Chapter 4

In what period did people began to leave the largest metropolitan regions in greater numbers than those who moved in the regions?

1960s

The spread of urban population far beyond city limits also had a strong impact on rural activities in Megalopolis such as

A greater number of people having to be fed by foodstuffs shipped in from rural areas Tens of millions of people in urban Megalopolis began consuming agricultural products from across America and beyond Table crops such as tomatoes, lettuce and apples came to dominate farm production in sections of rural Megalopolis The production of dairy products increased

What occurs wherever rivers flow off the Piedmont?

A series of rapids form A series of small waterfalls are formed along a line tracing the physiographic boundary A boundary known as the fall line is formed A source of water power is created

Exurbia refers to

A zone that is further out than many suburbs Areas of converted vacation homes Rural estates Areas containing longer-distance commuters and people who are able to work from home

Greater opportunity for access to water transportation in Megalopolis could be attributed to

An interpenetrated coastline Bays and river estuaries that penetrate the landmass Peninsulas that jut into the Atlantic Ocean Islands that are scattered along the coast

What two bays were formed from the drowned lower courses of the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers?

Chesapeake and Delaware

Which one of the following is NOT a city that established planning commissions whose jurisdictions extend beyond the geographic limits of each large central city?

Chicago

Ninety years ago, the central business districts of all large cities were crowded with spiderweb networks of telephone lines, testifying to the intensity of

Communication demands

Which of the following are present in the metropolitan areas of Megalopolis?

Crowded housing Industrial plants Theaters Dilapidated structures

Urban forms are manifested by

Dense patterns of streets and buildings Industrial centers Retail clusters and wholesale clusters Governmental complexes

Prior to 1910, the cities of Megalopolis absorbed large numbers of immigrants from

Europe

Proximity to the ocean always equals access to oceanic travel.

False

Which one of the following does NOT explain how Long Island has enhanced the quality of New York's harbor?

Good land to accommodate the New York area's urban growth was not restricted to the west of the Hudson River in New Jersey by tidal marshes and the erosion-resistant ridge of the Palisades

The Hudson-Mohawk River system

Is located at the head of the best natural route through the Appalachian Mountains

A major impact of massive office clusters emerging within the suburban rings surrounding the central cities is

Many exceeded the square footage of downtown office space

An increasing proportion of the work force in the cities began to live at distances and in residential densities that made it uneconomical for

Mass transit

Which one of the following had access to very productive fishing banks?

New England coast

Which one of the following regions was covered with hardwood and pine forests ideal for ship construction?

New England hills

Which one of the following states has the WORST soil

New York

Service activities, wholesale and retail businesses, centers of information and control all grew and supported further urban expansion, with the greatest growth occurring in

New York Philadelphia Boston Baltimore

French geographer Jean Gottmann's 'very special region' is located in the

Northeastern United States

Site and situation are clues to the __________ of the Megalopolis

Origins and growth

Which of the following is NOT part of the major megalopolis formed along the northeastern coast of the United States by the gradual coalescence of large, independent metropolitan areas

Richmond

Megalopolis provided easy ocean access to all of the following EXCEPT

South America

An increasing number of urbanites have minimized some disadvantages of city living by moving their residences to _________locations.

Suburban

Settlement density increases as we approach:

The city core

What has been one of the most fundamental and far-reaching changes in Megalopolis during the last 40 years?

The great areal expansion of major metropolitan areas

In terms of quality harbors, what makes Megalopolis different from other cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, and Mobile?

The location of the harbors and their proximity to one another

Which part of Megalopolis was covered by glaciers during the most recent Ice Age?

The northern half

As settlement density and economic activity on the interior plains increased, large amounts of the goods produced were carried to

The urban cores

Because the fall line was often the head of navigation, goods brought inland or those to be exported had to be unloaded at fall line locations for transfer to another mode of transport.

True

Gottmann believed massive and complex urban regions such as those developing in North America at the time, represented a future in which similarly evolving urban regions would develop elsewhere in the world.

True

The Megalopolis contains green spaces like parks or other land available for recreation as well as substantial agricultural areas.

True

The primary reason for why so many good harbors are located close to one another lies in the Megalopolis' geologic history.

True

For early settlers, the fall line hindered

Water navigation

Which one of the following is NOT a benefit of the fall line?

Water power Access to ocean shipping It was advantageous to the transfer of goods brought in or going out Settlements were able to develop because of ocean access

One of the most important site characteristics of Megalopolitan growth was

A coastline of abundant indentations

Which one of the following is NOT one of the significant aspects of the Megalopolis

A common mix of economic qualities

Traveling inland from the Atlantic Coast, the very flat coastal plain is succeeded by a rolling, frequently hilly landscape called the

Piedmont

The prime motivation for intraurban interaction is the geographic separation of

Supply and demand