3.2 Cities introduction

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

 Wat is cultuur?

    Chapter 3

Program

Homework: What is a city?

Largest cities on earth: quiz

Different types of cities

Assignments workbook + Homework

Is this a city?

Is this a city?

Is this a city?

Defenition of a city

Homework

Write down a short story about the term city.

What is a city and what are the characteristics?

Defenition of a city

Requirements

• Certain size/number of inhabitants
• High population density/building density
• Labour force working in industry/services
• Facilities for the area around the city
  

Largest cities

On the right are the names of 8 cities in the world.

Which 3 cities are the largest when you look at the number of inhabitants?

Write down the names of these three cities in the chat of Teams but wait to send it until your teacher signals you.

Largest cities

Introduction to the subject

Go through the chapter. 

What are you going to learn this chapter?
Which picture appeals most to you and why?

Types of cities

1. Capital city

= administrative centre of a country

2. Metropolis

= important at a global level

Examples ??

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Types of cities

1. Capital city

= administrative centre of a country

2. Metropolis

= important at a global level

3. Megacity

= ?

What is the defenition of a megacity?

Types of cities

1. Capital city

= administrative centre of a country

2. Metropolis

= important at a global level

3. Megacity

= a population of 10 million

people and more

4. Primate city

In which continent are most of the mega cities located?

1. Europe
2. Asia
3. Africa
4. South America

Mega cities 2021

Mega cities 2100

Types of cities

1. Capital city

2. Metropolis

3. Megacity

4. Primate city

= A city that in terms of population and functions/facilities is much more important than the "second" city in the country.

Example

Write down the different types of cities in Germany.

- Capital city

- Mega city

- Metropolis

- Primate city

Legend

Example

Write down the different types of cities in Angola.

- Capital city

- Mega city

- Metropolis

- Primate city

Legend

Now it's your turn........

Read TB page 54: What is a city?

Do WB page 74: 1 up to 4

Note: you will need the (online) Grote Bosatlas