Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34. The main difference between urban growth in Europe and in the American colonies was the slow evolution of cities in the former and their rapid growth in the latter. In Europe they grew over a period of centuries from town economies to their present urban structure. In North America, they started as wilderness communities and developed to ...
Tôi yêu Việt Nam | Chat Online | |
02/09 13:15:57 (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12) |
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34.
The main difference between urban growth in Europe and in the American colonies was the slow evolution of cities in the former and their rapid growth in the latter. In Europe they grew over a period of centuries from town economies to their present urban structure. In North America, they started as wilderness communities and developed to mature urbanism’s in little more than a century.
In the early colonial day in North America, small cities sprang up along the Atlantic Coastline, mostly in what are now New America, small cities sprang up along the Atlantic United States and in the lower Saint Lawrence valley in Canada. This was natural because these areas were nearest England and France, particularly England, from which most capital goods (assets such as equipment) and many consumer goods were imported Merchandising establishments were, accordingly, advantageously located in port cities from which goods could be readily distributed to interior settlements. Here, too, were the favored locations for processing raw materials prior to export. Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Montreal, and other cities flourished, and, as the colonies grew, these cities increased in importance.
This was less true in the colonial South, where life centered around large farms, known as plantations, rather than around towns, as was the case in the areas further north along the Atlantic coastline. The local isolation and the economic self-sufficiency of the plantations were antagonistic to the development of the towns. The plantations maintained their independence because they were located on navigable streams and each had a wharf accessible to the small shipping of that day. In fact, one of the strongest factors in the selection of plantation land was the desire to have it front on a water highway.
When the United States became an independent nation in 1776, it did not have a single city as large as 50,000 inhabitants, but by 1820 it had a city of more than 10,000 people, and by 1880 it had recorded a city of over one million. It was not until after 1823, after the mechanization of the spinning and weaving industries, that cities started drawing young people away from farms. Such migration was particularly rapid following the Civil War (1861-1865).
The word “drawing” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
Lựa chọn một trả lời để xem Đáp án chính xác Báo sai đáp án hoặc câu hỏi |
A. attracting 0 % | 0 phiếu |
B. employing 0 % | 0 phiếu |
C. instructing 0 % | 0 phiếu |
D. representing 0 % | 0 phiếu |
Tổng cộng: | 0 trả lời |
Trắc nghiệm liên quan
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34. The main difference between urban growth in Europe and in the American colonies was the ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34. The main difference between urban growth in Europe and in the American colonies was the ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34. The main difference between urban growth in Europe and in the American colonies was the ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34. The main difference between urban growth in Europe and in the American colonies was the ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34. The main difference between urban growth in Europe and in the American colonies was the ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34. The main difference between urban growth in Europe and in the American colonies was the ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27. The use of computers has meant that students can study language ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27. The use of computers has meant that students can study language ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27. The use of computers has meant that students can study language ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27. The use of computers has meant that students can study ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
Trắc nghiệm mới nhất
- Theo GS. Trần Ngọc Thêm, ăn, mặc, ở, đi, lại là những yếu tố thuộc thành tố văn hóa nào? (Tổng hợp - Đại học)
- Xác định loại hình kinh tế - văn hóa dựa trên: (Tổng hợp - Đại học)
- Câu tục ngữ: “Giặc đến nhà đàn bà cũng đánh” là biểu hiện của: (Tổng hợp - Đại học)
- Schools are offering educational programs to have children _______ about the importance of conservation. (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Bản chất của văn hóa được xem xét trong mối quan hệ: (Tổng hợp - Đại học)
- The more we understand the power of mass media, _______ we can use it for positive change. (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Cách xác định các yếu tố cấu thành chỉnh thể văn hóa dựa trên nguyên tắc: (Tổng hợp - Đại học)
- Preserving natural habitats is key to protect biodiversity, _______ ultimately benefits all living things. (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- ASEAN is a growing and influential organisation that is playing _______ increasingly important role in the world. (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Văn hóa thực hiện được chức năng của nó khi nó vận hành với tính cách là: (Tổng hợp - Đại học)