USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Urbanization refers to ____
A
the development of industries for the machine production of goods
B
the growth of cities and the migration of people into them
C
a person who organizes, manages, and takes on risks of business
D
the industry in which the United States began their industrialization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -urbanization, the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.

Detailed explanation-4: -Migration is the demographic process that links rural to urban areas, generating or spurring the growth of cities. The resultant urbanization is linked to a variety of policy issues, spanning demographic, economic, and environmental concerns. Growing cities are often seen as the agents of environmental degradation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Urbanization refers to the mass movement of populations from rural to urban settings and the consequent physical changes to urban settings.

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