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Chapter 1: How and where do people live ? - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 1: How and where do people live ?
How has human society developed ?
Hunter-gatherer society - 15,000 years ago
Hunt wild animals
Gather food from flora
Nomadic lifestyle
Agrarian society - 10,000 years ago
Grow crops
Invented animal drawn ploughs to prepare land for growing crops.
Invented simple channels to irrigate land by directing water from rivers to farms
Rear livestock
Sedentary lifestyle
Developed in places with fertile land, aka. mouths of major rivers. Ex. Nile Delta, Egypt and Yellow River, China
Industrial society - 200 years ago
Commercial farming
Manufacturing
Found near waterways such as rivers, near sources of energy such as coal mines, or near places where raw materials can be easily obtained such as forests.
This is because manufacturing and commercial farming require transport, energy and raw materials.
Where do people live today ?
Feature of cities
Large Population
High Population Density
Cosmopolitan society
Built-up area