Module 3/Chapter 2/US & Canada

Los Angeles was a small town in the 1880s. What then precipitated a growth boom?

Fresh water has been made available at low cost to cities in the arid southwest of the United States because of all the following except:

The three largest metropolitan regions in the US and Canada are anchored by:

The technological development responsible for urban sprawl in the US is the:

More and more buildings are being designed to use solar energy, to have landscaped roofs that soak up rainwater, and to be oriented so as to minimize solar heat gain during the summer. These are all manifestations of a movement called what?

Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland rose to prominence during what era of urban history?

Which one of the following statements is not true about New York city?

What Canadian city leads in financial command functions?

Growth of what industry betrays the transition of Cleveland and Pittsburgh to a post-industrial economy?

Of the following, which one would you be least likely to find in the wealthiest jurisdictions of Los Angeles such as Beverly Hills?

The immigrant population of Toronto:

Shopping malls are to lifestyle centers as:

In global city regions:

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the Third Urban Revolution?

Smog in which one of the following cities provides an example of transnational air pollution because pollutants are carried across an international border by prevailing winds?