North American Geography Quiz 3
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Megalopolis
Any agglomeration of large, coalescing super cities
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Agglomeration
An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area
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Coastal estuaries
Good harbors on the coast
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Characteristics of coastal harbor towns
Relatively flat or gently rolling terrain
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Environment of Chesapeake Bay
\-Norfolk/ Virginia Beach
\-Annapolis (U.S. Naval Academy)
\-Baltimore
\-Annapolis (U.S. Naval Academy)
\-Baltimore
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Fall line cities
\-Rapids and falls
-from hard rocks of higher Piedmont, softer rocks of the coastal plain
-from hard rocks of higher Piedmont, softer rocks of the coastal plain
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Urban planning
A dynamic process that involves designing or planning urban spaces or urban communities
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Philadelphia- Ben Franklin
New York- Sanitation controls, housing standards
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Philadelphia- Ben Franklin
New York- Sanitation controls, housing standards
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Ben Franklin’s role in urban planning
Establishing a lending library, hospital, school, fire brigade, insurance company, learned society, and militia.
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Urban sprawl
Large-scale, low-density, scattered, discontinuous car-dependent construction, began around periphery of older city centers: process of change
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Stages of interurban growth
\-Stage 1: Walking horse/cart era
\-Stage 2: Electric streetcar era
\-Stage 3: Recreational automobile era
\-Stage 4: Freeway era (decentralization/suburb growth)
\-Stage 2: Electric streetcar era
\-Stage 3: Recreational automobile era
\-Stage 4: Freeway era (decentralization/suburb growth)
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Walking horse/cart era
\-Stage 1
\-Compact, pedestrian cities, connected to hinterland for “supplies”
\-All city functions within 30-minute walk: job, market, housing, social community
\-Compact, pedestrian cities, connected to hinterland for “supplies”
\-All city functions within 30-minute walk: job, market, housing, social community
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Electric streetcar era
\-Stage 2
\-Trolley extended “suburbs” along routes
\-Spatial segregation based on socioeconomics:
-Labor in interior of city – owner/managers commutes
\-Relationship emerging between CBD & surrounding areas:
-Inner-city vs. ‘burbs
\-Trolley extended “suburbs” along routes
\-Spatial segregation based on socioeconomics:
-Labor in interior of city – owner/managers commutes
\-Relationship emerging between CBD & surrounding areas:
-Inner-city vs. ‘burbs
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Recreational automobile era
\-Stage 3
\-Early highways extended & in-filled suburbs
\-Socioeconomic segregation more prominent
\-Extra-urban industrial zones emerge as laborforce becomes more mobile
\-Early highways extended & in-filled suburbs
\-Socioeconomic segregation more prominent
\-Extra-urban industrial zones emerge as laborforce becomes more mobile
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Freeway era (decentralization/suburb growth)
\-Stage 4
\-Suburbs expand (1-2 hr. commutes)
\-Economic centers disperse from CBD
\-Greater city-to-city travel
\-Economic decline of inner urban core
\-Increased need for air pollution control
\-Distinct socioeconomic delineations
\-Suburbs expand (1-2 hr. commutes)
\-Economic centers disperse from CBD
\-Greater city-to-city travel
\-Economic decline of inner urban core
\-Increased need for air pollution control
\-Distinct socioeconomic delineations
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Smart growth
\-Buzzword that came into use for growth management in the 1990’s
\-Mixed land use
\-Acquiring undeveloped land for open space
\-Encourage compact development
\-Emphasize infill development and reuse
\-Mixed land use
\-Acquiring undeveloped land for open space
\-Encourage compact development
\-Emphasize infill development and reuse
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Smart growth practices in Maryland
\-Support existing communities and neighborhoods
\-Save taxpayers millions of dollars in unnecessary building of infrastructure required to support sprawl.
\-Priority funding areas
\-Rural legacy program
\-Live near your work
\-Save taxpayers millions of dollars in unnecessary building of infrastructure required to support sprawl.
\-Priority funding areas
\-Rural legacy program
\-Live near your work
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Connectivity
\-Nodes
\-Edges
\-Connection to periphery
\-Edges
\-Connection to periphery
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Nodes
Connecting points
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Edges
Lines connecting to nodes
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Ethnic enclaves
An area that contains a high concentration of one cultural group in contrast to the surrounding area
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Cultural characteristics of Boston
\-English settlement patterns (early settlers)
\-Irish and Italian immigrant groups (mostly 20th century)
\-Chinese immigrants with large presence in Chinatown
\-More recently Dominican and other Caribbean nations
\-45 college institutions
\-Irish and Italian immigrant groups (mostly 20th century)
\-Chinese immigrants with large presence in Chinatown
\-More recently Dominican and other Caribbean nations
\-45 college institutions
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Cultural characteristics of Philadelphia
\-”City of brotherly love”
\-A colonial city
\-U.S. Constitution Convention
\-Independence Hall
\-Liberty Bell
\-Major shipping port and river access
\-Swedish and German immigrants
\-A colonial city
\-U.S. Constitution Convention
\-Independence Hall
\-Liberty Bell
\-Major shipping port and river access
\-Swedish and German immigrants
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Cultural characteristics of Baltimore
\-Another harbor city
\-Export/import business
\-Railroad
\-Banking
\-Tourism
\-City with a history of “white flight”
\-Export/import business
\-Railroad
\-Banking
\-Tourism
\-City with a history of “white flight”
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Cultural characteristics of New York City
\-”The big apple”
\-Another harbor city
\-River access to upstate and great lakes thru Hudson river
\-Greater metropolitan area includes: New Jersey, Long Island, and Connecticut
\-Major industries:
-Entertainment
-News
-Financial
-Import/export
-Shopping
-Fashion
-Tourism
-Education
\-Another harbor city
\-River access to upstate and great lakes thru Hudson river
\-Greater metropolitan area includes: New Jersey, Long Island, and Connecticut
\-Major industries:
-Entertainment
-News
-Financial
-Import/export
-Shopping
-Fashion
-Tourism
-Education
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Cultural characteristics of Washington DC
\-Major workforce with federal government
\-Agency headquarters
\-Lobbyist
\-Education
\-Tourism, “face of the nation”
\-Agency headquarters
\-Lobbyist
\-Education
\-Tourism, “face of the nation”
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Boston
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Providence
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New Haven
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New York City
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Philadelphia
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Baltimore
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Washington DC
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Richmond
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Chesapeake Bay
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Delaware Bay
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Long Island Sound
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Narragansett Bay
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Appalachian Mountains
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Fall Line
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Pidemont
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Massachusetts
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Rhode Island
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Connecticut
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New Jersey
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New York
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Delaware
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Maryland
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Virginia
