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World’s Largest Cities

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

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World’s Largest Cities

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  1. World’sLargest Cities

  2. 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 World’s Largest Cities

  3. World’s Largest Cities 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. World’s Largest Cities Which Continent has the most cities in the top ten? Describe the changes!

  7. World’s Largest Cities Which Continent has the most cities in the top ten? Describe the changes!

  8. World’s Largest Cities Use your map to answer the questions on Patterns of World Cities. Be ready to share your answers!

  9. Largest World Cities in 100

  10. Largest World Cities in 500

  11. Largest World Cities in 900

  12. Largest World Cities in 1000

  13. Largest World Cities in 1200

  14. Largest World Cities in 1500

  15. Largest World Cities in 1600

  16. Largest World Cities in 1800

  17. Largest World Cities in 1900

  18. Largest World Cities in 1950

  19. Largest World Cities in 2000

  20. Largest World Cities in 2015

  21. World’s Largest Cities • 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?

  22. World’s Largest Cities What 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?

  23. World’s Largest Cities What time period shows a loss of urban population? What event or events could have caused the change? When did the first city reach one million people?

  24. World’s Largest Cities Using the population tables or maps, choose a city on at least three lists. Describe its population changes and the change in its relative location at each period in history.

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