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

14000

The population of Philadelphia proper peaked at about 2.1 million in _____ and is currently around 1.6 million

1950

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

_____ was settled by English Catholics who were often eager to escape religious persecution inthe British Isles, and this place welcomed settlers of all religious faiths

Maryland

What was different about the settlement of Philadelphia that resulted in many of city's features--such as numerous public squares?

Philadelphia was one of the first eastern cities to be planned rather than be settled haphazardly

Which of the following does NOT describe the changing pattern of African-Americansettlement in Megalopolis?

early African-American settlers mostly found work on farms in rural parts of Megalopolis

Although much of Megalopolis is urbanized, what type of land dominates in the rural parts of theregion?

forest, farmland

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

hurricanes, blizzards, flooding

What is heterolocalism?

members of an ethnic group move to mixed suburban neighborhoods, but maintain personal connections with their communities without living in the same area

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

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

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

suburban areas

The three major physiographic provinces that make up Megalopolis are:

the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Appalachians

By 1960, _____ became the first major American city to have an African-American majority.

Washington

South of Philadelphia, the city of _____ is another industrial center and the headquarters of the DuPont chemical conglomerate

Wilmington

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

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

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