Geography US and Canada Exam 1 (Part 2)
The percentage of direct investment to Canada from the United States in 2006 was about:
61%
It is evident that manufacturing is an important economic activity in the United States through:
Articles of clothing, Items of preserved food, Residential structures, Means of transport and communication
What major Manufacturing Core city changed to manufacturing electronic components and machinery?
Boston
Urban forms are manifested by
Dense patterns of streets and buildings, Industrial centers, Retail clusters and wholesale clusters, Governmental complexes
The Manufacturing Core rose to prominence:
During the 1870s
Since a variety of activities are carried on in a city, interaction is stimulated between or within zones of the same _________
Function
Which of the following is NOT true about John Borchert?
His model for metropolitan growth was called the concentric zone model
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, cheap transportation was of critical importance to those moving iron ore to the coal fields in:
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia
Borchert's Third Epoch was stimulated by the development of steel, which replaced
Iron rails
Which statement is TRUE about location of the Canadian National core?
It is located at the far east of the center of the country
A city's site relates to
Its soil characteristics, Its terrain, Its topography, Its access to water transportation
Which statement is TRUE about the separatist referendum of Quebec?
Nearly half of Quebec does not want to succeed
European immigrants generally passed through what large Megalopolitan port?
New York
The Erie Canal was constructed in ________ to permit freight to bypass Lake Ontario:
New York
Which Manufacturing Core city developed an extremely diversified industrial mix
New york
The Manufacturing Core of the United States includes all of the following areas EXCEPT:
Northern New England
The New York metropolitan economy has become dominated by what kind of industries?
Office
Within the interior core, the _________River crosses the interior plains for hundreds of kilometers before joining the ___________ River.
Ohio, Mississippi
Site and situation are clues to the __________ of the Megalopolis
Origins and growth
Which two cities are so different in industrial inheritance and urban character but now show indications they may be becoming more alike?
Philadelphia and Baltimore
The spread of urban population far beyond city limits also had a strong impact on rural activities in Megalopolis such as
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
An increasing number of urbanites have minimized some disadvantages of city living by moving their residences to _________locations
Suburban
What is generally true about the population and economics of Canada?
The Canadian core contains the majority of the population and most of the economic activities
According to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, in 2000 the most dominant religion at the county level in the United States is:
The Catholic Church
The Manufacturing Core region of the US is bordered by or overlaps all of the following EXCEPT:
The Mississippi River
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the relative location of the Manufacturing Core?
The Mississippi River formed a barrier to east-west transportation
North American's manufacturing hearth is:
The Pittsburgh steel cities region
America's broad interior plains are nearly enclosed by zones of metallic minerals found mostly in all of the following EXCEPT:
The Sierras
In the United States, the Baptist religion is MOST prevalent in
The South
Which canal was built to bypass Niagara Falls?
The Wellands
The growth of the region was reflected in the gradual shift of transportation concentration as railroad lines began to spread across:
The interior Plains
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.
The Great Lakes connect:
The mineral-rich Canadian Shield and the fuel-rich Interior Plains
Bochert's Second Epoch was triggered by the development of:
The railway
Much of the basis for the location of the industrial capacity that developed along the southern margins of the Great Lakes can be attributed to
Their function as a natural accessibility resource
What occurs wherever rivers flow off the Piedmont?
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
The Great Lakes are interconnected with only _____significant changes of elevation:
Two
Which city was no longer large enough to absorb the burgeoning civil service population and the growing number of people needed to feed, clothe, and otherwise serve that population?
Washington DC
Which fall line city is unique in that its growth has followed directly from expansion of the national government structure
Washington DC
Which of the following was NOT one of the Manufacturing Core cities based on commerce and the financial exchanges it stimulated?
Washington DC
Borchert identified the Sail-Wagon Epoch as when almost all cities and towns were associated with:
Water transportation
The Mississippi River does all of the following EXCEPT
all of the above are correct
Which one of the following is NOT one of the significant aspects of the Megalopolis
A common mix of economic qualities
Which of the following helped solidify the Canadian core as the focus of Canada's transportation network?
Strong economic trade connections to Europe