Urban geography: fill in the blanks · Grade 12

The word bank and sentences

Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line.

• Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
• primate city ____ zoning ____ green roofs ____ green belt ____ bus rapid transit megalopolis ____ heat island ____ cable cars
• 1 London's · was created to stop the city spreading endlessly into the countryside.
• 2 The corridor of cities from Boston to Washington, D.C., is a classic
• 3 Curitiba in Brazil pioneered · in the 1970s, giving buses their own lanes.
• 4 Bangkok is often given as an example of a ____, many times larger than Thailand's next city.
• 5 Dark roofs and roads absorb heat and help create the urban effect.
• 6 laws can separate homes, shops and factories into different areas.
• 7 Planners use · and street trees to cool cities and soak up rain.
• 8 Medellín in Colombia opened · in 2004 to link hillside neighborhoods to its metro.