Ch. 7 Test: Megalopolis

There are about 3.5 million homeless people in the United States currently. About how many homeless people are there in Washington, D.C?

14,000

Read this page (Links to an external site.) on US Megalopolises to answer this question. Which of the following statistics is false?

50% of the U.S. population live in one of the three megalopolises—BosWash, ChiPitts, and SanSan.

What does the "Long Island Express" refer to?

A hurricane

According to the lecture, Megalopolis has undergone many changes. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding these changes?

All of these are correct

Which factors contributed to the establishment of the Northeast as a core area within the world economy?

All of these contributed

Most of the rivers in the Megalopolis Region flow from the Northwest to the Southeast across the three physiographic provinces in which order?

Appalachians, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

What type of natural hazard does the text associate with disruptions of roads and trains in the Washington, D.C., area as well has flight delays at Reagan International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States?

Blizzards

For this question, go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis According to this webpage, what is another name for Northeast Megalopolis?

BosWash

Which of the following cities was established by Puritans from England?

Boston

According to this video, Jean Guttmann wrote 'Megalopolis' that popularized the idea of mega cities. Between which two cities does he propose will eventually become a massive mega city?

Boston and Washington DC

Which of the following is a specialty crop grown in Megalopolis?

Cranberries

At the end of the last ice age, melting ice caused sea level rise, which flooded river valleys along the Atlantic coast of North America, these flooded river valleys are called what?

Estuaries

For #34 go here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/76667/why-does-new-york-city-have-five-boroughs According to the website, which of these is NOT one of the five boroughs in New York City?

Harlem

For this question go here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/76667/why-does-new-york-city-have-five-boroughs According to the website, which of these is NOT one of the five boroughs in New York City?

Harlem

Which list below best describes the natural hazards faced by the Megalopolis Region?

Hurricanes, Blizzards, Flooding

Imagine that you are an early British immigrant to the east coast of America. You have been charged by the British government with establishing a new settlement. What characteristics would you be looking for to create a successful new city?

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.

According to this video, which of the following is the most populated and also the largest urban area in the world, with 140 million people?

Java, Indonesia

Early in the country's history, transportation was primarily along rivers and the Great Lakes, then railroads. Goods were exported to Europe. Nowadays, shipping is done in containers that are transferred back and forth from trucks, railroads, and giant ships that travel across the oceans. China is a major trade partner. Map #4 in the worksheet shows the volume of shipments that go through North America's ports, as well as the highway and railroad networks that serve the ports.Due to increased trade with China and other populous Asian nations, and its proximity to major interstate highways and cross-country rail lines, which city has the busiest port in the United States and a dominant shipping/warehousing industry?

Los Angeles/Long Beach

What are the five boroughs of New York?

Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island

According to Nostrand, when crossing the Middle Colonies from the north to south, which of the following was NOT one of the three major rivers where much of the settlement action unfolded?

Mohawk River

What are the five largest cities in Megalopolis?

New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Baltimore

Refer to Table 7.2 in the text to answer this question. From 1990 to 2010, which of the following metropolitan areas in the Megalopolis experienced the largest growth?

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-PA

According to Nostrand, what does PCA stand for?

Pennsylvania Culture Area

According to Nostrand, about 1710, at the invitation of the Penn family, Germans began to arrive in large numbers and dominated the second tier countries. Which of the following was NOT part of the second tier countries?

Philadelphia

Why were port cities such as New York and Boston so important to the growth of Megalopolis in the earliest years Euro-American settlements?

Port cities facilitated the shipment of raw materials from the colonies to Europe

For this question go here: http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/csa2005.htm Which of the following is NOT one of the ten largest metropolitan areas in the U.S.

Seattle-Tacoma, WA

Read this page on Megalopolises to answer this question. Which of the following is not considered a Megalopolis?

Megalopolis-Greece

Today more residents of the northeastern corridor live in which setting?

Suburban Areas

According to Nostrand, during colonial times European colonists knew physiographic divisions by different labels. Which of the following was considered to be the "Region of Sea Sand" ?

The Atlantic Coastal Plain

According to the video, the influx of what immigrant group led to an increased supply of child labor during Industrialization?

The Irish

According to the lecture, which one of the following is an incorrect statement?

The St. Lawrence Seaway benefited all of Megalopolis

One of the main disagreements that led to the Civil War was over slavery. Southerners feared that without slave labor, their economy would be devastated. Refer to Map #1 in the Map Worksheet file to answer this question. In comparing the land use and industries in the South and the North, which factor was key to the southern states' desire to keep slavery legal in the 1860s?

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

Why did the British and other European colonial powers want to establish colonies in the Americas?

They were looking for natural resources to ship back to Europe

For this question go here: http://geography.about.com/cs/urbansprawl/a/megalopolis.htm According to the webpage, all of the following statements by Gottman are correct EXCEPT

We must finally embrace the idea of the city as a tightly settled and organized unit

According to the lecture, Megalopolis flourished for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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

The movement of European-American middle-class families to the suburbs in order to escape racial tensions and urban decay is called what?

White Flight

Why was the city of Washington, D.C., established?

Because leaders of northern and southern states couldn't agree on which existing U.S. city should be the capital

Which of the following social issues is likely to be a continuing problem for Megalopolis in the near future?

Tensions between different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups

In recent years, the economy of Atlantic City has begun to recover from the slump it faced after WWII. What economic sector is responsible for this recovery?

Tertiary

According to the video, what period in the United States history most benefited from the use of child labor?

The Age of Industrialization