GSU 322 GSU 42344 Reading Quiz 3.pdf

Reading Quiz 3 • Questions 80 • Available Mar 12 at 12am - Mar 25 at 11:59pm Question 1 Growing wheat to sell to flour companies is a good example of what happens in: Correct! commercial/market economies Question 2 In terms of the primary sector, the most intensive agricultural products are: Correct! fruits and vegetables (including flowers) Question 3 Examples of specialized industrial regions include Silicon Valley in _____ or Silicon Alley in _____. the south San Francisco Bay area/ Manhattan Question 4 During the early twenty-first century (after some recovery from the terrorist attacks of 2001), US maintained its position as second only to _____ in attracting foreign tourists, but it leads the world in revenues generated by foreign tourism. Correct! France Question 5 In the US, New York City is the largest urban draw for tourists, followed by Los Angeles, _____, _____, and Chicago. !

Orlando/ Las Vegas Question 6 Today, no more than 1 percent of North Americans of working age are employed in the primary sector, while nearly _____ percent are employed in tertiary services (including quaternary and quinary services). 90 Question 7 The _____ sector of the economy has grown in North America and most other parts of the world, including government at all levels (from municipal to state/provincial to federal to international). This has been the fastest growing areas of the economy since 1950 in terms of the employment it has created. In many parts of the world, it is the largest employer. Correct! public Question 8 US and Canada are considered to be among the most developed countries in the world. Other developed countries are found in most of Europe, _____, and a few countries in Asia including Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Israel. orrect! Australia and New Zealand Question 9 People in developed countries like US and Canada live mostly in cities, not in rural or wilderness areas. Some _____ percent of residents of both countries live in urbanized areas, which includes large, medium, and small cities, and their attendant suburbs. Correct! 80 Question 10

Canadian cities tend to be more like US cities of similar longitude rather than other Canadian cities further east or west. Thus, Calgary is more like _____ that it is Toronto, and Winnipeg resembles _____ more than it does Vancouver. Correct! Denver/ Minneapolis Question 11 Canadian cities are less fragmented by freeways and parking lots; indeed US cities have _____ times the amount of urban expressways per capita as do Canadian cities. Correct! four Question 12 In contrast to most US cities, Canadian central city governments often enjoy healthy municipal: tax bases Question 13 Prior to 1830, a number of small ports existed, but a number of cities soon began to exert dominance. Which is NOT among one of the cities that soon began to exert dominance? Toronto You Answered Question 14 Toronto's original name was _____, and it was the capital of Upper Canada (after the partitioning of British North America into Upper Canada and Lower Canada). Correct! York Question 15

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Each important coastal port began to organize its own railway and push it inland. Of the major American ports, _____ alone was forced to content itself with connecting lines; its own railway didn't reach very far. Boston Question 16 The Grand Trunk Railway, built after 1850 from Chicago through Toronto and Montreal, reached the Atlantic at: Correct! Portland, Maine Question 17 New York City rose to undisputed continental primacy (by the 1850s), partly because the opening of the _____ cemented its western trade advantages, but also because it was able to control much of the external trade of the South. Correct! Erie Canal Question 18 Growing from roughly equal in size with _____ at the turn of the century (1800), New York had a population that exceeded half a million by 1850; this population was more than twice that of any other city on the continent. Philadelphia and Boston Question 19 By 1870 there were fast-growing cities in the Midwest, and continued fast growth in New England and the Middle Atlantic states, especially near New York. _____ was the third largest city in the nation (and not yet a borough of New York City). Correct! Brooklyn

Question 20 In the South by 1870, only _____ had continued major growth and numbered nearly 200,000 people. Correct! New Orleans Question 21 _____, only half the size of Montreal at the beginning of the period (1870), began to capture trade territory to the north and west, and, by the turn of the century (1900), had approached parity in size. Correct! Toronto Question 22 By 1920, the most flamboyant urban developments were in new cities far removed from the traditional urban centers. The most spectacular growth occurred _____, and similar trends took form in Florida, Texas, the desert Southwest, and on the prairie edge of the Rockies (Colorado and Alberta). on the West Coast Question 23 Since _____, there is evidence that city centers have actually been growing faster than their suburbs, a reversal of the long-standing pattern. 2010 Question 24 When a large population nucleus has at least 50,000 people--and together with its surrounding communities, at least 100,000 people--it is known informally as _____ area, a concept the text typically applies when referring to cities. Correct!

a metropolitan Question 25 The entire region of _____ is essentially the conurbation that runs from north of Boston to south of DC. Megalopolis Question 26 There are nearly _____ metropolitan areas in the US, ranging from about 20 million in metro New York City to 55,000 in Carson City, NV. Correct! 400 Question 27 The most rapidly growing US metropolitan areas are southern Sun Belt cities in _____, and western cities in _____. Correct! Florida, Texas, and the Carolinas/ Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona Question 28 Less than _____ percent of a city's land area is devoted to commercial activities, however these activities are often in the tallest and most conspicuous buildings in the urban area. 4 Question 29 The city of _____ continues to set the pace for underground urban activities, as there exists a 20-mile network of tunnels and shopping malls connecting over 1,600 stores

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and services, including bars, restaurants, theaters, hotels, office buildings, residential high rises, and rail, bus, and subway stations. Correct! Montreal Question 30 In the five-plus decades since their inception, the _____ networks have expanded to encompass eighty blocks of downtown Minneapolis and more than forty blocks of downtown St. Paul. Correct! skyway Question 31 Characteristically, the businesses along a string street are small and diverse; however, there may be concentrations of specific types of enterprises, the best known of which is "_____ row." Correct! automobile Question 32 The most remarkable change in commercial land use in North American cities since World War II is the emergence of planned suburban: shopping centers You Answered Question 33 The largest shopping mall in North America is in:

Edmonton You Answered Question 34 The problem of underused and empty retail spaces became an issue in the early 2000s. In _____, no new malls were built in US for the first time in several decades. Overbuilding (or "over-retailing") contributes to this problem, but also does the fast and rising advent of online shopping. Correct! 2007 Question 35 One of the most important causes contributing to the decline of shopping malls is: Correct! the advent of online shopping Question 36 By far the most extensive use of land in North American cities is for _____, which occupy 30 to 40 percent of an average city's area. Correct! residences Question 37 During the _____, the African American ghetto became one of the two most rapidly expanding spatial configurations in large cities of the US (the suburb is the other). Correct!

1950s-1970s Question 38 Barrios are prominent in numerous locations, including in New York and other cities of the Northeast where _____ are concentrated. Correct! Puerto Ricans and Dominicans Question 39 Suburbanism in North America accelerated greatly after: Correct! World War II Question 40 During the 1990s, suburbs began to transform into what are called _____. Malls, shopping centers, and business parks began to sprout outside the urban core, structured around highway networks. Employment, shopping, and entertainment could be found in these suburban areas, removing the motivation to travel into the core. Correct! edge cities Question 41 Numerous nodes of of high-density commercial and industrial development--scattered throughout suburbia are now typical. Suburban CBDs formed, producing "polynucleated" cities organized around _____, part of what has been called urban realms. Correct! freeway networks

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Question 42 Renovating older and deteriorating buildings is a process called _____. This has numerous positive benefits, as it provides newer housing (often upscale housing) but it can displace poorer residents who can no longer afford to live there, as the new upscale housing is beyond their price range. gentrification You Answered Question 43 _____ has put stress on some rural and wilderness areas, challenging the ability of municipal governments to supply infrastructure for new residences. This trend is possible largely because of long-distance commuting and telecommuting, most importantly the internet. Correct! Exurbanism Question 44 Many older suburbs are trapped in the same downward trajectory as were the central cities; they are evolving from garden city to: crabgrass slum Question 45 Land devoted to industrial usage occupies only _____ percent of a city's area. Correct! 5-10

Question 46 _____ are particularly attractive to the builders of planned industrial parks. Correct! Perimeter highways or beltways Question 47 The second greatest user of city space is for _____ (and it is surprising that a large amount of land in cities is devoted to this). ! transportation Question 48 A cardinal rule of urban development is that an American is very reluctant to walk more than a _____ before getting into a car. ! quarter mile Question 49 On average, local laws require _____ parking spaces for every 1,000 square feet (or 90 square meters) of office space, and many projects have more space for cars than for people. Correct! four Question 50 _____ is a significant regional headquarters for federal activity, but it is NOT also a state or national capital. San Francisco You Answered

Question 51 Within the central business district (CBD), tall buildings dominate the scene. Elsewhere in the urban area, and even in transition areas, the most conspicuous visual element consists of _____, generally rising above low-level residential and commercial rooftops. Their visual dominance is interrupted for special-use areas, such as airports or planned industrial districts, but in general, their pervasiveness can be seen in cities throughout North America. trees Question 52 In most parts of most cities, zoning laws for residences require _____, even though their functional role is largely a thing of the past. front yards Question 53 Of all the money spent in the United States for freight transportation, nearly _____ is for motor trucking. Correct! four-fifths Question 54 Modern freeways carry a large share of travel in most cities, permitting rapid movement at about _____ the accident risk of surface streets (per mile). Correct! one-third Question 55 Highway 401 ("The King's Highway") which carries about 500,000 vehicles per day on the stretch that runs through _____ is widely considered the busiest route in the world. Correct! Toronto

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Question 56 One of the most famous examples of a beltway (often, but not always a freeway)--that roughly circles cities at a radius of several miles from the CBD--is _____ of Boston. Correct! Route 128 Question 57 About _____ US cities provide urban transit service. The largest concentration, by far, is in New York City. Next are Los Angeles and Chicago. 300 Question 58 After New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, the next largest concentrations of trips using urban public transit service are found in a group of seven metro areas. Which is NOT one of those seven metro areas? Correct! Phoenix Question 59 The 1970s and 1980s were a time of enormous transit expansion in Canada. New light rail systems were developed in the three metro areas of _____, and the subway systems of two other Canadian metro areas were expanded significantly. Correct! Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver Question 60

San Francisco's _____ system, which opened in 1972, was the first of the modern, high- tech urban rail systems. BART Question 61 The Interstate Highway System cost $_____ billion in construction over a 21-year period. 70 Question 62 There are more _____ in North America than in the rest of the world combined--nearly 20,000 of them (both public and private). Correct! airports Question 63 Except for ferries in certain parts of the country, such as the Great Lakes and _____, water travel makes a negligible contribution to the movement of people. Correct! Puget Sound Question 64 Only a few cities, such as _____, continue to restrict building height. Correct! Washington, DC Question 65 About _____ of the buildings in the US over 500 feet in height are located on Manhattan Island; Chicago in second place has about half that.

a third Question 66 The tallest human-built structure on the continent that people regularly ascend is the _____ Tower in Toronto, the topmost point of which is 1,815 feet. Correct! CN Question 67 Cities with gateway positions (either transportational or entrepreneurial gateways) have an unusually large wholesale trade component in their economy. Which metro area does NOT have a gateway position? Nashville Question 68 The proportion of the labor force employed in government is high in state and provincial capitals such as: You Answered Lansing, Austin, Charlottetown, and Fredericton Question 69 The population per square mile in North American urbanized areas decreased by more than _____ percent in the last half century. 50 Question 70 In Quebec, urban dwellers are overwhelmingly French; only in Montreal is the population less than 80 percent of French descent (and it is over _____ percent of French descent there). Correct!

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60 Question 71 Asian-Americans live in large numbers in major cities; besides New York City, most live in _____ cities. ! California Question 72 In arid regions, cities must sometimes reach out dozens or hundreds of miles to pipe in adequate water, but even such humid-land cities as _____ must extend lines farther and farther to tap satisfactory watersheds. New York and Boston Question 73 There has been a heartening improvement (with cleanup campaigns) in America's rivers, including formerly infamous rivers such as the Ohio and the _____River in Philadelphia. Correct! Schuylkill Question 74 The average one-million-population metropolitan area in US encompasses nearly _____ separate governmental jurisdictions. 300 Question 75 An attempt at metropolitan government was established in _____ to create Metro Toronto. In _____, Metro Toronto was dissolved as a government entity when it was transformed (with the same boundaries) into the present-day City of Toronto.

1953/ 1972 Question 76 In 1972, _____ created a "Unicity" amalgamation of the city with several surrounding suburban municipalities. This has not been a total success, as it has facilitated increased political clout of the suburbs, including tax investments, at the expense of the central city. Correct! Winnipeg Question 77 The biggest single reason why cities are attractions is undoubtedly _____ opportunities. employment Question 78 There are initiatives around the US to control growth, such as limiting residential construction, restricting new office space, reducing commercial or industrial zoning, and creating _____ where no construction is allowed. Correct! green belts Question 79 Since 2017, severe housing shortages have inspired _____ to begin insisting that cities remove excessive barriers to home construction and to high-density housing. Correct! California Question 80 "Movable towns" are notable along the Colorado River in western Arizona, in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, and in parts of Florida. Residents are most often:

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