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6. L.A saw massive urban growth in what decade?

  • 1990's
  • 2000's
  • 1980's
  • 1970's

7. Public transport in L.A adds up to how many journeys a day?

  • 1 billion
  • 2.5 million
  • 1.7 million
  • 10.7 million

8. What has dramatically increased recycling?

  • 10 years prison sentence for littering
  • Desposit scheme for any liquid container
  • Charging for the amount of waste produced

9. Who moved out to the suburbs?

  • Middle and high income earners
  • Low income earners
  • Everyone
  • No one

10. When did the transcontinental railway from the east arrive in L.A?

  • 1976
  • 1876
  • 1856
  • 1956

11. When was the film industry developed in Hollywood?

  • 1940's and 1950's
  • 1960's and 1970's
  • 1920's and 1930's
  • 1900's and 1910's

12. By 2000, how many people lived in the metropolitan district of L.A?

  • 7 million
  • 14 million
  • 10 million
  • 15 million

13. When did the electrical tramways arrive?

  • 1900's and 1910's
  • 1920's and 1930's
  • 1890's and 1900's
  • 1940's and 1950's

14. Water is piped to L.A from how far away?

  • 150km
  • 350km
  • 500km
  • 100km

15. How much waste do the people of the greater L.A produce a day?

  • 50,000 tonnes
  • 30,000 tones
  • 10,000 tones
  • 25,000 tones

16. What did the arrival of the electrical tramways mean?

  • The population decreased
  • People could live further away from work
  • People could live closer to work
  • People could go on holiday

17. What did the arrival of the railway do?

  • Stimulate rapid population growth
  • Stimulate rapid population decrease
  • Nothing

18. What are communities of people from similar cultural or ethnic backgrounds are called?

  • ethnic enclaves
  • ethnic provinces
  • ethnic terrains
  • ethnic districts

19. How many people live in the great L.A area?

  • 24 million
  • 14 million
  • 54 million
  • 34 million

20. What had L.A developed into?

  • Donut city
  • Apple city
  • Cake city
  • Orange city