Question | Answer |
A city, along with its suburbs is known as a | metropolitan area |
What term do geographers use to refer to a huge agglomeration of cities such as the northeastern section of the United States? | Megalopolis |
Do more people live in the city or the suburbs surrounding the city? | Suburbs |
What is Urban Sprawl? | Cities are poorly planned so they waste space. |
What is Smart Growth? | When a city creates a plan to manage the use of their land and resoures |
If a country has a low life expectancy, would it be a developed country or a developing country? | Developing country |
Using the formula for determining Rate of Natural Increase, how can you determine if a country's population is declining? | Mortality rate is greater than the birth rate. |
If a country has a lots of people living over 65 years old, would they have a high or low life expectancy? | High life expectancy |
The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going such as transportation, energy and water are known as... | Infrastructure |
If a country has a low infant mortality rate, a high literacy rate and a high per capita income, would that country be mainly urban or rural? | Urban |
Independence island has 1000 students on only 10 square miles. What is its population density? | 100/sq. mile |
What is desertification? | The expansion of deserts |
What is the main reason for the destruction of the rain forests? | Demand for timber, farmland and grazing land |
The buildup of carbon dioxide is called | Global warming |
What is globalization? | The increasing integration of countries |
What is the purpose of map projections? | To reduce distortion |
What is totalitarianism? | A government that has total control over its citizens |
What is theocracy? | The religious leaders rule the government. |