How does access to raw materials help a region become a business center for trade and tourism?(1 point)
Responses
It causes an increase of jobs in the financial industry such as investors and bankers.
It causes an increase of jobs in the financial industry such as investors and bankers.
It allows for goods to be traded along waterways.
It allows for goods to be traded along waterways.
It causes people to want to move away from a region.
It causes people to want to move away from a region.
It allows for the production of important goods that can be sold to make a profit.
It allows for the production of important goods that can be sold to make a profit.
Which of the following is a contrast between New York City and Los Angeles?(1 point)
Responses
Los Angeles is an old city, and New York was more recently established.
Los Angeles is an old city, and New York was more recently established.
New York deals with extensive problems related to pollution; Los Angeles sees fewer of these problems.
New York deals with extensive problems related to pollution; Los Angeles sees fewer of these problems.
Los Angeles has many suburbs; New York does not.
Los Angeles has many suburbs; New York does not.
New York relies heavily on public transportation networks; Los Angeles relies more on private car transportation.
New York relies heavily on public transportation networks; Los Angeles relies more on private car transportation.
Which of the following is the definition of suburbanization?(1 point)
Responses
the increase in size of a hinterland to include more rural areas
the increase in size of a hinterland to include more rural areas
the migration of people from central cities to suburbs
the migration of people from central cities to suburbs
the migration from the rural hinterland to suburbs
the migration from the rural hinterland to suburbs
the migration of people from outside a hinterland to central cities
the migration of people from central cities to suburbs
Based on the history of urbanization, what is a reasonable prediction about the future of cities and hinterlands?(1 point)
Responses
Decreasing world population will mean that hinterlands will become more dependent on central cities.
Decreasing world population will mean that hinterlands will become more dependent on central cities.
Central cities will increase in population while urban hinterlands will decrease.
Central cities will increase in population while urban hinterlands will decrease.
Urban hinterlands will continue to increase in population even if central cities do not.
Urban hinterlands will continue to increase in population even if central cities do not.
Central cities will become less connected to their hinterlands
Urban hinterlands will continue to increase in population even if central cities do not.
Which of the following is a factor of the physical geography of both Miami and Monrovia?(1 point)
Responses
Both cities are landlocked with no easy access to the oceans.
Both cities are landlocked with no easy access to the oceans.
Both cities have extensive wetlands around the cities.
Both cities have extensive wetlands around the cities.
Urban sprawl is limited for both cities by mountain ranges that surround them.
Urban sprawl is limited for both cities by mountain ranges that surround them.
Both cities have made great efforts to preserve the natural environment around the city
Both cities have made great efforts to preserve the natural environment around the city.
How can mineral rights limit the way an individual can use land that they own?(1 point)
Responses
Mineral rights require individuals to protect the natural environment of the land.
Mineral rights require individuals to protect the natural environment of the land.
If the individual does not have mineral rights to the land, they do not own the right to extract fossil fuels from under the land.
If the individual does not have mineral rights to the land, they do not own the right to extract fossil fuels from under the land.
In the U.S., mineral rights are not protected by eminent domain.
In the U.S., mineral rights are not protected by eminent domain.
Mineral rights allow the individual to disregard zoning laws over their land.