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USA URBAN TEST 1
What is the capital of Canada?
Which directly led to the growth of the suburbs?
USA URBAN TEST 1
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1
Which directly led to the growth of the suburbs?
redlining
blockbusting
gentrification
urban decay
2
What is the capital of Canada?
Toronto
Ottawa
Vancouver
Montreal
3
Which region isn't known for it agricultural crop production?
west/mountain states
rustbelt
sunbelt
cornbelt
4
Who wrote Great Expectations?
Charles de Gaulle
Great Expectations
Charles Darwin
Charles Dickens
5
Which physical feature is not shared by the USA and Canada?
Great Plains
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
St.Lawrence River
6
Which region today has a lot of manufacturing that was taken from the manufacturing belt?
Sunbelt
Cornbelt
Mid West
Rustbelt
7
Replacing an old dilapidated building with a new one is called
mixed-use development
in filling
building up
leap-frog development
8
What was the first pull factor to gentrify the urban core?
money
near colleges
cheap labor
the land was inexpensive
9
What is the system used by Europeans to gather resources?
NAFTAism
nationalism
colonialism
mercantilism
10
Where does pop culture come from?
the Billboard top 10
Simon Cowell's brilliant pop mind
Cities
Mars
11
Redlining prevented....
poor residents from moving
WWII vets from purchasing homes when they came home
gentrification
white flight (suburbanization)
12
Which city is not accessible via the St Lawrence Seaway?
Toronto Ontario
Chicago Illinois
Duluth Minnesota
Minneapolis Minnesota
13
What caused the price of cars to decline?
Horses became too expensive
they were produced cheaper and in greater quantity
people wanted them less so the price dropped
they were made with cheaper materials
14
Which group of Europeans did not settle purposely along waterways?
Vikings
British
Spanish
French
15
Where do the quebecois live?
Canada's central provinces
The french speaking areas of Canada
America's Midwest- areas with heavy Scandinavian heritage
Louisiana
16
Which factor played the biggest part in creating Urban Sprawl?
Richard Nixon told them to do so. Nixon never lied.
people didnt want to see other people so they moved far away
Concrete companies
Automobiles
17
Which is not a part of NAFTA?
Canada
North American Free Trade Agreement
Mexico
United States
18
Which is responsible for the deaths of 90% of American Indians throughout history?
Virus'
Torture
Slavery
Murder
19
Why was USA #1 following world war II?
returning veterans had a lot of money
USA was rich
USA had more freedom
USA wasn't destroyed
20
Which state is definitely only in the Midwest?
Oklahoma
Ohio
Arizona
Iowa
21
Which region was first settled by the Spanish?
Sunbelt
Northeast
Southwest
Midwest
22
The resource British colonizers predominately came for was
tea
furs
boats
lumber
23
What are colonies used for?
diffusing european culture
primary activities
factories
the corrupt Christmas tree industry and their evil elves
24
Cities develop near....
Suburbs
large supplies of goats and/or cows
people
Water
25
Which best explained why Viking settlements failed in North America?
the Vikings killed rather than worked with the native people
Not enough people lived in Viking settlements
They did not have the technology to survive
They never made the playoffs
26
Which region has a large mexican and american indian influence?
Midwest
Pacific States
Southwest
Sunbelt
27
Geographically where is the 'sunbelt' found?
The northeast
Pacific states
The Midwest
the South
28
Complete the pattern: 1, 2,3, 4, _, 6, 7
3
4
4
5
29
The manufacturing belt is now called _______ because of the decline in manufacturing?
Rustbelt
Midwest
Detroit
Poorbelt
30
Why did the Appalachian mountains form the western boundary of colonial america
the British americans had no mountain climbing skills
The landscape was so useless any further west
it was a natural barrier and the british said so
Jack fell down and broke his crown, so it was outlawed
31
Which city is famous for its hi-tech industry?
San Francisco
Miami
Los Angeles
New York City
32
This map of English speaking countries shows
English speaking people are fond of the color green
The decline in the use of French and Spanish
English diffusion in the past
Less people speak English now than in the past
33
Which region has a Marine West Coast climate?
Pacific States
Sunbelt
MidWest
Northeast
34
Minerals and metals are mostly found...
in the south
in the northeast
in the western mountain states
in the southwest
35
The locations of early french settlements were...
along the Saint Lawrence river
inland far from ocean shores
all answers are correct
surrounding the great lakes
36
What is the difference between a territory and a province in Canada?
Provinces have more resources
Territories are smaller
Territories have many less people
Provinces are controlled by Canada's capital
37
Which territory did America gain but did not pay for?
Oregon
Alaska
Mexican Cession-Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico
Louisiana
38
Which factor explains why most Canadians live so close to the American border?
to be near awesomeness
climate
trade
many Canadians are from America
39
Fill in the gap-a,b,c,d,c,_,a
e
f
b
c
40
What is an effect of Gentrification on an area?
the area's poor have an opportunity to become wealthy
property values increase in gentrified areas
suburbs become wealthier
the original inhabitants are persuaded to stay
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NAFTA is...
a trade agreement between America and its neighbors
a method to prevent urban sprawl
National Association of Free Trading Americans
the system in which Europeans gathered resources
