Megacities/Geography

Urbanization is

• The process of urbaning
• When an increasing percentage of a country's population lives in cities
• When more people move from one city to another
• When the size of cities grow

the two ways that urban areas grow are

• nitrogen and phospherous
• natural increase and migration
• increasing birth rates and migration

reasons for counter-urbanization include

• high land prices, pollution, high crime
• reinvestment into inner-city areas, gentrification
• attractions such as the olympics and new skyscapers

A mega-city is defined as

• a city with more than 10 million people
• a city with more than 20 million people
• a city that has global influence
• a city that receives more migrants than loses emmigrants

Which is NOT considered a megacity

• Hong Kong
• Tokyo
• Osaka
• Shanghai

This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• urban sprawl
• metropolitan area
• rural fringe
• whooping cough

Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?

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

What do the dark spots on this population density map represent?

• urban cores
• metropolitan areas
• Somerset, Wisconsin
• public transit systems

Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?

• there are more affordable houses
• increased pollution
• destruction of habitats
• more taco bells (this one's not the right answer, but it is true)

What does BOLTSS stand for?

• Border, Outline, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
• Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
• Border, Outline, Lakes, Title, Scale and Source
• Buildings, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source