Urban and Regional Planning Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Urban and Regional Planning explores the development, design, and management of urban spaces and broader geographic regions to create sustainable, functional, and aesthetically pleasing communities. This course covers the principles and practices of planning, including land use, transportation systems, environmental considerations, social equity, and economic development. Students will examine historical and contemporary planning models, learn about zoning laws, public policy, and stakeholder engagement, and analyze case studies highlighting both successes and challenges in urban and regional contexts. The course equips learners with practical skills and theoretical knowledge essential for addressing complex challenges in rapidly growing urban areas and evolving regional landscapes.
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The Geography of North America Environment Culture Economy 2nd Edition by
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Geographic analysis generally focus on three broad topics,people,cultures,and cultural landscapes;political economies;and ________.
Answer: physical geography/studies of the earth's physical systems
Q2) In 1789,when the United States gained independence from Britain,the population of the 13 colonies was dominated by immigrants from Western Europe,but there were also large numbers of ________ and ________.
Answer: African-American slaves,Native Americans
Q3) An example of a ________ or nodal region is the Chicago metropolitan region,which shares a variety of economic,political,and other functions.
Answer: functional
Q4) The combined area of Canada and the United States covers about what percent of the world's land area?
A)5%
B)13%
C)25%
D)40%
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: North America's Environmental Setting
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Q1) The tundra biome is found in areas with what type of climate?
A)Mediterranean
B)Polar
C)Tropical
D)Marine
Answer: B
Q2) A front is an area of contact between two different air masses where warmer,moister air is force to rise above cooler air,causing ________.
Answer: cold temperatures,gusty winds,and clouds
Q3) Differences in atmospheric pressure are measured using what?
A)A thermometer
B)A barometer
C)A pressure gradient
D)A compression meter
Answer: B
Q4) An area that shares a common drainage system is called a ________.
Answer: watershed
Q5) Places that are closer to the equator receive ________ solar radiation that places near the poles.
Answer: more
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Chapter 3: Historical Settlement of North America
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Q1) Two types of settlements were created while much of the American Southwest was controlled by Mexico,ranchos that were used for ________ and colonias that were used for ________.
Answer: raising stock (cattle/sheep);settlement by families/small farmers
Q2) The first permanent British settlement in North America was what?
A)Jamestown,Virginia
B)St.George's,Bermuda
C)Plymouth,Massachusetts
D)Roanoke,Virginia
Answer: A
Q3) The Laws of the Indies,dictated the patterns of settlement for colonies established by which European group?
A)The French
B)The Portuguese
C)The British
D)The Spanish
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: North American Political Economy
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Q1) Three examples of primary sector jobs are those involved in ________,________,and ________.
Q2) Which types of farms benefit from a location close to urban areas?
A)Dairies
B)Truck farms
C)Ranches
D)Both A and B
E)Both B and C
Q3) Mining has been associated with the economic base of which parts of North America?
A)Pacific Northwest,Maine and Eastern Canada.
B)Newfoundland and other parts of the Atlantic Periphery.
C)The Rocky Mountains and Intermontane West.
D)The Gulf Coast,the Great Plains,and parts of northern Canada.
Q4) Why has the secondary sector in the Rust Belt declined in recent decades?
Q5) Explain the concept of the technological treadmill by giving an example of how this pattern functions.
Q6) After the construction of ________ many Americans moved away from the center of cities.
Q7) Prior to the 1960s most new immigrants lived in ________.
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Chapter 5: The Atlantic Periphery
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Q1) Most of land in the Atlantic Periphery is covered by A)Urban uses.
B)Agriculture.
C)Forests.
D)Grasslands.
Q2) Civil War in Somalia drove more than 13,000 Somali Bantu to claim refugee status in what part of the Atlantic Periphery?
A)Vermont,New Hampshire,and Maine
B)Newfoundland and Labrador
C)Nova Scotia
D)Upstate New York
Q3) L'Anxe Meadows was a ________ settlement in Newfoundland,and one of the first European contacts with Native American groups.
Q4) The population trend in today's Newfoundland shows that
A)People are moving from other parts of Canada to Newfoundland.
B)The population staying rather steady with little immigration and emigration.
C)The native "Newfie" population is staying steady,and many immigrants have been moving in from outside Canada.
D)Many people are moving from Newfoundland to other parts of Canada.
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Chapter 6: Quebec
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Q1) What was the system that French settlers used to divide up land along the St.Lawrence River?
A)The Long Lot System
B)Metes and Bounds System
C)Public Land Survey System
D)Lot and Block System
Q2) What situation left the British government with a huge debt that resulted in higher taxes in the 13 colonies?
A)The Crimean War
B)The French-Indian War
C)The Revolutionary War
D)The Seven Years' War
Q3) The Plains of Abraham in Quebec City are known because they mark the end of ________.
Q4) The government of Quebec promotes interculturalism in the region,which emphasizes ________ between the Francophone majority and minority groups.
Q5) Much of Quebec has harsh weather,a rugged landscape,and thin soils,which have made most of the region unsuitable for ________.
Q6) The French explorer Jacques Cartier came to Quebec in 1534 looking for ________.
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Chapter 7: Megalopolis
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Q1) Although much of Megalopolis region is urbanized,what type of land covers dominate in rural parts of the region?
A)Deserts,Grasslands
B)Tundra,Forest
C)Forest,Farmland
D)Farmland,Grasslands
Q2) 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?
A)Ships could go no farther upstream than this line
B)Waterfalls along the Fall Line allowed colonial settlers to create water wheels that provided power for urban industries
C)The Fall Line was as far inland as settlers with wagons could go before they felt like falling down
D)Above the Fall Line rock falls made building settlements difficult
E)Both A and B
Q3) The water supply for the city of New York comes from ________.
Q4) The population of ________ peaked 1950 at about 2.1 million and is currently around 1.6 million.
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Chapter 8: The Great Lakes and Corn Belt
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Q1) Two examples each of the push and pull factors that led African Americans to leave the South and travel into the Great Lakes and Corn Belt region are ________,________,________,and ________.
Q2) A water connection caused by extensive human modification of the landscape in the early 20 Century exists between ________.
A)Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains
B)Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes
C)The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean
D)The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin
Q3) Neighborhoods dominated by ethnic oriented churches,schools,and newspapers dominate community life,are called ________.
A)Ghettos
B)Ethnic enclaves
C)Barrios
D)Cultural precinct
Q4) What factors led to deindustrialization in the Great Lakes and Corn Belt region? What strategies have been the most successful in dealing with the economic transition to postindustrialization?
Q5) Why is the Great Lakes-Corn Belt region often described as America's Heartland?
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Chapter 9: The Inland South
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Q1) African Americans remained second-class citizens in the South even after slavery was abolished because of what?
A)They were forced to remain tenant farmers,perpetuating poverty.
B)"Jim Crow" laws meant that they could not vote.
C)The large numbers of African Americans that migrated north in the 19 century.
D)Both A and B
E)All of the Above
Q2) After the Civil War,for many years the economy of the South continued to be primarily ________,and as a result,________ immigrants came to the South than other parts of the United States.
Q3) What North American region produced iconic musicians Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash,as well as race car driver Dale Earnhardt?
A)The Corn Belt and Great Lakes
B)The Coastal South
C)The Inland South
D)The Great Plains
Q4) What factors in both the South and North led African Americans to relocate during the Great Migration?
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Chapter 10: The Coastal South
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Q1) Compare the cultural and economic characteristics of Houston with one other city in the Coastal South? How are these two cities different? Are there any similarities?
Q2) Compare the push and pull factors for two different groups that have made their home in the Coastal South.
Q3) In contrast to settlers in most parts of North America,most early settlers to the Coastal South were members of what religion?
A)Protestantism
B)Catholicism
C)Lutheranism
D)Southern Baptists
Q4) The two factors that attracted Walt Disney to build Disney World in Orlando Florida were ________.
Q5) What city in Texas was the port of entry for thousands of immigrants to the United States starting in the 1840s?
A)Houston
B)Galveston
C)Corpus Christi
D)Port Lavaca
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Chapter 11: The Great Plains
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Q1) Early settlers used the name the "Great American Desert" to refer to the Great Plains because of what characteristic of the region?
A)The low rainfall.
B)The lack of trees.
C)The miles and miles of sand and dunes.
D)The use of dromedaries for travel.
Q2) Geographers Frank and Deborah Popper have proposed that in the future,much of the Great Plains should be taken out of agricultural production and instead used for what?
A)A separate homeland for Native Americans
B)A huge grassland habitat for restored herds of buffalo
C)To open the area up for the mining of oil from deep shale reserves
D)For the development of wind farms
Q3) About how many bison were living on the Great Plains before Euro-Americans began hunting them?
A)80,000
B)800,000
C)8,000,000
D)80,000,000
Q4) The Dust Bowl was caused by a combination of ________ and ________.
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Chapter 12: The Rocky Mountains
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Q1) What natural hazard,often occurring in the spring and summer in the Rocky Mountain Region,is known to cause property damage and even deaths?
A)Avalanches
B)Lightning
C)Forest fires
D)Flash flooding
Q2) If you were hiking through the Rocky Mountains and saw a sharp ridge of peaks that looked a bit like the teeth of a saw,you might reasonably conclude that it had been shaped by what?
A)Erosion from winter snow packs.
B)A strike-slip fault that caused uplift.
C)Two parallel glaciers in the valleys on each side.
D)Tectonic activity.
Q3) Valleys that have been formed by glaciers have what form?
A)U-shaped
B)V- shaped
C)Either form
D)Neither form
Q4) Most of the water in the Rocky Mountain region comes from ________.
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Chapter 13: Intermontane West
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Q1) Conflict over what resource has been common in the Intermontane since the days of early settlement?
A)Gold
B)Water
C)Oil
D)Land
Q2) Several different groups were involved in the early settlement of the Intermontane West.Using Zelinksky's principle of first effective settlement,make an argument for one of these groups having the most significant impact on the development and character of the region.
Q3) How did most Basque settlers to the Intermontane West make a living?
A)Mining
B)Growing crops
C)Ranching
D)Mercantilism
Q4) In the Intermontane region,western is to windward as eastern is to what?
A)Stillward
B)Anti-windward
C)Leeward
D)Shielded
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Chapter 14: MexAmerica
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Q1) If you were driving north from Albuquerque to visit Santa Fe and it began to rain heavily,what danger would you be concerned about?
A)Tornado
B)Hurricane
C)Flash Flood
D)Lightning
Q2) As of 2010,which of the following states has the largest percentage of Latino (Mexican-born,Mexican-heritage,and Spanish-heritage)residents?
A)Texas
B)Arizona
C)New Mexico
D)All three states have about the same percentage of Latino residents
Q3) What tertiary sector activity in MexAmerica has grown as a result of NAFTA?
A)Trade
B)Tourism
C)Education
D)Banking
Q4) In comparison to the rest of the United States,the economy of MexAmerica is
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Chapter 15: California
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Q1) The Coast Ranges are generally ________ than the interior mountain ranges of California.
Q2) Winter snows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains are important to cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles because ________.
Q3) The rapid growth of the high technology industry in Silicon Valley has led to ________ and ________,which has made it more difficult for firms to attract employees.
Q4) During the early 20th century movie executives were attracted to southern California because ________.
Q5) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and fighting in the South Pacific led to the establishment of what industry in California?
A)The Entertainment Industry
B)The Petroleum Industry
C)The Defense Industry
D)The Forestry Industry
Q6) California's urban areas tend to spread out horizontally over large areas because ________.
Q7) Why does California have the largest and most extensive system of water projects in the world?
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Chapter 16: The Pacific Northwest
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Q1) Three negative impacts of the increased population growth experienced by the Pacific Northwest in recent decades are ________,________,and ________.
Q2) What primary sector industries are associated with the Pacific Northwest?
A)Cotton and tobacco farming
B)Shrimping,rice farming
C)Forestry/logging,salmon fishing
D)Coffee and pineapple plantations
Q3) What city in the Pacific Northwest is known for its innovative environmental protections and livability?
A)Seattle
B)Vancouver
C)Portland
D)Eugene
Q4) Most land in British Columbia and Alaska is too cold,rainy,or rugged for commercial farming,except for what region?
A)Willamette Valley
B)Fraser Valley
C)Rogue Valley
D)Columbia Valley
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Chapter 17: Hawai'i and the Pacific Islands
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Q1) The northwestern islands of Kauai and Niihau are the ________ of the islands,in comparison to the Big Island in the southeast,which is still located above the geologic ________.
Q2) Papah nh naumoku kea Marine National Monument is ________.
A)Dedicated to the Hawaii'an Marines lost in the Pacific during WWII
B)One of Hawaii's most visited beaches on the Island of Honolulu
C)The single largest marine conservation area under the U.S.flag
D)Dedicated to the European explorer known as the "great circumnavigator" who discovered the Hawaii'an Islands,and is at the site of his death
Q3) By the early 20th century,considering the population and immigration policies of Hawai'i,which of the following best describes the population of Hawai'i?
A)Hawaii'ans still outnumbered Euro-Americans and Asians.
B)Euro-Americans outnumbered Asians and Hawaiians.
C)Asians outnumbered Hawaiians and Euro-Americans.
D)There were approximately equal numbers of Euro-Americans,Hawaii'ans,and Asians.
Q4) The eight largest Hawaii 'an islands are Lanai,Molokai,Kahoolawe,Nikahau,________,________,________,and ________.
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Chapter 18: The Far North
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Q1) The Far North is that area where the growing season is too short for successful commercial agricultural on a regular basis,the land base is too poor,and ________.
A)Fishing is the main industry.
B)Most of the land is an ecological preserve.
C)The land is covered in ice.
D)The climate is rigorous.
Q2) During the Cold War,the Canadian and U.S.governments actively encouraged ________.
A)Local Inuit and other native people to join the military to staff the arctic military bases
B)Local Inuit and other native people to resume their traditional lifestyles and move from locations that was desired for secret military bases
C)Local Inuit and other native people to move to Greenland and abandon much of the arctic circles
D)Local Inuit and other native people to abandon their traditional lifestyles and move into permanent settlements and send their children to public schools
Q3) European explorers hoped to find the Northwest Passage because ________.
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Chapter 19: The Future of North America
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Q1) Around 1900,about what percentage of people in North America lived on farms?
A)10%
B)30%
C)50%
D)70%
Q2) Increasing suburbanization and exurbanization creates negative environmental impacts such as ________ and ________.
Q3) Growing awareness of environmental issues during the 20th century led to the creation of the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency in what decade?
A)The 1950s
B)The 1960s
C)The 1970s
D)The 1980s
Q4) The implementation of policies intended to enhance the quality of the environment for future generations is known as ________.
Q5) The ________ is an example of an invasive species that is having a major impact on North American waterways.
Q6) ________ and ________ have led to a rise in median age in North America.
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