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Ch. 5 Urban Sprawl

Authored by Jason Shippy

Geography

6th - 8th Grade

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Ch. 5 Urban Sprawl
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

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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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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

A. emotional
B. economic
C. health
D. environmental

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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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