Exam 7: Megalopolis

You work for a consultant company hired to help the state governments of the Megalopolis region work together to solve environmental issues in the region.Describe the major environmental issues facing the region and evaluate which of them should be addressed first by this regional collaboration.

What physical feature of the landscape has become the largest tourist draw in Megalopolis?

In the future,Megalopolis will likely continue to be in a ________ position in the economy of North America.

Why did the British and other European colonial powers want to establish colonies in the Americas?

In what ways would Megalopolis benefit if the region was able to create a unified and upgraded mass transit system and plan for land-uses on a regional,comprehensive basis?

Why was the city of Washington,D.C.,established?

Today,the largest employer in the Washington,D.C.,area is the ________.

The biggest environmental challenge for the Chesapeake Bay is ________,which causes algae blooms.

Most of the fruit and vegetables produced through truck farming in Megalopolis region are sold ________.

The movement of European-American middle-class families to the suburbs in order to escape racial tensions and urban decay is called what?

In recent years,the economy of Atlantic City has begun to recover from the slump it faced after WWII.What economic sector is responsible for this recovery?

Which of the following factors allowed New York to become a greater economic power than Philadelphia over time?

Before European settlement,Native American groups of the Eastern Woodland culture complex survived through what sort of lifestyle?

Many cities in the Megalopolis region,such as Baltimore,Washington,and Philadelphia,are located on the Fall Line,why were so many settlement established on or near this line?

The population of ________ peaked 1950 at about 2.1 million and is currently around 1.6 million.

Few ________ in Philadelphia the first half of the 20th century could get a mortgage loan in order to buy a home.

Based on what you know about the Megalopolis Region,which of the following would not be a challenge to the Chesapeake Bay Program's efforts to protect and restore the bay?

Most of the rivers in the Megalopolis Region flow from the Northwest to the Southeast across the three physiographic provinces in which order?

Although much of Megalopolis region is urbanized,what type of land covers dominate in rural parts of the region?

The water supply for the city of New York comes from ________.