| A | B |
|---|
| rural | area full of farms and small villages |
| urban | area within a large city |
| suburb | area located outside of a city consisting of towns |
| metropolitan area | a large city and its suburbs |
| megalopolis | urban areas that are close together that make it difficult to realize where one city ends and another begins |
| population density | measure of the number of people living in one square mile |
| cartograms | maps that change the size of states or countries to have them represent something other than the true land area |
| Sunbelt | states in the lower third of the United States that receive much sunshine and warm weather |
| census | a count of people living in a certain area |
