WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As industrialization and urbanization are associated with a concentration of economic activity in cities and metropolitan areas, which leads to economies of scale in production and stimulate energy consumption. Production shifts from less energy intensive agriculture to more energy intensive manufacturing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Industrial growth transformed American society. It produced a new class of wealthy industrialists and a prosperous middle class. It also produced a vastly expanded blue collar working class.

Detailed explanation-3: -One factor which changes the form of urbanisation in the modern world was industrialization. It resulted in construction of more factories and settling down of people near them. There was an increase in movement of people from rural to urban areas in search of jobs. Other factors were unemployment and capitalism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement best describes urban areas during the late 1800s? Urban areas were often sparsely populated with few employment opportunities.