Chapter 7 Test The Megalopolis

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

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

C  Megalopolis’ location relative to Europe encouraged immigration and trade

D  the rich hinterland possessed variable soils and a moderate climate

A  The Southwes

B  The Southeast

C  The Midwest/Great Lakes region

D  The Pacific Northwest

E  The Rocky Mountain region

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

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

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

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

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

A  Hurricanes

B  Chronic flooding

C  Earthquakes

D  Wild fires

E  Tornadoes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Quaternary

B  Secondary

C  Primary

D  Tertiary

A  It does include some rural areas

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

C  It includes portions of Virginia and New Hampshire

D  It is the largest settlement agglomeration in the United States

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

F  All of these all correct

A  The Alps

B  The Cascade Range

C  The Rocky Mountains

D  The Sierra Nevadas

E  Appalachian Mountains

A  Tundra, Forest

B  Deserts, Grasslands

C  Forest, Farmland

D  Farmland, Grasslands

A  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

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

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

B  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

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

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

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

B  The Piedmont, the Ozarks, the Adirondacks

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

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

A  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.

B  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.

C  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.

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 island off the coast of New York

B  A subway system

C  A hurricane

D  A coastal heavy downpour

E  An alcoholic beverage

A  3,000

B  100,000

C  60,000

D  14,000

A  Manhattan

B  The Bronx

C  Harlem

D  Brooklyn

E  Queens

A  Hurricanes, Drought, Tsunamis

B  Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Forest Fires

C  Hurricanes, Blizzards, Flooding

D  Blizzards, Tornados, Drought

A  San Diego, California

B  Salt Lake City, Utah

C  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

D  Austin, Texas

E  Tampa, Florida

A  Very High

B  Low

C  Moderate

D  High

E  Very Low

A  Loss of population from cities

B  A shortage of well educated and qualified workers

C  None of these will be a problem

D  Tensions between different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups

A  Appalachians, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

B  Appalachians, Coastal Plain, Piedmont

C  Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Appalachians

D  Piedmont, Appalachians, Coastal Plain

A  Created new zoning laws that protected newly built suburbs

B  Prohibited discrimination in housing

C  Set a minimum square footage requirement for all homes

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

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

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

B  The opening of the Erie Canal mostly benefited New York

C  The textile industry was the first prominent industry in Megalopolis

D  The St. Lawrence Seaway benefited all of Megalopolis

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

A  Seattle/Tacoma

B  New York/New Jersey

C  Los Angeles/Long Beach

D  Norfolk, Virginia

E  Charleston, South Carolina

A  San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA

B  Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL

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

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

E  Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

A  Little variation in land use

B  Cultural institutions

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

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

E  A growth pattern that followed transportation corridors

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

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

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

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

A  Philadelphia

B  Boston

C  Baltimore

D  New York

E  Washington, D.C.

A  Deindustrialization

B  Declining air quality

C  Urbanization

D  Over-fishing

E  Suburbanization

A  Philadelphia

B  Boston

C  Washington

D  New York

A  Lagoons

B  Estuaries

C  Basins

D  Splits

A  Cotton

B  Cranberries

C  Tulips

D  Wheat

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

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

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

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

A  All of these contributed

B  New European immigrants provided cheap labor for factories

C  Northeastern cities had excellent locations for international trade

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

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