Geography
Geography is defined as
What is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments?
Human-Environment Interaction is about how people relate to the land
What are adapt, change, and depend?
Robert Moses was
Who was the urban planner responsible for the modern-day design of New York City?
The components of location are
What is the absolute/relative location and longitude & latitude?
Immigration is defined as
What is the process by which people come into a foreign country to live there?
One critique of Robert Moses is
How did he contribute to the displacement of Black people, Puerto Ricans, and poor people in NYC?
These terms are used when people gravitate or retreat from their communities
What are pull and push factors?
Urban planning is defined as
What is the designing and managing of the physical layout and development of urban areas, including land use, infrastructure, and public spaces?
What are highways, parks, bridges, and tunnels?
When you think about place, the key question to think about is
What are physical and human characteristics?
Urban renewal is defined as
What is the process of revitalizing urban areas that have fallen into disrepair, often involving demolition and redevelopment of buildings and infrastructure?
Moses proposed this structure to connect Manhattan to Brooklyn
What is the Battery Bridge?
The five themes of geography...
What is location, place, movement, region, and human-environment interaction?
The type of region Manhattan is
What is a functional and perceived region?
These ethnic groups were displaced with the construction of the Battery Tunnel
Who are Syrian and Lebanese immigrants?