Urban growth and sprawl

Select which of these is the definition of urbanisation

• An city with over 10 million people

• An increasing proportion of people living in towns and cities

• An increasing number of people living in towns and cities

• Less people living in rural areas

What is the 'range' in the % world urban population between 1950 and 2050 (the difference between the figures)

• 23%

• 109%

• 54.5%

• 66%

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
  

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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is a metropolitan area?

• spreading of urban developments on a city
• A region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs
• The directness of routes linking pairs of places

Which of the following words BEST describes the characteristics of a city?

• Rural 
• Suburban 
• Urban 

Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of...

• Urbanization
• Inflation
• Urban Center
• Influence