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Urban geo final
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
12/10/2012

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when was the horsecar/pedestrian era?
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1840-1890
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when was the electric streetcar era?
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1890 - 1920
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when was the recreational auto era?
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1920-1945
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when was the freeway era?
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1945-1970
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when was the suburbanization era?
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1970 - present
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who came up with the transportation eras?
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James Vance
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what was another name for the early horse car?
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urban stagecoaches
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how much was a one way ticket in the horsecar/pedestrian era?
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15 cents
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what did the horsecar/pedestrian era promote?
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dense/compact cities
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what is the time space convergence?
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faster means of transportation menas places seem closer
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which era solved the poop problem?
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the electric streetcar era
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which shape did the electric streetcar force development?
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fingerlike
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how much was a one way ticket for the electric streetcar?
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5 cents
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because of the electric streetcar companies stated to get into what?
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suburban development
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what was the beginning of the subway?
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the electric streetcar
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when and where was the first subway?
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in London in 1863
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by 1900 which 3 major cities had subways
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NYC, Boston, Philly
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mass transit streetcar __________ money over time
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lost
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in the recreational auto era _________ people were more interested in buying cars then ______ people
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rural; urban
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__________ were a plot by car companies to get rid of competing mass transit companies
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buses
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what did the freeway era follow?
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World War 2
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how did the federal government increase automobility?
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1) build roads
2) home ownership much more lucrative then renting
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how did the federal government make home ownership much more lucrative than renting?
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you can write off mortage payments on your taxes
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how did the federal government increase roads?
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1956 interstate system, big wide fast roads circling cities
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what does suburbanization start with?
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residential
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what follows residential areas in suburbanization?
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businesses
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what follows businiesses to suburban areas?
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jobs
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why might we be at the end of the fifth (suburbanization) stage?
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high gas prices, gentrification
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