Urbanization

Where do most of the people in the US live?

• 80 % in cities
• 80 % in the country
• 20% in the woods
• 25% by beach

What is an urban area?

• Land that includes woods, beaches, crops
• Land covered by buildings, roads, and suburbia
• An area with a lot of shopping malls
• An area with many forests

What is a rural area?

• Land covered by buildings, roads, and suburbia
• Land covered by all parking lots
• Land covered with mostly water
• Land covered with forests, crops, etc

What is urbanization?

• When people move from urban to rural areas
• When people move from the lake to the forest
• When people move from rural areas to urban areas
• When people work in factories more than farming

What did NOT lead to the increase in urbanization?

• Population decrease
• Population growth
• Industrialization
• Moving from farming to industry

All of the following are environmental cost of urbanization EXCEPT?

• decrease water supply

• Growth of Industrial waste

• increase in sewage

• Forest growth

What is NOT an environmental benefit that results from urbanization?

• Efficiency and improved transportation

• Universities and research centers

• Improved communication

• Increase in industrial waste

Political Machines assist immigrants in exchange for......

• votes

• loyalty

• presents

• money

Which of the following describes an areas of a city with similar ethnic backgrounds?

• Tenements

• Ghettos

• Slums

• Settlement Houses

What would happen to the land of the US if we were to spread out the people that live in the cities?

• Less land and resources
• More land and resources
• More land
• Nothing everything would stay the same