Chapter 10- North America

Question 1

How urbanized is North America?

Answer 1

85% highest in the world

Question 2

Megacities in North America

Answer 2

New York and Los Angeles

Question 3

Global city in North America?

Answer 3

New York

Question 4

Pre-colonial period

Answer 4

Little evidence of significant urbanization

Question 5

Cahokia

Answer 5

Economic powerhouse in 1050 CE. Influence from Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico

Question 6

Colonial Mercantilism

Answer 6

Trading for raw materials like beaver pelts

Question 7

Layout of first cities in NA

Answer 7

Narrow, winding streets in French cities. The British and Spanish used a grid. All of them were walkable and next to water

Question 8

Industrial capitalism

Answer 8

First mechanized factory in 1793. Industrialization results in urbanization

Question 9

Post-industrial capitalism

Answer 9

Globalization, deindustrialization, and decentralization

Question 10

Third urban revolution

Answer 10

Massive increase in urban population, the development of megacities and redistribution of economic activities

Question 11

Second urban revolution

Answer 11

Industrial revolution

Question 12

First urban revolution

Answer 12

The forming of cities

Question 13

Land use distribution

Answer 13

-30% residential
-10% industrial
-4% commercial
-20% roads and highways
-15% public land
-20% vacant

Question 14

Edge city

Answer 14

An American term for a concentration of business, shopping developing outside of downtown in what was previously a residential area

Question 15

Urban villages

Question 16

Hyper-diverse cities

Answer 16

% of foreign born residents exceeds the national level and where there are no dominant immigrant group

Question 17

Segregated city

Answer 17

Segregated by race, ethnicity or SES. Minorities are concerned about profiling and violence

Question 18

New York

Answer 18

Financial and cultural capital of the US, diverse economy, high rates of poverty and high rates of gentrification. Hyperdiverse