Chapter 7 Test The Megalopolis

A  Megalopolis’ location relative to Europe encouraged immigration and trade

B  the rich hinterland possessed variable soils and a moderate climate

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

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

A  The Pacific Northwest

B  The Midwest/Great Lakes region

C  The Southwes

D  The Rocky Mountain region

E  The Southeast

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

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

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 textile mills in the South, requiring port laborers to ship finished textiles overseas.

A  Wild fires

B  Hurricanes

C  Chronic flooding

D  Tornadoes

E  Earthquakes

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 facilitated the shipment of raw materials from the colonies to Europe

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

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

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

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

A  Tertiary

B  Secondary

C  Quaternary

D  Primary

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

B  It does include some rural areas

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

D  It includes portions of Virginia and New Hampshire

E  All of these all correct

F  It is the largest settlement agglomeration in the United States

A  The Rocky Mountains

B  The Alps

C  The Cascade Range

D  Appalachian Mountains

E  The Sierra Nevadas

A  Deserts, Grasslands

B  Tundra, Forest

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  The Piedmont, the Ozarks, the Adirondacks

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

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  A subway system

B  An island off the coast of New York

C  An alcoholic beverage

D  A coastal heavy downpour

E  A hurricane

A  100,000

B  14,000

C  60,000

D  3,000

A  Brooklyn

B  Manhattan

C  The Bronx

D  Queens

E  Harlem

A  Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Forest Fires

B  Hurricanes, Drought, Tsunamis

C  Hurricanes, Blizzards, Flooding

D  Blizzards, Tornados, Drought

A  Tampa, Florida

B  Salt Lake City, Utah

C  Austin, Texas

D  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

E  San Diego, California

A  Low

B  Very Low

C  High

D  Moderate

E  Very High

A  Tensions between different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups

B  Loss of population from cities

C  A shortage of well educated and qualified workers

D  None of these will be a problem

A  Piedmont, Appalachians, Coastal Plain

B  Appalachians, Coastal Plain, Piedmont

C  Appalachians, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

D  Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Appalachians

A  Set a minimum square footage requirement for all homes

B  Created new zoning laws that protected newly built suburbs

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

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

E  Prohibited discrimination in housing

A  The opening of the Erie Canal mostly benefited New York

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

C  The textile industry was the first prominent industry in Megalopolis

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

E  The St. Lawrence Seaway benefited all of Megalopolis

A  Charleston, South Carolina

B  Los Angeles/Long Beach

C  Norfolk, Virginia

D  Seattle/Tacoma

E  New York/New Jersey

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

B  Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

C  San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA

D  Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL

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

A  Cultural institutions

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

C  Little variation in land use

D  A growth pattern that followed transportation corridors

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

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

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

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

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

A  New York

B  Boston

C  Baltimore

D  Washington, D.C.

E  Philadelphia

A  Urbanization

B  Declining air quality

C  Suburbanization

D  Over-fishing

E  Deindustrialization

A  Washington

B  New York

C  Boston

D  Philadelphia

A  Lagoons

B  Estuaries

C  Basins

D  Splits

A  Wheat

B  Tulips

C  Cotton

D  Cranberries

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

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

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

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

A  All of these contributed

B  New European immigrants provided cheap labor for factories

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

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

E  Northeastern cities had excellent locations for international trade