The Daily Rag provides news to all the cities in the region and wants to build a new distribution center. If The Daily Rag distributes its papers according to city size, which city is best located for minimizing distribution costs?
____ 43. During the Middle Ages, ______________ dramatically slowed the growth of urban areas.
a.
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the Industrial Revolution
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d.
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feudalism
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b.
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colonialism
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e.
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Black Death
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c.
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Renaissance
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____ 44. Medieval European cities usually contain all the following characteristics EXCEPT
a.
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wide streets to accomodate large military troops.
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d.
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large, ornate cathedrals
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b.
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walls surrounding the city for defense purposes.
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e.
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a high density of buildings.
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c.
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winding streets and tall narrow buildings.
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____ 45. Chrisaller’s central place theory is least likely to be applicable to
a.
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regions with multiple towns
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d.
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rural areas
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b.
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special function cities
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e.
|
multi-function cities
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c.
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regions were people have similar life styles and incomes
|
____ 46. In what year was the population in urban settlements estimated to exceed that in rural settlements?
a.
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1904
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d.
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1850
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b.
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2008
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e.
|
1988
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c.
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1750
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____ 47. The spatial design of cities in northern Africa is influenced heavily by
a.
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Islamic traditions, with a mosque at the center
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d.
|
traditional governments, with palaces for monarchs at the center
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b.
|
a historical aversion to trade
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e.
|
trading patterns with sub-saharan Africa
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c.
|
European traditions, with a cathedral at the center
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____ 48. If one commuted to work by automobile every day in the city, in which zone of Burgess’s concentric zone model would you be most likely to live?
____ 49. ___________ is an important gateway city.
a.
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Denver, Colorado
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d.
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Perth, Australia
|
b.
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Oslo, Norway
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e.
|
Nairobi, Kenya
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c.
|
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
____ 50. Which of the following best illustrates the concept of a 20th and 21st century shock city?
a.
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Paris
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d.
|
Lagos
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b.
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Osaka
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e.
|
Madrid
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c.
|
Chicago
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____ 51. Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding urban growth in the world today?
a.
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In most areas of the world, manufacturing cities are growing faster than mercantile cities are.
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d.
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Urban growth in Latin America has been greater than urban growth in Africa
|
b.
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Cities are large and growing in developed countries, but less developed countries have few cities
|
e.
|
The proportion of people living in cities is rising in most countries.
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c.
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The percentage of people living in urban areas in Africa and Asia is larger than the percentage living in urban areas in Europe and North America
|
____ 52. The movement of middle-class residents into rundown urban center city neighborhoods is called:
a.
|
multiplier effect.
|
d.
|
urban renewal.
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b.
|
urban sprawl.
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e.
|
gentrification.
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c.
|
urban revitalization.
|
____ 53. Which of the following countries has the largest percentage of people who live in public housing?
____ 54. An edge city could have any of the following attributes EXCEPT:
a.
|
500,000 square feet of office space.
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d.
|
being commonly perceived as a single place.
|
b.
|
being urban for 30 years or more.
|
e.
|
500,000 square feet of retail area.
|
c.
|
more jobs than bedrooms.
|
____ 55. In recent decades all of the following have played a major role in the rapid growth of Sun Belt cities of the United States EXCEPT
a.
|
immigration from Latin America
|
d.
|
climatic changes leading to colder northern winters
|
b.
|
cheap land and labor
|
e.
|
increasing demand for retirement centers
|
c.
|
high levels of per capita federal spending in the South and West
|
____ 56. One important goal of smart growth is to
a.
|
produce more nutritious food
|
d.
|
stimulate the growth of suburbs
|
b.
|
encourage the growth of a city’s basic sector
|
e.
|
limit overall population growth
|
c.
|
curb urban sprawl
|
____ 57. Multiple-nuclei model of city structure tends to be most applicable to
a.
|
newer, fast growing cities
|
d.
|
traditional cities
|
b.
|
small cities
|
e.
|
cities with homogeneous land use
|
c.
|
Latin American cities
|
____ 58. Which urban model theorizes that high-rent residential areas grow outward from the center of the city along major highways with lower-rent inhabitants taking over sequentially?
a.
|
Multiple-nuclei Model (Harris and Ullman)
|
d.
|
Sector Model (Hoyt)
|
b.
|
Central Place Model (Christaller)
|
e.
|
Urban Realms Model (Vance Jr.)
|
c.
|
Concentric Zone Model (Burgess)
|
____ 59. Which of the following is most likely to have the largest activity space?
a.
|
an 8-year old boy who lives in the suburbs
|
d.
|
a middle aged woman who lives in a rural area
|
b.
|
a middle aged man who lives in a suburb
|
e.
|
a young professional woman who lives in the urban center
|
c.
|
an older man who has retired
|
____ 60. The main power of zoning ordinances is to
a.
|
promote smart growth
|
d.
|
promote gentrification
|
b.
|
support the development of a city’s infrastructure
|
e.
|
insure racial desegregation
|
c.
|
prevent mixing of land uses within the same district
|
____ 61. The star-shaped city pattern resulte from the dominance of which transportation system?
a.
|
Roads leading to airports that link cities
|
d.
|
Interstate highways linking cities
|
b.
|
Lines of public transportation extending from the CBD
|
e.
|
Beltways surrounds
|
c.
|
Pedestrian walkways within the CBD
|
____ 62. Architects and planners from the ___________ strove to introduce beauty and impose order on chaotic industrial cities.
a.
|
City Beautiful movement
|
d.
|
modernist tradition
|
b.
|
classical movement
|
e.
|
beaux arts school
|
c.
|
postmodern school
|
____ 63. In Latin America, data for employment in many large urban areas are most likely to be incomplete because
a.
|
many people work in the informal sector
|
d.
|
most people are unemployed
|
b.
|
records are kept mainly for male workers
|
e.
|
employment is growing too rapidly
|
c.
|
people change jobs regularly
|
____ 64. The theory that cities grow outward from a core utilizing several nodes of growth was proposed by:
a.
|
Harris and Ullman
|
d.
|
Rostow
|
b.
|
von Thünen
|
e.
|
Burgess
|
c.
|
Ravenstein
|
____ 65. An urban area consists of of a central city and its contiguous built-up suburbs where population exceeds:
a.
|
1,000 persons per square mile
|
d.
|
500 persons per square mile
|
b.
|
100 persons per square mile
|
e.
|
2,000 persons per square mile
|
c.
|
10,000 persons per square mile
|
____ 66. Which city model contains a distinct residential spine proceeding outward from the center city along the main boulevard?
a.
|
Asian
|
d.
|
Muslim
|
b.
|
European
|
e.
|
Latin American
|
c.
|
Sub-Saharan African
|
____ 67. The smallest, least complex type of settlement in the urban hierarchy is the
a.
|
farm
|
d.
|
suburb
|
b.
|
town
|
e.
|
village
|
c.
|
hamlet
|
____ 68. Today, the greatest number of urban dwellers is found in
a.
|
North America
|
d.
|
Europe
|
b.
|
Asia
|
e.
|
Africa
|
c.
|
South America
|
____ 69. Classic __________________ cities have narrow, winding streets, open-air markets, many dead-ends, and courtyards surrounded by high walls.
a.
|
medieval European
|
d.
|
Islamic
|
b.
|
Latin American
|
e.
|
Hindu
|
c.
|
colonial
|
____ 70. According to urban geographers, as a city grows, a multiplier effect takes hold in which
a.
|
the ratio of basic sector workers to nonbasic sector workers decreases
|
d.
|
the ratio of basic sector workers to nonbasic increases
|
b.
|
special-function cities increase in numbers whereas manufacturing cities decrease in numbers
|
e.
|
urban influence zones increase more rapidly than the size of the actual city
|
c.
|
smaller cities grow more rapidly than larger cities
|
____ 71. A suburb is:
a.
|
a conurbation.
|
d.
|
exclusively residential.
|
b.
|
often characterized by sprawl.
|
e.
|
the same thing as a central city.
|
c.
|
separate and not integrated with urban areas nearby.
|
____ 72. What accounts for most of the urban growth in Africa?
a.
|
migration to urban areas from rural areas
|
d.
|
low unemployment rates
|
b.
|
Immigration from MDCs
|
e.
|
Immigration from Asia
|
c.
|
a high natural increase rate
|
____ 73. International company headquarters, significant global financial functions and a polarized social structure are defining characteristics of
a.
|
forward capitals
|
d.
|
primate cities
|
b.
|
world cities
|
e.
|
entrepots
|
c.
|
edge cities
|
____ 74. Action space consists of
a.
|
a diagrammatic representation of the amount of time it takes to travel between activities on a particular day.
|
d.
|
the space in which individual daily activity occurs.
|
b.
|
spaces within a city designated for transportation.
|
e.
|
the area surrounding the interactions a central place has with the surrounding community.
|
c.
|
recreational facilities in an urban area.
|
____ 75. Which of the following is NOT true of edge cities?
a.
|
They often have business that provide jobs for residents within their boundaries
|
d.
|
they have their own central business districts
|
b.
|
They generally have few transportation connection to older inner cities
|
e.
|
They exist in most areas of urbanized Anglo America.
|
c.
|
They often organize their own services rather than pay city taxes for them
|
____ 76. Historically, the growth of North American suburbs was most constrained by
a.
|
limited transportation
|
d.
|
high land values
|
b.
|
cultural preferences
|
e.
|
zoning ordinances
|
c.
|
housing shortages
|
____ 77. Which of the following is a correct statement about the megacities of the world?
a.
|
The largest by far is New York-Newark
|
d.
|
Most are either in North America or Europe
|
b.
|
None are in Latin America
|
e.
|
The largest megacities are located in China.
|
c.
|
Megacities are located in many parts of the world
|
____ 78. All the following are processes that have contributed to ghettoization in North American Cities EXCEPT
a.
|
green belts
|
d.
|
suburbanization
|
b.
|
social stratification
|
e.
|
blockbusting
|
c.
|
redlining
|
____ 79. Individual spatial behavior on a daily basis
a.
|
can be described as that individual’s action space.
|
d.
|
can be limited by transportation possibilities.
|
b.
|
generally involves more shorter trips than longer trips.
|
e.
|
All of the above
|
c.
|
mostly involves work-related travel.
|
____ 80. All of the following have helped create ghettos in North American cities EXCEPT:
a.
|
Economic Enterprise Zones
|
d.
|
redlining by financial institutions
|
b.
|
concentration of public housing and social services
|
e.
|
fixed school district boundaries
|
c.
|
blockbusting and racial steering
|
____ 81. Which of the following types of cities was created by the Industrial Revolution?
a.
|
primate city
|
d.
|
manufacturing city
|
b.
|
megacity
|
e.
|
mercantile city
|
c.
|
city-state
|
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