unit 2 key terms

  • industrialization

    is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods.
  • urbinization

    refers to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical.
  • americanization

    the act or process of Americanizing
  • immigration

    is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there.