14.2 Urban Land Use

14.2 Urban Land Use

Multiple Choice

How were cities built to conserve space?

• Skyscrapers were built

• Tenements apartments were built

• Buildings were built in unique shapes

• All of these happened

Multiple Choice

Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of...

• Urbanization
• Inflation
• Urban Center
• Influence

Multiple Choice

The growth of cities is:

• Immigration
• Urbanization
• Depersonalization
• Materialization

Multiple Choice

Which term describes the mixture of cultures we have here in the United States?

• Nativism
• Melting Pot
• Steerage
• Open Border

Multiple Choice

Cities grew because of all these except:

• Immgration
• Jobs
• Railroads
• Farming

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of green infrastructure? (Select ALL that apply)

• Green roofs

• Rain gardens

• Permeable pavement

• Rain barrels

Multiple Choice

Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?

• new, affordable homes
• more farmland
• destruction of habitats
• more people pass their geography quiz

Multiple Choice

What part of the metropolitan area is A pointing to?

• urban core
• urban fringe
• rural fringe 
• metropolitan area

Multiple Choice

What is the direct cause of rising sea levels?

• Melting Sea Ice

• Melting Land Ice

• Climate Change

Multiple Choice

Compared to other greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is very effective in trapping heat near the surface of the Earth.

• true
• false

Multiple Choice

Cities become known as _____________ because they heat up and cool down faster than their surrounding areas.

• hot spots
• heated lands
• heat islands
• hot islands

Multiple Choice

The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called

• forestry

• clear-cutting

• timber harvesting

• deforestation