Unit 7 Questions Multiple Choice

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

____ 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):

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

____ 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?

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

____ 7. Which of the following is true?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____ 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?

____ 27. The deindustrialization trend is most evident today in

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

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

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

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

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

____ 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

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

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

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

____ 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

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

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

____ 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

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