1. Urban Centers of the World Unit 3 Lesson 8
Texas Urban Triangle Regional Center
Urbanization
Urban Centers of the World
Unit 3 Lesson 8

2. Essential ?
What are the similarities and differences of the most significant cities in each of the cultural regions of the world?

3. Map Items on SIM Caracas, Venezuela Moscow, Russia
Abu Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Berlin, Germany
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Bogota, Colombia
Paris, France
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Umm Qasr, Iraq
London, United Kingdom
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Mumbai, India
Tokyo, Japan
New Delhi, India
Buenos Aires, Argentina
New York City, United States
Karachi, Pakistan
Jerusalem, Israel
Mexico City, Mexico
Los Angeles, United States
Islamabad, Pakistan
Gulf of Mexico
Damascus, Syria
Shanghai, China
Yucatan Peninsula
Tehran, Iran
Beijing, China
Caribbean Sea
Baghdad, Iraq
Washington, DC.
Athens, Greece
Arabian Peninsula
Singapore
Rome, Italy

4. No Vocab 

5. Earth @ Night Discussion
Where are the majority of the lights clustered?
What can you interpret about the areas around where the lights are clustered?
What would you tell someone who was not looking at this picture what night looked like?
4) How would you compare the Night picture from the Night picture?

6. Group Brainstorm & Think, Pair, Share
Complete in your Geography Journal
At your group, Identify the following influences for these significant cities:
Population
Economic
Social
Political
New York City
London
Tokyo

7. Work Time 
Complete IR-33
Using Reading from IR-34