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GeoChallenge. Destination #1 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Ontario, is Canada’s largest metropolitan area as well as its primary business center. With a population.

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1 GeoChallenge

2 Destination #1 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Ontario, is Canada’s largest metropolitan area as well as its primary business center. With a population of over 5 million people, the city has been growing for decades. For a time, Toronto managed this growth by stretching up, but soon began to sprawl out.

3 Challenge #1 Textbook Pages 85-86 1.What did Toronto begin as? 2.What does it mean when I say that in 1965 Toronto began to encourage infill over sprawl? 3.What does the “Official Plan” intend to do? Why? (Write full paragraph)

4 Destination #2 Johnstown, PA Road Trip Information – Distance (in miles or km) from Previous Destination: 595km – Time: 6.5 hours – Roads Taken I-90

5 Challenge #2 Watch the video and answer the following questions: 1. Describe the location (city and state) of this Memorial 2. Describe this event which occurred in 1889 a. What happened? b. How many people died? c. How could have it been prevented?

6 Destination #3 Detroit, MI Road Trip Information – Distance (in miles) from Previous Destination – Time – Roads Taken

7 Challenge #3 Read the Article “Michigan has a duty to prevent a Great Lakes oil spill” and answer the following questions: 1.How old are the pipelines? 2.What do the Great Lakes Submerged Land Act do? 3.What suggests a dangerously weakened pipeline? 4.What do you think the environmental impact of an oil spill in the Great Likes be like? Write a full paragraph.

8 Destination #4 Chicago, IL Road Trip Information – Distance (in miles or kilometers) from Previous Destination – Time – Roads Taken

9 Challenge #4 The 1893 World’s Fair The 1893 World’s Fair 1.By 1893, Chicago was the _____ largest city of the United States. 2.What did the World’s fair commemorate? 3.List 3 ways people got to the Fair. 4.Why was Chicago called the “White City?” 5.What type of new food, drinks and snacks was first unveiled at the World’s Fair? 6.What was this fair’s answer to the Eiffel Tower?

10 Destination #5 Milwaukee, WI Road Trip Information – Distance (in miles) from Previous Destination – Time – Roads Taken

11 Challenge #5 1. Describe the origin of the name of this city 2. Where did the "Milwaukee" come from? 3. Do the descendants of the people who named the city still live in the region? If so, what percentage of the population do they make up? 4. Describe the Geographic landscape of this region. 5. Describe the major industries in this region.

12 Mt. Rushmore 1.Describe the location (city and state) of this National Park? 2. Describe the Monument. Describe how this monument was created. 3. What efforts are people taking to preserve this monument?

13 Yellowstone National Park Road Trip Information:

14 Toronto to Johnstown PA to Cincinnati OH to Chicago to Milwaukee to Homestead National Monument to Mt. Rushmore to Yosemite then Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park to San Juan Island then Portland and Crater Lake


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