Tokyo
What is the population of Tokyo?
37 million in the greater area
Would also accept 13.6M (city)
What is the major production in New York city?
Banking and Motion pictures (movies)
What is the GDP of Tokyo?
$4.2T USD
What is New York's GDP?
$2.5T USD
List THREE economic factors that could affect a large city
Job availability, housing prices, cost of living, cost of public transport, taxation rates, business closures, etc. (other options accepted by teacher).
What was the name of the area in the walking Tokyo video that we watched?
Shinjuku
Name ONE of the key challenges in New York city
Housing prices, crime rates, aging public transport, climate change, rising sea levels.
List FOUR social factors that could affect a large city
Medical issues, mental health, loss of culture, loss of services, crime rates, protests, riots. (Other options accepted by teacher).
Increased Hybrid vehicle use
Environmentally friendly infrastructure (waste, air pollution prevention, green mobility)
Hydrogen powered vehicles and buses
More solar power in offices
Explain how rising sea levels could affect the housing crisis in New York city?
The rising sea could make some parts of the city unliveable or even abandoned completely. This would reduce the number of houses in NYC.
(Other responses could be accepted)
Explain how the destruction of forests could affect the water supply of a large city.
Destruction of forests would affect the water cycle and therefore reduce the rainfall.
Create a question based on the following (Must contain all aspects of a good question).
Tokyo has become the masters of mobility with trains that are quiet, orderly, fast, efficient. Each day, 8.6 million people use the system.
Place, subject, event and timeframe.
Name one of the social movements that New York city was the starting point for?
Black rights, Women's rights, LGBTQ rights.
What was the solution used in Los Angeles to reduce water evaporation?
Black balls that float on the top of the water to reduce evaporation and increase water quality.