| A | B |
| urbanization | movement of large numbers of people from rural areas to the cities |
| tenement | building divided into many tiny apartments |
| settlement house | center offering help to urban poor |
| steerage | large compartments of ships that usually held cattle |
| assimilation | process of becoming part of another culture |
| urban | city area |
| rural | countryside |
| suburb | area within commuting distance of a city |