Unit 7 Questions Multiple Choice



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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?

a.

X

d.

S

b.

Q

e.

Z

c.

P

____ 43. During the Middle Ages, ______________ dramatically slowed the growth of urban areas.



a.

the Industrial Revolution

d.

feudalism

b.

colonialism

e.

Black Death

c.

Renaissance

____ 44. Medieval European cities usually contain all the following characteristics EXCEPT



a.

wide streets to accomodate large military troops.

d.

large, ornate cathedrals

b.

walls surrounding the city for defense purposes.

e.

a high density of buildings.

c.

winding streets and tall narrow buildings.

____ 45. Chrisaller’s central place theory is least likely to be applicable to



a.

regions with multiple towns

d.

rural areas

b.

special function cities

e.

multi-function cities

c.

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.

1904

d.

1850

b.

2008

e.

1988

c.

1750

____ 47. The spatial design of cities in northern Africa is influenced heavily by



a.

Islamic traditions, with a mosque at the center

d.

traditional governments, with palaces for monarchs at the center

b.

a historical aversion to trade

e.

trading patterns with sub-saharan Africa

c.

European traditions, with a cathedral at the center

____ 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?



a.

3

d.

1

b.

2

e.

4

c.

5

____ 49. ___________ is an important gateway city.



a.

Denver, Colorado

d.

Perth, Australia

b.

Oslo, Norway

e.

Nairobi, Kenya

c.

Honolulu, Hawaii

____ 50. Which of the following best illustrates the concept of a 20th and 21st century shock city?



a.

Paris

d.

Lagos

b.

Osaka

e.

Madrid

c.

Chicago

____ 51. Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding urban growth in the world today?



a.

In most areas of the world, manufacturing cities are growing faster than mercantile cities are.

d.

Urban growth in Latin America has been greater than urban growth in Africa

b.

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.

c.

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.

b.

urban sprawl.

e.

gentrification.

c.

urban revitalization.

____ 53. Which of the following countries has the largest percentage of people who live in public housing?



a.

France

d.

the United States

b.

Britain

e.

Germany

c.

Mexico

____ 54. An edge city could have any of the following attributes EXCEPT:



a.

500,000 square feet of office space.

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



____ 82.

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