Ch. 5 Urban Sprawl

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
  

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
  

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.

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

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

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
  

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.
  

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
  

What is one benefit of a mixed-use development?

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

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

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

• A. They decided to allow private developers to shape Toronto's growth.
  
• B. They began to create a plan to control the growth of the city.
• 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.