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Chapter 5
Test Description: Urban Sprawl
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a metropolitan area?
A
the small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond a city's suburbs
B
a ring of suburbs surrounding a city's urban core
C
the downtown or central business district of a city
D
a major city and its surrounding suburbs
2) What mode of transportation allowed city workers to live in far away suburbs and commute to their jobs?
A
trains
B
streetcars
C
horses
D
cars
3) Which of the following is a statement that a person opposing urban growth might say?
A
Developing rural areas destroys habitats for plants and animals.
B
Houses in the suburbs cost less and are better places to raise a family.
C
People in new developments spend money on furnishings, which is good for local stores.
D
Homeowners in new developments pay taxes which help fund roads, schools, and other city services.
4) What kind of reasons do many people give to support urban growth?
A
environmental
B
emotional
C
health
D
economic
5) As Portland, Oregon began to expand in the 1960s and 1970s, people feared that
A
the rich farmland of the Willamette Valley would be covered by development.
B
federal highway funds would be withheld because of excessive air pollution.
C
all of the above
D
city planners would close down the public transit system.
6) In Portland, the legal border that separates urban land from rural land is called
A
a mixed-use development.
B
MARTA.
C
the Official Plan.
D
an urban growth boundary.
7) Which phrase best describes Portland today?
A
the fastest-spreading human settlement in history
B
a sprawling city with a rundown urban core
C
a compact city with controlled growth
D
a lightly populated city of big houses on large lots
8) What is one benefit of a mixed-use development?
A
People can live, work, and shop in the same neighborhood.
B
There is plentiful parking because the development is built around the need for cars.
C
Housing density is lower, and there is plenty of land between homes.
D
Housing is kept far away from the noise and traffic of business districts.
9) How did Toronto address its problems with a rundown urban core in the 1960s?
A
It demolished most downtown buildings and converted the area to a city park.
B
It largely abandoned the city center and focused on building sprawling suburbs.
C
It ignored the problem because city planners could not reach a resolution.
D
It rebuilt its downtown through infill projects, including many skyscrapers.
10) What decision did Toronto's leaders make in 1999 that would affect the city for decades?
A
They abandoned the urban core in favor of suburban development.
B
They decided to allow private developers to shape Toronto's growth.
C
They gave up federal highway funds to avoid having to deal with the air pollution problem.
D
They began to create a plan to control the growth of the city.
11) Toronto's Official Plan allows growth to continue in what percentage of the city?
A
25 percent
B
5 percent
C
45 percent
D
70 percent
12) According to Toronto's Official Plan, most new developments will consist of
A
all of the above
B
housing and commercial developments in the suburbs.
C
developments in parks and other open spaces.
D
infill and mixed-use projects in the urban core.
13) What resulted from Atlanta's remarkable growth in the 1990s?
A
traffic jams
B
all of the above
C
What resulted from Atlanta's remarkable growth in the 1990s?
D
air pollution
14) Which of the following statements is true?
A
Most big cities in the world are located in extremely cold or arid regions.
B
South America has more people than any other continent.
C
In the last 20 years, more people have moved to rural areas than to urban areas.
D
By 2000, nearly half of the world's population lived in urban areas.
15) Why does urban sprawl continue in the United States and Canada?
A
all of the above
B
Some people prefer suburban homes to city apartments.
C
Many people don't like laws that limit where they can choose to live.
D
Land and building costs are cheaper in the rural fringe than in the urban core.
16) Which of the following statements about the United States and Canada is true?
A
Development continues to push into the rural fringe in both countries.
B
Both nations have agreed to bring a halt to all future development.
C
Urban sprawl is actually good for the environment.
D
The populations of both countries are no longer growing.
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