geography test 2
What are the site and situational characteristics of Canada's core region
Culture, health, political focus.
Given the disadvantageous nature of its site, how did Chicago emerge as the dominant city of the interior manufacturing core?
Disadvantages: bad water, swampy, fire. It emerged:people of south and west, the ports and transfer of goods and services
How might you define the relative location of the continent's manufacturing core?
Located near resources, oil and steel, above megalopolis, culture
Describe the long-lots of Southern Quebec. What are the advantages of this unique survey system?
Long lots- people interact with neighbors easier. They are on a river. Advantages: access to main transport line which is the river, inclusion of land of all types (swamp to upland)
What are some of the major social and environmental problems experienced within Megalopolis? Identify some possible solutions
Over crowded housing = urban sprawl, gentrification = waste management and pollution issues. (making a place more suitable) increased capacity-wider roads, more efficient use of vehicles like car pooling
How can Borchert's Model be employed to better understand the evolving nature of the American urban system?
Showed the population and change of the city as time went on; named periods of time. 1st: sail wagon, 2nd: railway development, 3rd: steel rail, 4th: auto-air-amenity
Buffalo
flour making, wheat industry raised
situation
growth of the place
What are some of the general circumstances that contributed to the growth of an American manufacturing core?
The accessibility resources, like welland canals, ports, goods and services and raw materials. Railroads and canals.
complementary
The actual or potential relationship between two places, usually referring to economic interactions.
What are some of the implications of the cultural dualism that exists between Quebec and Ontario?
if Quebec split off from Canada, Canada would lose the population and services Quebec: French providence, close to st Lawrence river, so has more access Ontario: British providence They are both located on access routes from Europe to Canadian interior They are both urban commercial centers, rural to urban migration
How has Long Island enhanced the quality of New York harbor?
increased length of coastline, more land for urban growth
boston
known for shoes; letter industry
coal
main source is Appalachian plateau
st Lawrence river
mouth of river by Quebec, main value for large quantities of raw materials. Low value bulky materials (iron ore, coal, cement, limestone)
What are the major fall line cities in Megalopolis? How did these cities benefit early on as break-in-bulk points? Major fall line cities: cities along the coast?
philly, Trenton, Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington, benefited: transportation and transfer of goods and services is better because located on coast
key advantages of manufacturing core
raw materials, labor, market, transportation, energy
welland canals
ship canal in Ontario, connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie
Pittsburg
steel industry
core area
the portion of a country that contains its economic, political, intellectual, and cultural focus.
What are some of the factors that have limited the size of the Canadian core area to the relatively small territory it now occupies?
thin soils, acidic soils, poor drainage, length of growing season is shorter, low temperatures
heavy manufacturing industry
used for heavy, bulky, low cost materials
light manufacturing industry
used for light, basic, materials.
alegheny and monoghela river
used for low cost transfer for steel industry in Pittsburg
mechanical reaper
used to harvest wheat quickly
fall line cities
washington, Trenton, Wilmington, Baltimore , Philly
Accessibility Resources
welland canals, Great Lakes, canals, Erie Canal. Ohio river and Mississippi River. St Lawrence river
What are some of the repercussions of urban sprawl?
Urban sprawl, when someone moves out of a place. They lose the population and less goods and services. Gentrification
raw materials
coal and iron, cement and limestone
Chesapeake bay bridge
allowed expansion for urban sprawl
How can you explain the tremendous ethnic diversity found in the major manufacturing cities of the core?
Accessibility resources, goods and services. Where things are located
major manufacturing core cities
Pittsburg, cincinnati, Louisville, buffalo, all on Ohio river, Cleveland, and Detroit
Describe the five general components of the urban landscape
Spatial interaction, spatial complementary, functional complexity, public services, accessibility
What are the significant attributes of Pittsburgh's site and situation
Steel is located here and is important for the cities growth. River junction: two rivers: Allegheny and monongahela river, raw materials, down river market
Explain the site and situational characteristics of the megalopolis
located in a centered region, highly populated, on a coast, located on fall lines, good soils, good access to resources
site
location of a place
Briefly describe some of the long-term implications for Canada should the province of Quebec ever seceded
lose population, transport of goods and services. Lose 25% of population, 90% of Canadas economy is in Quebec. St Lawrence river, mouth of river is by Quebec, so controlled by Quebec.
Erie Canal
low cost needs of transport, connects the Hudson River at Albany with it in buffalo.