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Urban Sprawl

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 1hrs 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas
a)
urban sprawl
b)
metropolitan area
c)
rural fringe
d)
whooping cough
2.
Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?
a)
new, affordable homes
b)
more farmland
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more people pass their geography quiz
3.
What part of the metropolitan area is A pointing to?
a)
urban core
b)
urban fringe
c)
rural fringe 
d)
metropolitan area
4.
What part of the metropolitan area is B pointing to?
a)
urban core
b)
rural fringe
c)
urban fringe
d)
mitochondria
5.
What part of the metropolitan area is C pointing to?
a)
rural fringe
b)
urban fringe
c)
urban core
d)
cell membrane
6.

What part of the metropolitan area is a suburb most likely to be located in?

a)

the rural fringe

b)

the urban core

c)

the urban fringe

d)

no area

7.
What is a metropolitan area?
a)
spreading of urban developments on a city
b)
A region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs
c)
The directness of routes linking pairs of places
8.

Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?

a)

there are more affordable houses

b)

increased pollution

c)

destruction of habitats

d)

traffic congestion

9.
What mode of transportation allowed city workers to live in far away suburbs and commute to their jobs?
a)
A. streetcars
b)
B. horses
c)
C. cars
d)
D. trains
10.
What kind of reasons do many people give to support urban growth?
a)
emotional
b)
economic
c)
health
d)
environmental
11.
As Portland, Oregon began to expand in the 1960s and 1970s, people feared that
a)
federal highway funds would be withheld because of excessive air pollution.
b)
city planners would close down the public transit system.
c)
the rich farmland of the Willamette Valley would be covered by development.
d)
 all of the options
12.
Which phrase best describes Portland today?
a)
a compact city with controlled growth
b)
a sprawling city with a rundown urban core
c)
the fastest-spreading human settlement in history
d)
a lightly populated city of big houses on large lots
13.
What is one benefit of a mixed-use development?
a)
Housing is kept far away from the noise and traffic of business districts.
b)
There is plentiful parking because the development is built around the need for cars.
c)
People can live, work, and shop in the same neighborhood.
d)
Housing density is lower, and there is plenty of land between homes.
14.
How did Toronto address its problems with a rundown urban core in the 1960s?
a)
It largely abandoned the city center and focused on building sprawling suburbs.
b)
It ignored the problem because city planners could not reach a resolution.
c)
It demolished most downtown buildings and converted the area to a city park.
d)
It rebuilt its downtown through infill projects, including many skyscrapers.
15.
Toronto's Official Plan allows growth to continue in what percentage of the city?
a)
5 percent
b)
25 percent
c)
45 percent
d)
75 percent
16.
What resulted from Atlanta's remarkable growth in the 1990s?
a)
urban sprawl
b)
traffic jams
c)
air pollution
d)
all of the options
17.
After violating the Clean Air Act, what did Atlanta do to improve air quality?
a)
nothing, and therefore it lost all of its federal highway funds.
b)
cut pollution by creating a regional transportation system to get people out of their cars.
c)
limited urban sprawl by denying all development permits for a period of 10 years.
d)
created an urban growth boundary and limited development to the urban core.
18.

An approach to urban design that combines different types of land use within a particular neighborhood or district. (i.e combing businesses and housing).

a)

Planned Communities

b)

Circulation

c)

Mixed Use Development

d)

Infill

19.

Which of the following would LEAST LIKELY be considered public transit?

a)

Car

b)

Bus

c)

Train

d)

Subway

20.

The concept of filling in empty spaces in a city or redesigning old buildings is called...

a)

infill

b)

mixed-use development

c)

urban sprawl

d)

public transit

21.

Which of these best describes mixed-use development?

a)

Knocking an old building down to build a new one.

b)

Building on the edge of an urban area.

c)

Clearing a forest for farming.

d)

Store, office, & apartments in the same building.

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