WorksheetsAmerican Cities and Regions Growth Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which cities and regions of America have experienced the largest population growth over the past few decades?
New York and Los Angeles
Texas, California & Florida
Chicago, Detroit & the Rust Belt
All of the Above
What is Not a reason for the Sun Belt's increase in population?
The availability of aerospace & military jobs
People choosing to start farms & live in rural areas
The cost of living was lower than the national average
Air conditioning making the climate more bearable
What political impact does population growth have every 10 years in the United States?
The Senate reappoints its 100 members based on population.
The House of Representatives reappoints its 435 members based on population
The coastal states are more conservative/
Republican
The middle of America tends to be more liberal/
Democrats
Which factor is NOT considered a pull factor for people moving to areas like the Sun Belt?
Warmer climates & escaping harsh winters
Job opportunities that come with expanding cities
Retirement
Losing their job in the Rust Belt
What is a NOT push factors that led people to the decline of the Rust Belt?
Foreign cars dominating the market
The Sun
The closure of factories
The harsh winters
How does immigration from outside of the country contribute to the growth of certain American regions?
It increases the number of retirees in one particular area
It contributes to a lack of availability of resources
It contributes to the diversity and population increase in some areas more than others
It causes a brain drain in the region.
What happened to the U.S. population between 1960 and 2000?
It stayed the same
It grew by about 100,000
It grew by about two million.
It grew by about 100 million.
The growth of cities is known as
Urbanization
Immigration
Industrialization
The Brain Drain
Globalization was hard on the Rust Belt but good for American consumers.
True
False
What is NOT an important reason for the government to do a census every 10 years?
To assign Representatives in Congress
To establish businesses needed for the future
To anticipate where more resources are needed
