ILTS Content Test Elementary Ed (305)-Part 4/6 Questions with Complete Solutions 100% Verified

ILTS Content Test Elementary Ed (305)-Part 4/6 Questions with Complete Solutions 100% Verified Colonial Period () - Correct Answers when several european countries attempted to settle and colonize americas to expand their territories *many native americans killed or displaced by disease and territorial expansion *main focus of colonial period: 13 english colonies on each coast; reason of colonization is bc it is a response to England's policy of mercantilism and colonists' desire to be free from religious persecution *mercantilism: requires colonies to provide raw materials to england to continue to grow and support the mother country while limiting trade with other nations. describe and list 13 colonies - Correct Answers * group of english colonies that were overly similar in their political and religious beliefs New england colonies: *new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut Chesapeake Bay colonies: *virginia, maryland Middle colonies: *new york, Pennsylvania, new jersey, deleware southern colonies: *north carolina, south carolina, georgia urbanization - Correct Answers An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. general economic, environmental and health effects of urbanization - Correct Answers *economically: can drastically raise expenses, frequently excluding local working class citizens *environmentally: urban heat islands raise temperatures and lower reabsorption of CO2 emission and soil moisture *changes are projected to strain food resources, sanitation and health care systems in the near future general positive and negative health effects on humans from urbanizations - Correct Answers *mortality from non communicable lifestyle-related diseases has increased through urbanization *mixed: relieve some problems while exacerbating others *high risk of being overweight *low risk of being malnourished or undernourished some census statistics on urban populations in Illinois that reflect: 1) the rates at which urbanization has progressed by decade from and 2) the eight cities in Illinois with the largest populations as of 2010 - Correct Answers 1) in 1870=23.5%; in 1880=30.6%; in 1890=44.9%; 1900=54.3%; 1910=61.7%; 1920=67.9%; 1930=73.9% ;1940=73.6% ;1950=77.6% ; 1960=80.7%; 1970=83.2% ; 1980=83.3% ; 1990=86.4% ; 2000=87.8%; 2010= 88.5% 2) chicago, aurora, rockford, joliet, naperville, springfield, peoria, elgin some facts about several natural distasters in Illinois during the 20th and 21st century and their effects - Correct Answers 1967: chicago blizzard hit northeast illinois and northwest indiana with record 23 inches of snow(history's worst blizzard) 1995: chicago's heat wave with record temperature in july up to 106ºF April&May 2011:Mississippi River floods caused by record rainfall were the biggest and most destructive on that river in 100 years affecting illinois and 6 other states several years when earthquakes occurred in illinois. report some major snow, ice, rainstorms and floods affecting illinois during the 20th and 21st century and some of their significant impacts on human life - Correct Answers years with earthquakes: 1838, 1891, 1909, 1917, 1968, 1972, 1987, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013