USA HISTORY

LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861

THE TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION TURNPIKES TO STEAMBOATS TO RAILROADS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The process of people moving from the country and small towns to cities is known as:
A
Urbanization
B
Citification
C
Staycation
D
Industrialization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Movement of people from rural areas or villages to urban areas or cities is known as rural-urban migration.

Detailed explanation-2: -urbanization, the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.

Detailed explanation-3: -The world population has grown significantly, and our economies have become more industrialized over the past few hundred years, and as a result many more people have moved into cities. This process is known as urbanization.

Detailed explanation-4: -Urbanization refers to the concentration of human populations into discrete areas. This concentration leads to the transformation of land for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation purposes. It can include densely populated centers, as well as their adjacent periurban or suburban fringes (see Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-5: -Urbanization is defined by the United Nations as movement of people from rural to urban areas with population growth equating to urban migration. People move into cities to seek economic opportunities.

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