Along the Northeast Coast
A Region of Cities, Pages 146-151
Name: _______________________________
Date: ______________________
Vocabulary
Population __________________________________________________________________
Urban Growth _______________________________________________________________
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Prejudice ____________________________________________________________________
Central Business District_______________________________________________________
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Urban Sprawl ________________________________________________________________
Metropolitan Area ___________________________________________________________
Megalopolis _________________________________________________________________
Industries and Growth
1. Why were so many industries set up in coastal cities? ________________________
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2. Why did many people move to coastal cities in the Northeast? ______________
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3. Can you think of any other reasons that people might want to move to cities?
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Math Challenge!
Extra
Credit!
!
The chart below lists the population of New York City in 1800, 1900, and 2000.
Can you write each number in standard form, short word form, and word form?
Year
Standard Form
Short Word Form
1800
Sixty thousand
1900
2000
Word Form
3 million
8,008,278
What was the growth in population from 1800 to 1900? ________________________
What was the growth in population from 1900 to 2000? ________________________
What do you think the population of NYC was in 2010? (After you write your
guess, come to me for the actual census data!) ______________________________
The availability of jobs, which new industries provided, attracted both country
dwellers and early immigrants to urban areas. As a result, the Northeast
experienced rapid urban growth.
Immigrants Crowd into Cities
4. In what way were these immigrants’ lives different from those of the early
Pilgrims? _____________________________________________________________________
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5. Why do you think immigrant families had to live in such crowded conditions?
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6. What does the quotation (on page 149) imply would happen if a factory
worker did not go to work on Sunday? ________________________________________
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7. How did immigrants change the cities in the Northeast? _____________________
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The large number of immigrants pouring into cities in the Northeast
contributed significantly to the region’s urban growth. Those immigrants
had many things in common. They came by ship, they were mostly poor,
most moved to crowded tenements, and most worked long hours in
factories.
*Recommended Reading on this topic: Letters from Rivka, by Karen Hesse
Living in Cities
8. What services must cities continually provide? ______________________________
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9. What do cities offer the people who live in or near them? ___________________
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10. Do you ever travel to a large American city to benefit from its exciting
attractions? Please tell us about it: ___________________________________________
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Today more than three-fourths of all Americans live in or near cities. Cities
provide people with a wide variety of services.
Cities Change
11. What happened to allow cities to spread out over larger areas? ___________
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12. How are cities today different from cities of the past? ______________________
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Prior to new and better means of transportation, the central business district was
where almost all activities in a city took place. Today, as a result of urban sprawl,
many of these activities take place in the outer parts of the city or in nearby
suburbs.
Cities Connect
13. Why do you think many of the cities that form the megalopolis are near the
coast? ______________________________________________________________________
14. What do you think will happen as each metropolitan area spreads farther
out from the city? ____________________________________________________________
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15. What is a megalopolis? ___________________________________________________
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16. Look at the map on page 151. What large city in Maryland is part of the
megalopolis shown on the map? _____________________________________________
Metropolitan areas sometimes continue to grow until they meet with the
boundaries of other metropolitan areas. The urban area created by this growth
is called a megalopolis.
Section Review
17. How has urban sprawl changed cities? ____________________________________
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18. How are cities in the Northeast like cities in other parts of the United States? _
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19. How might urban sprawl affect the wildlife in an area? _____________________
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