Tokyo and Paris.

5. Definitions:
Central Business District (CBD) – the place in a city where large stores, offices and buildings are located
Edge Cities – clusters of buildings or shopping centers that are away from the central business district
In developed countries, about 75 percent of the people live in cities

6. Definitions:
Subsistence Agriculture – food is produced by a family for its own needs; the kind of agriculture practiced most widely around the world
Shifting Cultivation – farmers clear trees or brush for planting, then the land is farmed for a few years until it is no longer fertile, then a new field is cleared

7. Definitions:
Pastoralism – a type of subsistence agriculture in which a person herds animals – usually cattle, goats, horses or sheep.
Market-Oriented Agriculture – commercial agriculture; farmers grow products to sell to consumers

8. Definitions:
Agribusiness – is the operation of specialized commercial farms for more efficiency and profits
Many cities were built along trade routes

9. Question: How have people used land throughout human history?
CHAPTER 6, SECTION 2
Urban and Rural Geography
Question:
How have people used land throughout human history?

10. Agriculture and Human History
CHAPTER 6, SECTION 2
Urban and Rural Geography
Agriculture and Human History
People develop agriculture and transform their environments.
Towns and cities grow as civilizations develop.
Hunter-gatherers move with the seasons in search of food.
Agriculture provides surplus food and allows people to learn new crafts and skills.
Humans domesticate plants and animals.
Trade between cities increases cultural diffusion.

11. for agriculture (agriculture began about 10,000 years ago) for cities
Chapter 6, Section 2 Urban and Rural Geography
Using the land:
for hunting and gathering (this was the main way of life for most of human history)
for agriculture (agriculture began about 10,000 years ago)
for cities

12. Urban geography describes urban settlements in various ways:
Chapter 6, Section 2 Urban and Rural Geography
Urban geography
Urban geography describes urban settlements in various ways:
location
size and distribution
land use
urban problems

13. The key economic activity is agriculture. subsistence market-oriented
Chapter 6, Section 2 Urban and Rural Geography
Rural land use:
The key economic activity is agriculture.
subsistence
market-oriented
Rural land is also used for forestry, mining, and recreation.

14. People usually must travel to find all the resources they need.
Chapter 6, Section 2 Urban and Rural Geography
People usually must travel to find all the resources they need.

15. Cities grow because of the following:
Chapter 6, Section 2 Urban and Rural Geography
City Growth:
Cities grow because of the following:
Location of key resources – resources must be relatively close
location along transportation and trade routes
fresh water
Easily defended from attack

16. There basically are four different sizes of cities:
Chapter 6, Section 2 Urban and Rural Geography
City Growth:
There basically are four different sizes of cities:
Villages – a few hundred people (Normangee)
Towns – have some stores that sell things like groceries, cars, furniture; also may have a county courthouse (Madisonville)

17. Chapter 6, Section 2 Urban and Rural Geography
City Growth:
3. Cities – several thousand to a few million people (College Station, Dallas, Austin)
4. Giant Urban Areas – also called World Cities – London, New York, Tokyo, Paris