GGRA03H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Industrial Revolution, Beautiful Music
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Ggra03 midterm prep: 4 fundamental characteristics of the city: labour, class structured society, large population, source of income. 1. 4 main changes to the city that occurred during the industrial revolution: technology, urbanization, increasing wold capitalism, expansion of global markets. 1. compare utopian concepts to present day cities such as toronto. Utopian cities are almost perfect- beautiful, free health care and education etc. Toronto is kind of like this because we have free health care and education through the taxes we pay. Niagara on the lake is like a utopian city because it"s very beautiful- music playing, flowers blossoming everywhere, and its equal for everyone as most people there are wealthy: define informal settlements and explain why they occur. Groups of housing units have been constructed on land that the occupants have no legal claim to. Often the only choice for poor people.
