Chapter 14 Land Section 1-2

_____ is an increase in the ratio or density of people living in urban areas rather than rural areas.

• Urbanization

• Ruralization

• Industrialization

• Revolution

People usually leave _____ areas for more plentiful and better paying jobs in towns and cities.

• rural

• urban

As urban populations have grown, many small towns have grown together and formed large urban areas called _____.

• metropolitan areas

• compact areas

• developed low density areas

• busy areas

_____ is the basic facilities of a country or region, such as roads, bridges, sewers, and railroads.

• Infrastructure

• Groundwork

• Foundation

• Substructure

What term was used to describe rapid growth of population that can overwhelm the infrastructure?

• Urban Crisis

• Rural Crisis

• Urban Sprawl

_____ is the rapid spread of a city into adjoining suburbs and rural areas.

• Urban crisis

• Rural crisis

• Urban Sprawl

As cities grow, suburbs are often built on _____, or land that is poorly suited for building.

• marginal land

• insignificant land

• significant land

• important land

Structures built on marginal land can become _____ and can be expensive to insure.

• difficult to repair

• easy to repair

_____ is an area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas.

• Heat island

• Continental island

• Oceanic island

• Long island

Roads and buildings _____ and _____ heat longer than vegetation does.

• absorb:retain

• refract:reflect

• absorb:reflect

• reflect:absorb