Chapter 7 Test The Megalopolis

A  The Fall Line initially kept the population on the Atlantic coastal plain allowing large cities to develop

B  While there were good harbors there were no accessible routes to the interior of the continent

C  the rich hinterland possessed variable soils and a moderate climate

D  Megalopolis’ location relative to Europe encouraged immigration and trade

A  The Rocky Mountain region

B  The Southeast

C  The Midwest/Great Lakes region

D  The Pacific Northwest

E  The Southwes

A  The heavier concentration of labor intensive crops like rice, cotton, sugar, and tobacco in the South.

B  The heavier concentration of factories requiring manufacturing laborers in the South.

C  The heavier concentration of labor intensive crops like corn, wheat, and dairy cattle in the South.

D  The lower number of slave revolts in the South led them to believe the slaves were content.

E  The heavier concentration of textile mills in the South, requiring port laborers to ship finished textiles overseas.

A  Earthquakes

B  Chronic flooding

C  Wild fires

D  Tornadoes

E  Hurricanes

A  Port cities were centers of culture, diversity, and innovation

B  Port cities allowed the rapid settlement of areas west of the Appalachians

C  Port cities allowed shipping trade between different colonies in the region

D  Port cities facilitated the shipment of raw materials from the colonies to Europe

A  The 1980s saw the displacement of lower-income residents through the process of gentrification

B  Immigration from Europe, especially Ireland and Germany in the 1940s and 1950s dramatically changed the population

C  The mid-1950s saw population movement from the central cities to suburban areas

D  Agricultural change was due to changes in land use and land value

E  After 1910, there was increasing migration into Megalopolis by African-Americans

A  Tertiary

B  Quaternary

C  Primary

D  Secondary

A  The term was coined by Jean Gottman to describe the population cluster extending from Washington, DC to Boston

B  All of these all correct

C  It does include some rural areas

D  It includes portions of Virginia and New Hampshire

E  it contains only 1.5% of the US land area but 17% of the population

F  It is the largest settlement agglomeration in the United States

A  The Alps

B  The Cascade Range

C  The Rocky Mountains

D  Appalachian Mountains

E  The Sierra Nevadas

A  Tundra, Forest

B  Deserts, Grasslands

C  Forest, Farmland

D  Farmland, Grasslands

A  Philadelphia was one of the first eastern cities to be planned rather than be settled haphazardly

B  The city was settled by Germans who brought with them this pattern of city development

C  The city developed more slowly than other eastern cities, allowing for the creation of more green spaces

D  The location of the city on the Delaware River meant that there was plenty of space for the city to include lots of green spaces

A  Prior to 1948 most African Americans lived in city centers because of discriminatory codes that prevented the sale of suburban houses to minorities.

B  Once discrimination in housing was outlawed many African-Americans began moving to suburban areas

C  After the restrictive immigration laws limited the numbers of new foreign-born in-migrants to the US, many African-Americans moved to the region from the Southern United States to find work

D  Early African-American settlers mostly found work on farms in rural parts of Megalopolis

A  The Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Pacific Border, the Columbia Plateau

B  The Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Appalachians

C  The Piedmont, the Ozarks, the Adirondacks

D  The Appalachians, the Central Lowland, and St. Lawrence Valley

A  I would go ashore and send settlement parties to explore inland areas. The most important thing would be to move westward across the continent to establish settlements in the interior.

B  I would explore the coast looking for a harbor where ships could easily put down anchor and establish a settlement there. The most important thing would be to find a location that would facilitate trade with Britain.

C  I would look first for open land that looked fertile. The most important thing would be to find a location with high quality soil for farming.

D  I would go ashore and establish the settlement as soon as I sighted land. The most important thing would be to get the settlement started as quickly as possible.

A  An alcoholic beverage

B  A coastal heavy downpour

C  A subway system

D  A hurricane

E  An island off the coast of New York

A  14,000

B  100,000

C  3,000

D  60,000

A  Brooklyn

B  Manhattan

C  Harlem

D  Queens

E  The Bronx

A  Blizzards, Tornados, Drought

B  Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Forest Fires

C  Hurricanes, Blizzards, Flooding

D  Hurricanes, Drought, Tsunamis

A  Austin, Texas

B  Salt Lake City, Utah

C  Tampa, Florida

D  San Diego, California

E  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A  Very High

B  Moderate

C  Very Low

D  Low

E  High

A  A shortage of well educated and qualified workers

B  Tensions between different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups

C  None of these will be a problem

D  Loss of population from cities

A  Appalachians, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

B  Appalachians, Coastal Plain, Piedmont

C  Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Appalachians

D  Piedmont, Appalachians, Coastal Plain

A  Prohibited discrimination in housing

B  Took away the authorization of the state seizing the homes of citizens

C  Created new zoning laws that protected newly built suburbs

D  Set a minimum square footage requirement for all homes

E  Made sure that rural homeowners could keep their property in the case of crop failures

A  The St. Lawrence Seaway benefited all of Megalopolis

B  The textile industry was the first prominent industry in Megalopolis

C  The opening of the Erie Canal mostly benefited New York

D  Political splintering is one of the major problems facing Megalopolis today

E  New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, and Washington DC are the main nodes of Megalopolis

A  New York/New Jersey

B  Los Angeles/Long Beach

C  Seattle/Tacoma

D  Norfolk, Virginia

E  Charleston, South Carolina

A  Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH

B  Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD

C  Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

D  San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA

E  Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL

A  Places that import what they lack from places that have a surplus

B  A growth pattern that followed transportation corridors

C  Little variation in land use

D  Most of the construction of beltways and parkways took place after World War II

E  Cultural institutions

A  Most people thought the landscape around New York was more beautiful to that around Philadelphia, so they preferred to settle in New York

B  New York had a greater diversity of immigrants from all over Europe

C  New York had better access to locations in the interior such as the Great Lakes

D  The city fathers of New York had access to more capital

A  Boston

B  Philadelphia

C  New York

D  Baltimore

E  Washington, D.C.

A  Urbanization

B  Over-fishing

C  Suburbanization

D  Deindustrialization

E  Declining air quality

A  Boston

B  New York

C  Washington

D  Philadelphia

A  Estuaries

B  Lagoons

C  Basins

D  Splits

A  Cotton

B  Tulips

C  Cranberries

D  Wheat

A  When neighborhoods diversify, leading to mixing of different ethnic groups

B  Ethnic groups each live in their own neighborhoods near the center of the city

C  Immigrants gradually lose ties to their homelands and adapt to living in North America

D  Members of an ethnic group move to mixed suburban neighborhoods, but maintain personal connections with their communities without living in the same area

A  Northeastern cities had excellent locations for international trade

B  The Erie Canal and railroads gave easy access to the resources of the interior

C  Eastern cities had the nation’s largest supply of capital which provided the money needed to support business

D  New European immigrants provided cheap labor for factories

E  All of these contributed