Which term describes a Large, Densely Populated Area Made Up of Two or More Cities and Their Suburbs?

• A. Metropolitan Area
• B. Suburbs
• C. County Seat
• D. Megalopolis

Answer: (D)

A megalopolis is a vast, densely populated urban region formed when two or more cities grow and their suburbs merge into a continuous landscape. The key idea is multiple urban cores connected by extensive development, creating one long, sprawling area rather than a single city and its surrounding suburbs. A metropolitan area, by contrast, usually centers on one main city and its surrounding suburbs, even if it covers a large region. Suburbs are just the outlying residential areas, and a county seat is simply the administrative center of a county. So the term that best fits a large area made up of two or more cities and their suburbs is megalopolis.