Suburbs

What was the first suburb of America?

• Lewittown

• Lewyttown

• Levittown

• Levyttown

What is the title of the Malvina Reynolds song which she had criticized the suburbs?

• Little Boxes

• Just the same

• Ticky Tacky

• They all look just the same

Why did become the suburbs so widespread? (More right answers are possible.)

• highway construction

• cheap energy for automobile transportation

• new workplaces

• The Veterans administration and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Administration

What means subdivisions?

• They can allow just the

  upper-middle class to live here.

• They can allow just the

  low-middle class to live here.

• They only allow single-family homes to be built.

• They can allow just the working class to live in that zone.

What did cause the rise of suburban disenchantment? (Several correct answer are possible.)

• increased traffic

• Cities which means livelihood were far away from suburbs.

• commercial zones

• uniformity

What are NOT include separate apartment complexes?

• playgrounds

• pool

• shops

• picnic tables

What includes the landscaping law? (Several correct answer are possible.)

• have a solar panel on your roof

• have a bird feeder on your yard

• mow your grass

• no littering

Many of these small towns have their own historical....

• cities

• downtowns

• village

• museums

A city and surrounding suburbs that are linked economically.

• commercial zone

• subdivision

• metropolitan area

• downtown

.....USED TO BE a big part of suburban culture

• junk-food joints

• shopping mall

• school buses