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UNIT 7 FRQ

In recent years, cities have sought to bring back residents who have moved to suburbs. As a result, the central business and residential districts of cities in the United States became the focus of a revitalization process.  

Question 1

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Explain how transportation trends led to suburban growth in the 1950s and 1960s. 

Question 2

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Explain how social factors (race/ethnicity) led to suburban growth in the 1950s and 1960s. 

Question 3

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Identify and describe a negative impact of suburban sprawl. 

Question 4

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Define new urbanism. 

Question 5

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Define gentrification. 

Question 6

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Explain how gentrification can benefit a community. 

Question 7

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Explain how gentrification can negatively impact a community. 

Human Geography

9th grade

Unit

Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes

Topic

6.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization

Format

Short answer

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Unit 7 FRQ Rubric

· Correct answers must explain how the building of the interstate highway system and the affordability of cars and gas in the 1950s and 1960s facilitated suburban growth.
· Correct answers must explain how the Great Migration and white flight contributed to suburban growth in the 1950s and 1960s.
· Correct answers must explain how redlining and blockbusting practices led to segregated neighborhoods and influenced suburban growth.
· Correct answers must identify and describe at least one negative impact of suburban sprawl, such as the use of prime agricultural land (PAL), higher service costs, or increased pollution and traffic.
· Correct answers must define new urbanism as city design that promotes environmentally friendly, walkable neighborhoods with a diverse range of housing and job types.
· Correct answers must define gentrification as the process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle class, owner-occupied area.
· Correct answers must explain how gentrification can benefit a community by attracting more services, better schools, and increased infrastructure and investment.
· Correct answers must explain how gentrification can negatively impact a community by increasing demand and housing prices, making it too expensive for previous inhabitants and disproportionately affecting low income families and individuals.

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