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Unit 7 Questions
Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. During the course of the 19th century, the growth of cities in the United States became increasingly dependent on access to

a.

railroad transportation

d.

navigable waterways

b.

water power

e.

shorelines

c.

highway transportation

____ 2. Which of the following is a distinct characterization of an East European city?



a.

central park

d.

prominent religious buildings

b.

a well-developed retail sector

e.

luxury apartment buildings

c.

a large central square surrounded by government and administrative buildings

____ 3. The almost continuous strip of urban centers that extends along the US Atlantic coast from north of Boston to sourthern Virginia is commonly called a(n):



a.

primate city.

d.

oligopolis.

b.

megalopolis.

e.

super city.

c.

megacity.

____ 4. Which of the following is a strong example of postmodern urban landscape?



a.

Rome, Italy

d.

Washington D.C.

b.

Brasilia, Brazil

e.

London, England

c.

Cairo, Egypt

____ 5. Which of the following is useful for describing a settlement node whose primary function is to provide support for the population in its hinterland?



a.

Christaller’s model of central place

d.

Rostow’s model of economic development

b.

Concentric zone model

e.

Core-periphery model

c.

Von Thunen’s model of land use

____ 6. Which of the following was NOT a reason for rapid suburbanization in the United States after the Second World War?



a.

Mass production of the automobile

d.

Expansion of home construction

b.

Expansion of the interstate highway system

e.

Availabilty of low down payment terms and long-term mortgages

c.

Reduction in long-distance commuting

____ 7. Which of the following is true?



a.

three-fourths of people in LDCs live in urban settings.

d.

Latin American countries are more urban than LDCs elsewhere in the world

b.

MDCs are still rapidly urbanizing

e.

LDCs have a higher percentage of urban dwellers than MDCs

c.

In the United States, people with a higher social status live closer to the center of the city, while, in other parts of the world, more wealthy people live in suburbs.

____ 8. Which of the following is NOT a defining characteristic of a world city?



a.

national and international seats of political power

d.

concentrations of business services

b.

important stock exchanges

e.

concentrations of cultural offerings

c.

a non-polarized social structure

____ 9. Planned communities would most likely be found in what type of urban setting?



a.

CBDs

d.

American suburbs

b.

Ghettos

e.

Transition zones

c.

Perifericos

____ 10. Which structure(s) traditions occupies the center of an historic Asian city?



a.

commercial buildings

d.

a religious building

b.

government office buildings

e.

a central market

c.

high density housing

____ 11. The size of ancient cities was limited to a few thousand inhabitants mainly because



a.

existing systems of food gathering, storing, and distribution would not have supported a larger population

d.

their inhabitants developed no systems of writing and record-keeping to help organize resources

b.

transportation between major cities was limited and slow

e.

they had an undeveloped social class system, so they had no powerful elites

c.

few early civilizations codified laws to ensure that society functioned smoothly

____ 12. Which of the following is NOT one of the ten largest megacities in the world?



a.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

d.

Delhi, India

b.

Tokyo, Japan

e.

Seoul, South Korea

c.

Mexico City, Mexico

____ 13. A city that is more than twice as large as the next largest city in a country is called a:



a.

primate city.

d.

global city.

b.

metropolis.

e.

world city.

c.

megalopolis.

____ 14. Which of the following is the best example of a central place with a large hinterland?



a.

Tampa

d.

Fort Worth

b.

Buffalo

e.

Minneapolis

c.

Denver

____ 15. The primary reason that more women than men live in or near central cities is the



a.

gentrification of many urban neighborhoods

d.

lack of available housing in the suburbs

b.

superior level of city services that meet family needs

e.

growing number of employment opportunities for women

c.

feminization of poverty

____ 16. All the facilities that support basic economic activities to such a degree that a city cannot function without them is called the



a.

sprawl

d.

infrastructure

b.

base ratio

e.

hierarchy of central places

c.

urban influence zone



____ 17.

According to the model, the road between which cities will have the highest volume of traffic



a.

X and Q

d.

S and V

b.

S and Q

e.

U and S

c.

X and Y

____ 18. Which of the following is not a characteristic of urban settlements as defined by Louis Wirth in the 1930s?



a.

Large size

d.

intense feelings of belonging

b.

social heterogeneity

e.

all of the above are characteristics of urban settlements

c.

High density

____ 19. Locational advantages important to the development of the earliest cities included



a.

temperate climate and proximity to coal mines

d.

good connections by roads and canals

b.

productive agricultural land and defensible sites

e.

proximity to manufacturing areas

c.

availability of good harbors for large ships

____ 20. Which of the following is the smallest scale of geographic inquiry by the U.S. census bureau?



a.

County

d.

Metropolitan area

b.

Metropolitan statistical area

e.

Micropolitan atatistical area

c.

Census tract

____ 21. Which of the following best describes edge cities?



a.

They are gentrified communities

d.

They are located along freeways on the outskirts of major cities.

b.

They are designed in the Beautiful City tradition

e.

They are usually found in Europe and Asia

c.

They are small, isolated communities

____ 22. Cities developed 4000 to 6000 years ago to provide a center for all of the following functions EXCEPT:



a.

production.

d.

religion.

b.

trade.

e.

scientific study.

c.

protection.

____ 23. All of the following are common preconditions found in areas that became urban hearths EXCEPT



a.

a long growing season

d.

access to water sources

b.

social stratification

e.

arable land

c.

access to building materials

____ 24. Which of the following are primate cities in their respective countries?



a.

London, Seoul, Beijing

d.

New York, Montreal, Mexico City

b.

Paris, London, Seoul

e.

Paris, London, New York

c.

Berlin, Shanghai, Mumbai

____ 25. The growth rate of the earliest cities in world history was made possible primarily by the development of



a.

the ability of farmers to raise a surplus

d.

government capable of control

b.

large concentrated population

e.

job specialization

c.

diversification of villages

____ 26. According to the sector model of North American city structure, members of low-income groups tend to live in which of the following places?



a.

Evenly dispersed throughout the urban area

d.

Linear residential areas radiating from the center of the city outward

b.

The suburbs and rural areas only

e.

The inner-city only

c.

Peripheral temporary settlements

____ 27. The deindustrialization trend is most evident today in



a.

The United States and Europe

d.

China and Japan

b.

Southeast Asia and Latin America

e.

Latin America and Canada

c.

Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East

____ 28. Which of the following groups of cities contains the best examples of central places with large hinterlands?



a.

Baltimore, Ottowa, Duluth

d.

Miami, Philidelphia, and Quebec City

b.

San Diego, Milwaukee, and New Haven

e.

Atlanta, Denver, and Calgary

c.

Las Vegas, Victoria, and Buffalo

____ 29. The coastal southern California and northern Baja, Mexico region can be described as a



a.

central place

d.

megalopolis

b.

agglomeration

e.

megacity

c.

artificial construction

____ 30. Many Latin American cities conform more or less to the



a.

inner city decay theory

d.

the multinode model

b.

the sector model

e.

theory of ghettoization

c.

the concentric zone model

____ 31. Which of the following rivers was NOT a cultural hearth of urbanization?



a.

Rhine

d.

Huang He

b.

Euphrates

e.

Tigris

c.

Nile

____ 32. Which of the following describes the gorwth of a city in a series of wedges out from the central business district?



a.

Burgess’s central place theory

d.

core periphery model

b.

Hoyt’s sector model

e.

Harris and Ullman’s multiple nuclei theory

c.

Cristaller’s central place theory

____ 33. According the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, a central county or counties with at least one urbanized area of at least 50,000 people, plus adjacent outlying counties with a large number of residents that commute in is called a



a.

physical city

d.

megalopolis

b.

primate city

e.

nucleated settlement

c.

metropolitan statistical area

____ 34. Which of the following is a true statement about classic models of city structure?



a.

The central business district has the most dominant position in the multiple nuclei model

d.

The interaction between the central city and the suburbs is greatest in the urban realm model

b.

the concentric zone model does not have a transitional area

e.

the sector model is high influenced by transportation patterns

c.

The multiple nuclei model and the sector model are similar in that they both have only one core

____ 35. Which is true of people living in urban settlements as opposed to rural settlements?



a.

rural residents know only a small percentage of other residents

d.

rural residents have greater freedom

b.

urban residents have greater freedom

e.

urban residents know a greater percentage of other residents

c.

In urban areas, residents are related to a large percentage of other residents.

____ 36. In cities like Baltimore, inner-city revitalization has transformed ______________ into gentrified urban neighborhoods.



a.

ghettos

d.

agglomeration

b.

edge cities

e.

central business districts

c.

suburbs

____ 37. Chicago’s relative location near other major city networks gave the urban place a comparative advantage for successful economic growth. This statement best describes Chicago’s



a.

density

d.

site

b.

threshold

e.

situation

c.

functional zonation

____ 38. A crucial part of Christaller’s cental place theory is the fact that goods and services vary in range and:



a.

quantity.

d.

access.

b.

spatial distribution.

e.

threshold.

c.

quality.

____ 39. Nucleated settlement patterns are most likely to result in the formation of many



a.

hamlets

d.

large cities

b.

towns

e.

mid-sized cities

c.

megacities

____ 40. An urban center that is disproportianately larger than the second largest city in a country and that dominates the country’s social, political, and economic activities can be best classified as



a.

a conurbation

d.

an imperial city

b.

a megalopolis

e.

an edge city

c.

a primate city

____ 41. A large node of office and commercial land use outside the central city with more jobs than residents is a(n):



a.

edge city.

d.

suburb.

b.

gated community.

e.

town.

c.

primate city.



____ 42.



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