GCU 322 lecture quiz 7 (youre welcome)
The 52.33 million number represents:
17% of the U.S. population and 15% of the population of all of North America (the U.S., Canada, and Greenland combined) that live in Megalopolis
The main decades when the Borscht Belt resorts of the Catskills were at their peak and hosting numerous tourists and entertainers were the:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Which of New York City's 5 Boroughs is not an island or part of an island?
Bronx
The _____ River Valley (in its southern portion) largely serves as the cultural divide between the New York City and Boston metropolitan areas.
Delaware
The largest city in _____ is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Delaware
The Palisades, the Tappan Zee, West Point, and Storm King Mountain are all associated with the _____ River.
Hudson
In the 1600s, the Dutch purchased _____ Island from the local Indians for $24 ($5,000 in today's money) worth of beads and trinkets.
Manhattan
The largest city in both _____, is (by extension, and in many ways) part of the Boston metropolitan area.
New Hampshire and Rhode Island
Which of the 5 main metropolitan areas of Megalopolis has had the fastest growth rate since 1990 (again growth rate, not raw numbers)?
Philadelphia
The very first factories in America were powered at the Fall Line of the _____ River.
Merrimack
The Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts are part of which larger landform region?
the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Section
Cultural diversity in Megalopolis is highest in:
the central part of metropolitan areas
The Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey is called "Barrens" because:
the soil did not allow for good agriculture, as some early would-be settlers in the area found out
72% of Megalopolis (representing 37.8 million people) lives:
within the 5 major metropolitan areas of the region
The _____ River drains the largest portion of eastern Pennsylvania.
Susquehanna