What is one benefit of a mixed-use development?

C. People can live, work, and shop in the same neighborhood.

A. Housing is kept far away from the noise and traffic of business districts.

B. There is plentiful parking because the development is built around the need for cars.

D. Housing density is lower, and there is plenty of land between homes.

How did Toronto address its problems with a rundown urban core in the 1960s?

D. It rebuilt its downtown through infill projects, including many skyscrapers.

A. It largely abandoned the city center and focused on building sprawling suburbs.

B. It ignored the problem because city planners could not reach a resolution.

C. It demolished most downtown buildings and converted the area to a city park.

What decision did Toronto's leaders make in 1999 that would affect the city for decades?

B. They began to create a plan to control the growth of the city.

A. 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 abandoned the urban core in favor of suburban development.

According to Toronto's Official Plan, most new developments will consist of

A. infill and mixed-use projects in the urban core.

B. housing and commercial developments in the suburbs.

C. developments in parks and other open spaces.

After violating the Clean Air Act, what did Atlanta do to improve air quality?

B. It cut pollution by creating a regional transportation system to get people out of their cars.

A. It did nothing, and therefore it lost all of its federal highway funds.

C. It limited urban sprawl by denying all development permits for a period of 10 years.

D. It created an urban growth boundary and limited development to the urban core.

Why did Governor Roy Barnes of Georgia decide to focus on public transit in Atlanta?

A. He wanted Atlanta to continue growing.

B. He wanted Atlanta to meet Clean Air Act standards.

C. He wanted Atlanta to receive its federal highway funds.

What resulted from Atlanta's commitment to building a regional public transit system?

A. The city now meets Clean Air Act standards.

B. Urban growth has slowed down dramatically.

C. Residents of Atlanta are now in agreement about urban sprawl.

D. The size of Atlanta is actually decreasing.

Which of the following statements about the United States and Canada is true?

B. Development continues to push into the rural fringe in both countries.

A. The populations of both countries are no longer growing.

C. Urban sprawl is actually good for the environment.

D. Both nations have agreed to bring a halt to all future development.

Why does urban sprawl continue in the United States and Canada?

A. Land and building costs are cheaper in the rural fringe than in the urban core.

B. Some people prefer suburban homes to city apartments.

C. Many people don't like laws that limit where they can choose to live.

Which fact below supports this statement: Cities around the world are struggling with urban sprawl.

A. The population of Mumbai, India, increased from 3 million in 1950 to more than 14 million in 1995.

B. Together, China and India are home to 4 out of 10 of the world's people.

C. Poor countries often have little control over how their cities grow.

Which of the following statements is true?

C. By 2000, nearly half of the world's population lived in urban areas.

A. South America has more people than any other continent.

B. Most big cities in the world are located in extremely cold or arid regions.

D. In the last 20 years, more people have moved to rural areas than to urban areas.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a metropolitan area?

A. a major city and its surrounding suburbs

B. the downtown or central business district of a city

C. a ring of suburbs surrounding a city's urban core

D. the small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond a city's suburbs

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What mode of transportation allowed city workers to live in far away suburbs and commute to their jobs?

A. streetcars

B. horses

C. cars

D. trains

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a statement that a person opposing urban growth might say?

A. Homeowners in new developments pay taxes which help fund roads, schools, and other city services.

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. Developing rural areas destroys habitats for plants and animals.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of reasons do many people give to support urban growth?

A. emotional

B. economic

C. health

D. environmental

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As Portland, Oregon began to expand in the 1960s and 1970s, people feared that

A. federal highway funds would be withheld because of excessive air pollution.

B. city planners would close down the public transit system.

C. the rich farmland of the Willamette Valley would be covered by development.

D. all of the above

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Portland, the legal border that separates urban land from rural land is called

A. a mixed-use development.

B. an urban growth boundary.

C. the Official Plan.

D. MARTA.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which phrase best describes Portland today?

A. a compact city with controlled growth

B. a sprawling city with a rundown urban core

C. the fastest-spreading human settlement in history

D. a lightly populated city of big houses on large lots

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