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Chapter 5 Review Game!!! - Urban Sprawl in Canada and the United States
Chapter 5 Review Game!!! - Urban Sprawl in Canada and the United States
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Review Game for Chapter 5 Social Studies Test
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1
The rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area out into rural areas?
Urban Spread
Monday Sprawl
Rural Sprawl
Urban Sprawl
2
Name a reason why some regions have more metropolitan areas than others!
Aesthetically pleasing
Climate
Vegetation Zones
Landforms
3
Development that combines housing & business in one area is called what?
Swiveled use development
Eco-residential housing
Mixed-use development
4
What invention in the 1900's became a part of American life & contributed to urban sprawl?
Horse and Carriage
Boats
Planes
Cars
5
Who is the body of citizens chosen to guide a city's growth?
Suburban Housing Developers
Planning Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
Super Citizens
6
A major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns is what?
Urban Fringe
Beaver
Suburb
Metropolitan Area
7
Positive things associated with Urban Growth - choose one
new housing projects create jobs for construction workers
land in rural areas is cheaper than in the city
Best way to meet housing needs
8
What is a network of buses, trains & other vehicles used for moving many passengers at a time?
Awesome
Public Transit System
A people mover system
The Port Authority
9
What is the process of filling in empty or run-down parts of a city with a new development?
Infill
Exfill
Urban Sprawl
Outfill
10
A developed area at the edge of the city that is mainly homes but also has stores & businesses?
Rural Core
Rural Fringe
Suburb
Urban Core
11
Name a negative effect of urban sprawl.
Open spaces are used for housing - killing habitats
when housing is spread out - people use cars = pollution
More pollution = more health problems
small towns see taxes rise when new people move there
12
What are developers creating when they buy farms & forested areas outside a city to build homes
A kitten
Brighton Fields
suburb
13
In Atlanta - what threatened their highway funds?
Slow moving traffic
Poor Toll Roads
Lack of attention to detail
Pollution
14
Positive things associated with Urban Growth - choose one
Suburbs have more things to to
people in new homes spend money on furniture & garden things
Everyone loves a long commute
new homeowners pay taxes to help with roads/schools etc
15
Land use that controls sprawl by making better use of the land that is already developed?
Outward Growth
Smart Growth
Infill
Slow Growth
16
What is the damage to the environment caused by harmful substances such as car emissions?
Clean Air Act
Air Dirt
Pollution
17
Which of these is an example of infill?
building a new suburb in an old forest
building a highrise on what used to be a farm
building a shopping center in an old factory
Building a highrise on an empty lot in the urban core
18
Where does most economic activity take place?
Urban Setting
Rural Setting
19
How did Portland solve their urban sprawl problem?
Urban Growth Boundries
Allow Growth in 25% of city
Only Create a regional transportation system
20
The small towns, farms & open spaces that lie just beyond a city's suburbs is called what?
Plural Fringe
Rurals Fringes
Urban Fringe
Rural Fringe
21
How did Atlanta solve urban sprawl?
Urban Growth Boundaries
Allow growth in 25% of the city while limiting the rest.
Create a regional transportation system
22
What is the Urban Core of the city we live in?
Cleveland
Robinson
Beaver
Pittsburgh
23
Why is urban sprawl harder in poor countries?
There is less room
governments lack money for electricity water & schools
people build homes wherever there is room
There are less people
24
Where in the urban growth picture would we find Beaver?
Urban Core
Urban Fringe
Rural Fringe
25
In many cities when a developer wants to build a housing development - who approves the project
ME!
Miss Gehring
Citizens for Affordable Housing
Planning Commissioner
26
How did Toronto solve urban sprawl?
Only create a regional transportation system
Urban Growth Boundaries
Allow Growth in 25% of city
27
The older part of a big city that serves as the downtown or central business district is..?
Urban Core
Suburb
Urban Fringe
Metropolitan Area
28
What is the ring of small towns and suburbs that surround a big city called?
Urban Fringe
Rural Fringe
Urban Core
