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World’s Largest Cities. GOAL: To use maps and data to explain patterns of population and movement OBJECTIVES: TLW Locate the largest urban areas in the world in several time periods Describe the pattern of urban settlement in each period - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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World’s Largest
Cities
GOAL: To use maps and data to explain patterns of population and movement OBJECTIVES: TLW
•Locate the largest urban areas in the world in several time periods•Describe the pattern of urban settlement in each period•Explain some economic, geographic or political reasons for the location of the largest cities in each period
At what point in history did a city in the Western Hemisphere make the top ten list?
In the year 500 CE, Teotihuacan, Mexico had a population of 125,000, becoming #6 on the Largest World Cities list. It did not appear on any other list after this, and it was 1900 before any other Western Hemisphere city appeared.
World’s Largest Cities
When was the first time a city had at least a million people? What city?
Beijing, China reached a population of 1.1 million in 1800
World’s Largest Cities
Europe had at least one city on the list from 100 CE until what year?
In 1950, London, Paris, Ruhr (Germany) and Moscow were on the list. By 2000, no European country made the top ten list.
World’s Largest Cities
World’s Largest Cities
Use your map to answer the questions on
Patterns of World Cities.
Be ready to share your answers!
Using a map of a time period either immediately preceding, or immediately after your map, compare the patterns.
•What cities have either dropped off or been added?
•What new regions are represented?
•What event or events could have caused the change?
World’s Largest Cities
World’s Largest CitiesWhat region or regions lost or added cities? Why?
What time period shows the most difference from the previous one?
At what point did a city in the Western Hemisphere appear on the list?
World’s Largest Cities
What event or events could have caused the change?
When did the first city reach one million people?
What time period shows a loss of urban population?