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100

This area surrounding the city is made up of residential areas (suburbs) and open areas with large facilities.

Outskirts

100

What type of city structure can be used to describe BosWash?

Megalopolis 

100

These are cities that are centers of global economic activity.

Global cities

100
What is an example of a metropolitan area?
London, New York, Madrid...there are many!
100

What are the two types of human settlements?

Rural and urban settlements

200
Cites that are connected by international travelers, the transport of goods and information transmitted by media and computer networks.

Urban Networks

200

What city has the highest population in BosWash?

New York City

200
When nearby cities of the same importance expand and merge together this is called ________. Rotterdam-Amsterdam is an example. 

Conurbation

200

What is an example of a global city?

New York, Tokyo or London

200

What does dwindling mean?

Gradually shrinking in size or strength

300

What are telecommunication networks?

Ways that information is transmitted electronically
300

Where does BosWash start and end?

It begins in Boston and ends in Washington, DC.

300

A succession of conurbations and metropolitan areas linked by systems that faciliatate communication and the movement of people, goods and information.

Megacity

300

What is an example of a regional city?

Munich, Baltimore or Porto Alegre

300

What area is typically in the center of American cities?

Central business district

400
These cities typically hold the headquarters of the most important banks and multinationational companies, stock markets and finance markets

Global cities

400

How much of the US population resides in the  BosWash area?

15%

400

A state capital of another large city that has international influence. An example is Rome.

National City

400

What is Africa's largest city? It has 21,320,000 people!

Lagos

400

What area is typically in the center of European cities?

Historic center

500

If poverty exists in wide areas and contrasts with a small amount of people who live in luxurious neighborhoods, this is called ____________.

Social inequality

500

Name 2 famous universities in the BosWash area

Harvard, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

500

When a big city merges with other smaller cities and towns it is called a ___________. 

Metropolitan area

500

What is the city with the largest population in the world?

Tokyo

500

Name 2 historic locations in the center of Cádiz

There are many! The Cathedral, the Roman Amphitheatre, the Castle of San Sebastián, Torre Tavira