Spatial Dimensions
Physical Processes + Global/Regional Links
Early History +Physical Processes
Demographic Shifts
Social/Economic indicators
100
NYC forms the geographical and demographic center of this vast urban corridor extending continuous development from ____ to ______
Northeast Megalopolis, Washington DC to Boston
100
The microclimate phenomenon that causes NYC's overnight temperatures to remain 3°C to 4°C warmer than surrounding rural areas due to heat-trapping concrete, steel, and high building density.
Urban Heat Island Effect
100
Original Indigenous inhabitants name
Lenape People
100
Three primary regions driving post-1965 NYC immigration.
Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean
100
Poorest NYC borough with $42,000 median income and ~26% poverty rate.
The Bronx
200
Total Land area of NYC (to nearest hundred km squared)
1213km squared
200
NYC’s primary international gateway airport, which hosts over 90 airlines from more than 50 countries and helps facilitate over 120 million passenger movements annually across the city's airport network.
JFK Airport
200
Original 1624 Dutch settlement name on Manhattan.
New Amsterdam
200
Total number of languages spoken across NYC today.
What is over 200 languages
200
Bachelor's degree attainment rate in Manhattan vs 20.3% in the Bronx.
62%
300
Name and draw a map of the 5 Boroughs
300
How many TEUs (Shipping containers) does the Port of New York-New Jersey handle annually? Recently expanded due to the doubling of the capacity of ______?
9.5million and the Panama Canal
300
Processing hub on NY Harbor receiving 17M immigrants (1892–1954).
Ellis Island
300
Urban condition following mid-20th-century deindustrialisation that lowered rents for artists. Occured during 1970s and 80s in the Bronx, as well as sections of Brooklyn and Manhatten
Urban decay
300
Median household income in Manhattan vs the Bronx
$90'000 vs $42'000
400
What major river bisects NYC and connects it to the interior? Which Geographic area does this river (connected via canals) link to?
Hudson River, connects to the Great Lakers via Eerie Canal
400
Demonstrating Manhattan's role as a regional employment hub, 56% of all NYC jobs are located in Manhattan, yet only this percentage of its workforce actually resides in the borough.
30%
400
Engineering landmark opened in 1883 connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Bridge
400
an urban development process where wealthier people and new investment move into a lower-income or working-class neighborhood, raising property values, rents, and the cost of living
Mainly occured in Brrooklyn and Manhatten, currently ongoing in Queens
Gentrification
400
Highest GaWC economic global city connectivity status.
Alpha ++
500
Latitude and Longitude of NYC
40.7*N and 74*W
500
Daily ridership of NYC Subway
Over 4 million on Average
500
This ancient bedrock formation, carved by glaciers over 20,000 years ago, provides the structural foundation required to anchor Manhattan's heavy skyscrapers.
Manhatten Schist
500
Current foreign-born percentage of NYC residents.
over 36%?
500
Current manufacturing share of NYC jobs down from 20%+ in 1950.
What is less than 2%