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With which major city are southwestern New Jersey communities strongly linked?

  • Phoenix
  • Denver
  • Philadelphia
  • San Francisco
Correct answer(s):
  • Philadelphia

In port geography, what is a hinterland?

  • Only the dock beside a single ship
  • The inland area served by the port’s transport connections
  • The international waters beyond any coast
  • A mountain summit overlooking an ocean
Correct answer(s):
  • The inland area served by the port's transport connections

How do air cargo facilities complement New Jersey seaports?

  • They move shipments with different speed and cargo needs
  • They eliminate the need for warehousing
  • They serve exactly the same shipments at identical costs
  • They replace every shipping container with a passenger car
Correct answer(s):
  • They move shipments with different speed and cargo needs

Which combination commonly influences a manufacturer’s choice of site?

  • Only the state’s bird symbol
  • Only tourist attractions
  • The number of state senators alone
  • Transport access, workforce, and markets
Correct answer(s):
  • Transport access, workforce, and markets

What tradeoff can arise when coastal tourism grows?

  • No new demand for water or roads
  • Automatic reduction of every environmental impact
  • More revenue but greater pressure on infrastructure and ecosystems
  • Complete elimination of beach erosion
Correct answer(s):
  • More revenue but greater pressure on infrastructure and ecosystems

Which two processes significantly reshaped New Jersey settlement over time?

  • Glaciation and new volcanoes in the 2000s
  • Industrialization and suburbanization
  • Continual desert expansion
  • Only the end of fishing
Correct answer(s):
  • Industrialization and suburbanization

Why was Paterson well positioned for early industrialization?

  • Waterpower plus access to Northeast markets and trade routes
  • Its isolation from all trade routes
  • Only tourism demand for beaches
  • An active coal volcano within city limits
Correct answer(s):
  • Waterpower plus access to Northeast markets and trade routes

Why do freight corridors encourage warehouse development in New Jersey?

  • They connect ports with customers and inland markets
  • They make all delivery distances identical
  • They prevent shipments from leaving ports
  • They remove the need for roads
Correct answer(s):
  • They connect ports with customers and inland markets

Why are ports, railroads, highways, and customers important to warehouse locations?

  • They prevent goods movement
  • They influence transport efficiency and access to markets
  • They have no influence on logistics
  • They determine rainfall
Correct answer(s):
  • They influence transport efficiency and access to markets

Which sector may increase seasonal jobs at New Jersey’s coast?

  • Tourism and hospitality
  • High-altitude forestry
  • Arctic shipping
  • Deep underground mining
Correct answer(s):
  • Tourism and hospitality

Why is agriculture still possible in a highly urbanized state like New Jersey?

  • Agriculture requires no land
  • Urban states cannot grow any crops
  • Every farm has become a skyscraper
  • Farms, nurseries, and productive growing areas remain
Correct answer(s):
  • Farms, nurseries, and productive growing areas remain

Which services employ substantial numbers of New Jersey workers?

  • Only deep-ocean mining
  • Only mountain guiding
  • Hospitals and other health care facilities
  • Only Antarctic research
Correct answer(s):
  • Hospitals and other health care facilities

How do ports and airports support New Jersey jobs?

  • By eliminating delivery services
  • Through transport, storage, logistics, and connected businesses
  • By ending all road travel
  • By removing the need for trade
Correct answer(s):
  • Through transport, storage, logistics, and connected businesses

How did New Jersey’s manufacturing sector change over time?

  • From early water-powered mills toward diverse modern industries
  • From computer factories to colonial plantations in the 1700s
  • From deserts to glaciers
  • From fishing to no industries at all
Correct answer(s):
  • From early water-powered mills toward diverse modern industries

What are the two broad types of economic activity found in New Jersey?

  • Only exports and imports
  • Only public and private schools
  • Only farms and forests
  • Goods-producing and service-providing activities
Correct answer(s):
  • Goods-producing and service-providing activities

Which work is an example of professional services?

  • Mining iron ore
  • Assembling physical machinery
  • Engineering consulting
  • Growing blueberries
Correct answer(s):
  • Engineering consulting

What helped New Jersey suburbs expand during the twentieth century?

  • New mountains forming overnight
  • The disappearance of cars
  • The absence of surrounding cities
  • Highway construction and metropolitan growth
Correct answer(s):
  • Highway construction and metropolitan growth

How did early Paterson mills use the Passaic River’s energy?

  • By using geothermal lava
  • By directing water through industrial raceways
  • By converting river water into coal
  • By pumping oil from the falls
Correct answer(s):
  • By directing water through industrial raceways

After which New Jersey governor was Paterson named?

  • William Paterson
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Thomas Kean
  • Brendan Byrne
Correct answer(s):
  • William Paterson

Which industry was central to Paterson’s early industrial development?

  • Aerospace rockets
  • Commercial software
  • Automobile assembly alone
  • Textiles
Correct answer(s):
  • Textiles