Multiple Choice Questions

Which one of the following is not true of Monterrey's economy?
  • It is bolstered by the city's port activities.
  • Cites in the Lesser Antilles tend to sprawl across entire islands.
  • concentric zone model - pie cut into many pieces
  • Pike Place Market-LA
Which one of the following is not one of the US and Canada's eleven recognized megalopolitan regions?
  • Mexico city
  • I-40 from Memphis to Oklahoma City
  • Montreal and Quebec City
  • Large plaza at the center
The classic Spanish colonial city contained:
  • Mexico city
  • Tenochtitlan
  • Montreal and Quebec City
  • Large plaza at the center
What two Canadian cities are well known for historic preservation programs in their colonial cores?
  • Detriot
  • I-40 from Memphis to Oklahoma City
  • Large plaza at the center
  • Montreal and Quebec City
What impact did the maquiladora program have on Mexico's urban geography?
  • It led to substantial urban growth on the U.S.-Mexican border.
  • I-40 from Memphis to Oklahoma City
  • Montreal and Quebec City
  • Mexico city
In 2006, the Union of Spanish American City Capitals declared what city to be the cultural capital of Spanish America?
  • Mexico city
  • NYC
  • Detriot
  • San Jose
What US city grew because of a superior situation that was enhanced by the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825?
  • Detriot
  • Mexico city
  • NYC
  • Montreal and Quebec City
It has a population of over 50 million. It is where 1 out of every 6 Americans live. It is responsible for 20% of the United States' Gross Domestic Product. What is it?
  • railroads
  • NYC LA, Chicago
  • the insular caribbean
  • Megalopolis
Fresh water has been made available at low cost to cities in the arid Southwest of the United States because of all of the following except:
  • Cites in the Lesser Antilles tend to sprawl across entire islands.
  • new discoveries of nearby groundwater resources
  • It is bolstered by the city's port activities.
  • concentric zone model - pie cut into many pieces
Which one of the following statements is not true of the Caribbean's urban geography?
  • concentric zone model - pie cut into many pieces
  • Pike Place Market-LA
  • It is bolstered by the city's port activities.
  • Cites in the Lesser Antilles tend to sprawl across entire islands.
Vest-pocket parks, community gardens, and urban greenways are examples of:
  • site
  • The average number of children per family decreases.
  • successful (re)incorportation of nature into the city.
  • coffee and bananas
Automobile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's economy?
  • secondary sector
  • NYC LA, Chicago
  • tertiary and quaternary
  • the insular caribbean
Capital city, megacity, world city: What is the only city in Middle America and the Caribbean that would fit each of these three categories?
  • Tenochtitlan
  • Detriot
  • Montreal and Quebec City
  • Mexico city
San José, Costa Rica, initially built its economic base on tobacco cultivation. Later, the base of San José's economy shifted to:
  • site
  • The average number of children per family decreases.
  • coffee and bananas
  • successful (re)incorportation of nature into the city.
During the period of Colonial Mercantilism in what would become the United States and Canada, where were the largest cities located?
  • It led to substantial urban growth on the U.S.-Mexican border.
  • San Jose
  • I-40 from Memphis to Oklahoma City
  • at the mouth of the Mississippi River, along the St. Lawrence River, along the Atlantic coast
The three largest metropolitan regions in the United States and Canada are anchored by:
  • NYC LA, Chicago
  • railroads
  • secondary sector
  • Pike Place Market-LA
New town
  • Cites in the Lesser Antilles tend to sprawl across entire islands.
  • both the celebration and contestation of cultural differences.
  • comprehensively planned to be as self-contained as possible
  • concentric zone model - pie cut into many pieces
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