Chapter 7 Megalopolis
Chapter 8 The Great Lakes and Corn Belt
Chapter 9 The Inland South
Chapter 10 The Coastal South
1) The three major physiographic provinces that make up Megalopolis are
A) The Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Appalachians
B) The Piedmont, the Ozarks, the Adirondacks
C) The Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Pacific Border, the Columbia Plateau
D) The Appalachians, the Central Lowland, and St. Lawrence Valley
2) Many cities in the Megalopolis region, such as Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia, are located on the Fall Line, why were so many settlement established on or near this line?
A) Ships could go no farther upstream than this line
B) Waterfalls along the Fall Line allowed colonial settlers to create water wheels that provided power for urban industries
C) The Fall Line was as far inland as settlers with wagons could go before they felt like falling down
D) Above the Fall Line rock falls made building settlements difficult
E) Both A and B
3) Why were port cities such as New York and Boston so important to the growth of Megalopolis in the earliest years Euro-American settlements?
A) Port cities were centers of culture, diversity, and innovation
B) Port cities allowed shipping trade between different colonies in the region
C) Port cities facilitated the shipment of raw materials from the colonies to Europe
D) Port cities allowed the rapid settlement of areas west of the Appalachians
4) Which of the following cities was established by Puritans from England?
A) New York B) Philadelphia C) Washington D) Boston
5) Which of the following does not describe the changing pattern of African-American settlement in the Megalopolis Region?
A) Once discrimination in housing was outlawed many African-Americans began moving to suburban areas
B) After the restrictive immigration laws limited the numbers of new foreign-born in-migrants to the US, many African-Americans moved to the region from the Southern United States to find work
C) Early African-American settlers mostly found work on farms in rural parts of Megalopolis
D) Prior to 1948 most African Americans lived in city centers because of discriminatory codes that prevented the sale of suburban houses to minorities.
6) Why did the British and other European colonial powers want to establish colonies in the Americas?
A) They were looking for natural resources to ship back to Europe
B) They were primarily looking to convert native people to Christianity
C) They wanted colonies to manufacture finished products and sell them to people back in Europe
D) They were looking for the legendary fountain of youth
7) Which of the following factors allowed New York to become a greater economic power than Philadelphia over time?
A) New York had better access to locations in the interior such as the Great Lakes
B) New York had a greater diversity of immigrants from all over Europe
C) Most people thought the landscape around New York was more beautiful to that around Philadelphia, so they preferred to settle in New York
D) The city fathers of New York had access to more capital
8) Why was the city of Washington, D.C., established?
A) In order to provide a trade link between Baltimore to the north and Richmond to the south
B) There were no port cities in the Chesapeake Bay
C) The land nearby had some of the richest sources of minerals in the region
D) Because leaders of northern and southern states couldn't agree on which existing U.S. city should be the capital
9) Which factors contributed to the establishment of the Northeast as a core area within the world economy?
A) Northeastern cities had excellent locations for international trade
B) New European immigrants provided cheap labor for factories
C) The Erie Canal and railroads gave easy access to the resources of the interior
D) Eastern cities had the nation's largest supply of capital which provided the money needed to support business
E) All of the above contributed
10) What are the five largest cities in Megalopolis?
A) New York, Philadelphia, Levittown, Pittsburg, Boston
B) New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Baltimore
C) New York, Washington, Boston, Baltimore, Concord
D) New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Concord
11) The movement of European-American middle-class families to the suburbs in order to escape racial tensions and urban decay is called what?
A) White flight
B) Caucasian departure
C) European suburbanization
D) Suburban gentrification
12) What are the five boroughs of New York?
A) Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
B) Manhattan, Greenwich Village, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens
C) Manhattan, Harlem, Greenwich Village, the Bronx, Brooklyn
D) Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island
13) 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?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary
14) Despite the fact that there are more than enough houses in the Washington, D.C., area, there are still many families that are homeless. Why?
A) Many homeless families don't know how to apply for affordable housing programs
B) The houses are located in high crime areas where no one wants to live
C) The average price of a home is very high in relation to household income and there is very little affordable housing
D) Most homeless people choose to live that way
15) Which of the following social issues is likely to be a continuing problem for Megalopolis in the near future?
A) Loss of population from cities
B) A shortage of well educated and qualified workers
C) Tensions between different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups
D) None of the above
16) What was different about the settlement of Philadelphia that resulted in many of city's most attractive features such as broad streets and many green spaces such as parks and gardens?
A) The city was settled by Germans who brought with them this pattern of city development
B) The city developed more slowly than other eastern cities, allowing for the creation of more green spaces
C) Philadelphia was one of the first eastern cities to be planned rather than be settled haphazardly
D) The location of the city on the Delaware River meant that there was plenty of space for the city to include lots of green spaces
17) That the Great Lakes and Corn Belt region are near the geographic center of the United States, its excellent transportation network of waterways and highways, and the perception that truly "American" values are the norm here are all reasons why this region has often been called ________.
A) The Homeland
B) The Fatherland
C) The Heartland
D) The Motherland
18) The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin, nearby northeastern Iowa, and southeastern Minnesota is best described in which of the following ways?
A) Scenic and hilly, and one of the highest areas of agricultural production.
B) Flat due to glaciation with significant sediment deposits producing significant agricultural production.
C) Scenic and hilly with limited agricultural potential.
D) Flat due to glaciation with less fertile soils for agricultural production.
19) A water connection caused by extensive human modification of the landscape in the early 20th Century exists between ________.
A) Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains
B) Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes
C) The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean
D) The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin
20) The climate of the Great Lakes and Corn Belt Region can be characterized as a ________ climate.
A) Dry, maritime B) Humid, continental
C) Humid, maritime D) Dry, continental
21) The act of creating man-made waterways, reversing the flow of rivers or changing the terrain to better accommodate human civilization is called ________.
A) Terrain adjustment B) Hydro-geologic adaptation
C) Landform change D) Landscape modification
22) Much of the terrain, from flatland to gently rolling hills, of the Great lakes and Corn Belt was shaped by ________.
A) Tectonics B) Glaciation C) Uplift D) Pyroclastic flow
23) Under the Northwest Ordinance of 1785, what survey method was used in the settlement of the Great lakes and Corn Belt region?
A) The Township and Range System
B) The Long Lot System
C) The Metes and Bounds System
D) The Lot and Block System
24) Under the Northwest Ordinance and the newly ratified Constitution of the United States, a state could be admitted into the union once it had ________ Euro-American settlers.
A) 6,000 B) 60,000 C) 600,000
D) No lower limit was set on population under the Northwest Ordinance.
25) In the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the British agreed to give up land bounded by the Great Lakes, Ohio River, and the Mississippi River to America. This area became known at that time as what?
A) The Heartland B) The Western Woodland
C) The Buckeye Region D) The Old Northwest
26) What benefit is there for dairy farmers to locate near large cities?
A) The farmer has better access to transportation networks to ship their products.
B) The farmer can sell milk, which is perishable, directly to consumers.
C) The farmer can charge a premium because their products are local.
D) The farmer has better access to labor. Dairy farming is labor intensive.
27) The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt region became known as the "Rust Belt" because
A) Decades after the invention of the automobile, large numbers of auto scrapyards and recyclers appeared around manufacturing cities so the iron and steel could eventually be reused.
B) The large number of underground iron deposits that filtered into emerging underground springs gave the rocks of the region a yellowish-orange "rusty" tinge as it oxidized.
C) The region used to be the hub of the rail system developed during WWII to move goods across America, but as shipping goods by truck and airplane became more prevalent, the system decayed leaving an iron skeleton of its former glory.
D) The decay of the region's cities from deindustrialization, as steel mills and auto manufacturers moved to other parts of the world, and the resulting loss of population, increase in crime and chronic unemployment.
28) Many of the communities in the Great Lakes and the Corn Belt region's image and self-identification was closely tied to what?
A) Their principal industrial products B) Their sports teams
C) Historical Native American tribes of the region D) The formation of unions
29) The cities of Oshawa, Hamilton, St. Catherine's Niagara, and Toronto are all located on the shores of Lake Ontario and form one of the most highly populated corridors in Canada. This region is called ________.
A) The Ontario Industrial Region B) The Golden Horseshoe
C) L'arc Prospère D) The Silver Crescent
30) Chicago, with its unparalleled transportation connections was a primary industrial center. It was also America's leading center for ________.
A) Meatpacking B) Lumber producer
C) Immigration processing D) Glass manufacture
31) Detroit, suffering from the impacts of continuing population loss, due to the economy has decided to ________ large areas of the city (about 40 square miles in all), in order to improve Detroit's economic future.
A) Renovate B) Incorporate (into separate cities) C) Industrialize D) Abandon
32) Eight Mile Road, popularized by Eminem in rap, and in the movie 8 Mile is located between the city, and the northern suburbs of what city?
A) Chicago, Illinois B) Detroit, Michigan C) Cleveland, Ohio D) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
33) Neighborhoods dominated by ethnic oriented churches, schools, and newspapers dominate community life, are called ________.
A) Ghettos B) Ethnic enclaves C) Barrios D) Cultural precinct
34) Cities in the Great Lakes and Corn Belt that are ________ seem to be more successful in weathering the transition to the postindustrial economy.
A) More oriented to manufacturing
B) Less oriented to manufacturing
C) It does not matter; both types have weathered the transition.
D) It does not matter; both types have trouble weathering the transition.
35) The Great Lakes and Corn Belt region's population is described as ________.
A) Large, diverse, and rural B) Large, well educated and diverse
C) Urban, well educated, and large D) Large, well educated, and culturally uniform
36) If you were to drive from Raleigh, North Carolina, on the western edge of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, west towards the Mississippi river, what landforms would you pass through? (in order)
A) The Piedmont, the Appalachian Mountains, and the North American central lowland.
B) The Appalachian Mountains, the Ozarks, and the North American central lowland.
C) The Atlantic Coastal Plain, The North American central lowland, and the Appalachian Mountains.
D) The North American central lowlands, the Ozarks, and the Ouachitas
37) Which of the following best describes the precipitation patterns of the Inland South?
A) Frequent rainfall in winter, but dry the rest of the year
B) Frequent rainfall in summer, but dry the rest of the year
C) Year round rainfall, with the heaviest rains in spring and summer
D) Year round rainfall, with the heaviest rains in the fall and winter
38) The forced migration of thousands of Native Americans to "Indian Territory" came to be known as what?
A) The Jackson Plan B) The Final Solution
C) The Trail of Tears D) The Great Indian Removal
39) What factors made the Inland South attractive to manufacturing industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
A) Many available workers willing to work for low wages B) The lack of labor unions
C) Local cotton farming D) Cheap electricity created by the TVA
E) Both A & B
40) The civil rights movement, industrialization, and air conditioning are all factors that led to what?
A) Increased population growth in the Inland South since the 1960s.
B) The end of the plantation system in the 1970s.
C) The departure of many Hispanics from the region in the 1930s.
D) The return of many Native American tribes in the 1960s.
41) Is forestry an important part of the economy of the Inland South?
A) In the past, yes, but in recent decades forests have been overharvested, leading to a downturn in the industry.
B) Yes, the warm, moist climate allows trees to grow quickly.
C) No, the thin, nutrient poor soils are not suitable for growing forests.
D) No, the many pests prevalent in the south have prevented many trees from prospering.
42) What two major tertiary sector industries in the Inland South have experienced major growth in the last half of the twentieth century?
A) High technology and healthcare. B) The military and tourism.
C) Automobile manufacturing and paper mills. D) Paper mills and high technology.
43) Country music can be traced back to roots in what culture and region of North America?
A) Scotch-Irish settlers in Appalachia
B) Spanish settlers in West Texas
C) Cajun settlers in Louisiana
D) Africans brought over as slaves
44) National seashores have been established on several barrier islands in the Coastal South to protect the fragile ecosystems of these areas from what?
A) Pollution from large cruise ships and cargo carriers.
B) Problems from offshore drilling.