Urban Geography

How far does Philadelphia’s metropolitan influence extend?

• The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
• Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
• Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
• Philadelphia’s metropolitan influence extends beyond Pennsylvania into New Jersey and Delaware.

Which statement best describes Pittsburgh?

• Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
• Pittsburgh’s metropolitan system developed around river transport, industrial production, and later service-sector restructuring.
• Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
• All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.

What is accurate about Harrisburg?

• Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
• Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
• Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
• Harrisburg demonstrates how administrative centrality can differ from demographic or economic primacy.