Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Overview
- More than half of the world population is living in cities now and it is expected to reach 70% by
2050.
- However, around 100 years ago, this figure was only 20% and even lower before that.
Early History
- Mostly hunter-gather to seek for food.
- The development of semi-permanent villages due to the success of (1) _________ and
- agricultural techniques.
- Villages had to relocate every few years because the soil became (2)________
- (3)_____________ and soil tilling allow the long-term settlement, later develpoed to cities.
Why were cities overcrowded?
- Citiezens needed to trade their goods in a longer distance.
- They built carts, ships, roads, and ports that required a large number of (4)_________.
- Old cities in 2000 BC had their (5)__________ as twice as those of Shanghai or Calcutta.
The birth of modern cities
- Roman infrastructure was better than the others as they didn’t need to build walls to defend
attacks.
- The Industrial Revolution gave rise to modern city since they had mass production of goods,
starting to establish basic departments of police, fire, sanitation, roads and (6)________
The present-day cities
- The increasing rate of world’s population is predicted to happen in the (7)______ areas.
- The food, sanitation and (8) _________ have to be provided sufficiently for all residents.
- Agriculture is moving to (9)_________ farm and skyscapers, rooftop gardens, or vacant lots.
- Power is generated maninly by (10)__________
- The emergence of social housing where services are available in one place.