AP®︎ Human Geography: Topic 6.1 Flashcards

A concentrated settlement with a relatively large, dense population and predominantly nonagricultural economic activity

The outward movement of people, economic activities, and development from a central city into surrounding communities

The long transition from agricultural villages to the first cities, enabled by food surpluses, specialization, trade, and organized authority

The physical characteristics at or immediately around a settlement’s location, such as landforms, water, climate, soils, resources, and terrain

A settlement’s location relative to other places and its accessibility within networks of transportation, trade, communication, resources, and markets

The principal role a settlement performs, such as trade, transportation, manufacturing, administration, defense, or resource extraction

A location where goods are transferred from one mode of transportation to another, often generating storage, processing, trade, and urban employment

The rapid industrial-era expansion of cities driven by factory employment, industrial concentration, declining demand for farm labor, and rural-to-urban migration

Cost and productivity benefits firms gain by clustering near shared labor, suppliers, transportation, markets, information, and other firms

The process by which an increasing share of a population lives in urban settlements

An increase in the absolute number of people living in urban settlements