Melting Pot

Draw a diagram to show an American city with its three parts.

Answer explanation

Which descriptions apply to a CBD?

• located outside the centre  

• no public transport 

• office blocks

• rectangular street grid

Which descriptions apply to a CBD?

• narrow winding streets

• many hotels

• many shops

• mainly poorer residents

Which row of words is in the correct order?

• agglomeration – metropolitan region – central city

• central city – agglomeration – metropolitan region

• central city – metropolitan region – agglomeration

Answer explanation

The central city was formed first. Suburbs are built around it. Together, the suburbs and the central city form an agglomeration. Together, different agglomerations form a metropolitan region.

Which term is indicated by number 1?

• suburbs

• agglomeration

• downtown

• ethnic neighbourhoods

Answer explanation

The central city of Chicago (2) grew first, the suburbs came later (1).

Which term is indicated by number 2?

• agglomeration

• metropolitan region

• central city

• ethnic neighbourhoods

Answer explanation

Today, fewer people live in the central city of Chicago (2) than in the surrounding suburbs (1).

Which word describes the process shown in the graph?

What can de described as 'the large-scale expansion of suburbs into the surrounding countryside'?

Does urban sprawl occur in the Netherlands?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

There are many regulations in the Netherlands to prevent suburbs from expanding into the countryside. Also, there is far less space in the Netherlands than in the US.

In the USA, what are these examples of?

People who work in a business where all the other workers belong to their own population group.

People who do their shopping in the same shops as people from their own population group.

Children who go to the same school as children from their own population group (such as ‘white’ or ‘black’ schools).

• assimilation

• integration

• segregation

• apartheid