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Cities and Urban Land Use
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  1. 1.(silly commercial) Describe Paris. (1:36)

  2. 2.(fun commercial) Describe the people of London. (1:38)

  3. 3.Complete the following from the video “Dublin is...”(1:11)

  4. 4.Describe Berlin. Explain how it is similar and different from a typical metropolitan area in the US. (1:09)

  5. 5.Describe London. (1:15)

  6. 6.Describe Paris. (1:07)

  7. 7.Describe her apartment. Explain why she chooses to live in such a small space. Why is it so expensive to have a large apartment in Manhattan? (5:07)

  8. 8.List the major tourist sites in London. (1:00)

  9. 9.Explain why the police are highly involved in Watts in Los Angeles. (2:16)

  10. 10. Describe Kuala Lumpur. (0:30)

  11. 11. Write out one key descriptor for each minute of the video (20 total). (19:39)

  12. 12. Describe the traffic around Istanbul. Why is it so crowded on the bridge? (2:25)

  13. 13. Describe city life in Greenland. How is similar to cities in the US? How is it different? (5:51)

  14. 14. The Mall of Memphis was at one time the largest in door shopping mall in the Memphis metro area. In 2004 it was demolished. Why do you think the mall was closed and demolished? Research required to answer. (0:31)

  15. 15. (Inspirational Story) What did Wesley do? Why did he do it? (2:05)

  16. 16. (cool video) Why is Paris a cool city for skateboarding? (1:30)

  17. 17. What is the origin of the name for the shoe? Why do you think this name was chosen? (0:30)

  18. 18. Describe living conditions in Sao Paulo (15 descriptions). (8:31) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx6gGSI9oo0)

  19. 19. What is gentrification? What is another name used in the video for gentrification? What are TWO positive and TWO negative impacts of gentrification? (5:47)

  20. 20. Give 10 descriptives for the slums in Rio. (8:59)

  21. 21. Give 8 descriptive facts for each city: Tokyo, Sáo Paulo, Cairo, Mexico City, New York, Dhaka, and Paris. (1:08:25)

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