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.