Practice FRQ:

Origins & Influences

of Urbanization
Unit 6, Module 44
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Using a different colored PEN,
correct your FRQ.
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answer you answer correctly. Keep
in mind that you must hit ALL points
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Topic: Urban Hearths & Urban Revolutions

❏ A: Rivers in the Nile, Mesopotamia, Indus, Huang Ho

(Yellow) valleys; each urban hearth in Africa + Asia has
a site feature of a river
❏ B: The first urban revolution refers to the agricultural +
socioeconomic innovations that led to the rise of the
world’s earliest cities, approx. 5-11,000 years ago
❏ C: The second urban revolution arose as societies
became industrial as a result of the innovations of
mining + manufacturing
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Topic: Urban Hearths & Urban Revolutions

❏ D: (1) focused on the market of ag products; (2)

population was usually related through
marriage/biology; (3) focused on traditions + beliefs near
sacred sites
❏ E: The small cities’ ag production could not yet support
large populations (ie: no large scale mechanization yet,
etc.); populations often did not exceed 200 persons
❏ F: As cities grow, ag production much increase +
transportation must improve so products can go from
farm to city to markets to households
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Topic: Urban Hearths & Urban Revolutions

❏ G: The first urban revolution related to agriculture, and

the second urban revolution related to industry. The
first urban revolution dealt with relatively small
populations (30,000+); the second agricultural
revolution dealt with larger numbers (50,000+)
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