Currently what percentage of the population of the U.S. lives in cities of 100,000 people or more? ...

Currently what percentage of the population of the U.S. lives in cities of 100,000 people or more?
 
  a. one-fifth
  b. one-fourth
  c. one-half
  d. two-thirds

Question 2

Much of the geographical relocation in the U.S. population over the last 30 years has been to:
 
  a. the Sunbelt.
  b. rural areas in the Midwest and Great Plains.
  c. Northeastern nonmetropolitan areas.
  d. central cities.

Question 3

Due to relocation of the U.S. population, new problems have emerged. These include all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  a. urbanization of poverty
  b. higher mortality rates
  c. shrinking central cities
  d. pollution

Question 4

Which of these is NOT a current trend in internal migration in the U.S.?
 
  a. migration from central cities to suburbs
  b. the growth of the Sunbelt
  c. movement from the Sunbelt back North since the recent job and housing crisis
  d. the growth of some nonurban areas

Question 5

Which of these statements about trends in internal migration in the U.S. is true?
 
  a. For most of U.S. history, rural areas have grown faster than urban areas.
  b. For most of U.S. history, urban areas have grown faster than rural areas.
  c. Since 1970, suburbs have been shrinking and urban areas have been expanding.
  d. Most internal migration recently has been from the South to the North.

Question 6

The movement of people from rural areas and small towns into cities is termed:
 
  a. suburbanization.
  b. urbanization.
  c. consolidation.
  d. metropolitanization.

Question 7

The most striking example of internal migration within the U.S. was:
 
  a. the northern migration of African Americans following the Civil War.
  b. the movement of people out of the Midwest as the auto industry crumbled.
  c. the relocation of retirees during the 1990s to the Sunbelt.
  d. the exit of one million people out of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.