FREE SOCIAL STUDIES AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT TCI

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FREE SOCIAL STUDIES AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT TCI

CHAPTER 9 EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -18 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: standard of living

Answer:

the overall level of comfort and well-being of a group or a country

Question 2: slum

Answer:

an overcrowded, dirty area of a city where the housing is usually in very poor condition

Question 3: rural

Answer:

found in or living in areas that are not close to cities

Question 4: air quality

Answer:

the condition of the air based on the amount of pollution in it

Question 5: rural decline

Answer:

worsening economic conditions in the country-side, including rising unemployment and growing poverty-it also drives migration to cities

Question 6: metropolitan area

Answer:

a major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it

Question 7: suburb

Answer:

a developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes and most of the time stores and businesses

Question 8: tenement

Answer:

a rundown apartment building

Question 9: estate

Answer:

a sizable area of privately owned property with a large house

Question 10: urbanization

Answer:

the movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas

Question 11: pollution

Answer:

damage to the natural environment caused by harmful substances

Question 12: plaza

Answer:

an open square or marketplace

Question 13: spatial inequality

Answer:

the unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area, so that some places are richer than others

Question 14: basin

Answer:

a bowl-shaped depression, or hollow, in Earth's surface

Question 15: volcano

Answer:

a break in Earth's crust where magma and other material erupts from Earth's interior

Question 16: smog

Answer:

a haze in the air caused by pollution, especially the exhaust from cars and other vehicles

Question 17: aqueduct

Answer:

a pipe or channel built to transport water from one place to another

Question 18: communal land

Answer:

(ejidos)land that is held in common by a group of people