Metropolis Review

Select the geographic characteristics that apply to Montréal.

• Montréal is located in Western Canada.

• Montréal is located on a plain.

• Montréal is an island bordered by the St. Lawrence River and the Nile.

• Montréal is located in northeast North America.

Select the correct word to describe the following places :

Group of 16 cities on the Island of Montréal, with close to 2 million inhabitants.

• Agglomeration of Montréal.

• Greater Montréal.

• City of Montréal.

• The North Shore

Select the correct word to describe the following places :

Territory that covers the entire Montréal metropolis, with close to 4 million inhabitants.

• Agglomeration of Montréal.

• Greater Montréal.

• City of Montréal.

• The North Shore

Select the correct word to describe the following places :

Most populous city in Québec, with a population of 1.7 million.

• Agglomeration of Montréal.

• Greater Montréal.

• City of Montréal.

• The North Shore

Answer True or False for the following statement:

The City of Montréal has a higher population density than Greater Montréal.

• True

• False

Answer True or False for the following statement:

Approximately 50 percent of the population of Québec lives in Greater Montréal.

• True

• False

Answer True or False for the following statement:

The population of Québec City is equal to that of the City of Montréal.

• True

• False

Answer True or False for the following statement:

Montréal is not a particularly multi-ethnic city.

• True

• False

Match each concept relating to metropolis to the following definition: Cities, usually residential, built around a city centre.

• Urban sprawl

• Suburbs

• Multi-ethnicity

• Planning and Development

Match each concept relating to metropolis to the following definition: Expansion of a city into the surrounding environment.

• Urban sprawl

• Suburbs

• Multi-ethnicity

• Planning and Development