Urban Unit Practice Exam

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The construction of makeshift housing in a country within the periphery, as shown in the photograph, is often the result of: natural disasters that moved through the area, damaging homes; government housing projects that were neglected as a result of government corruption; an increasing number of industrial jobs available in a city without adequate housing; too few schools and an increasing number of informal labor market jobs for children; an increasing number of service-sector jobs available only to workers who have been highly educated.

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an increasing number of industrial jobs available in a city without adequate housing

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Given the level of development of the countries and the population densities of the cities shown in the table, which is the most likely location for low-income migrants to take up residence in these urban areas?

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The outlying areas

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Which of the following would support an explanation of the availability of public services based upon a country’s level of development? Cities with lower population density are less able to overcome the challenges of providing public services compared to cities with higher population density. Cities with higher population density are more able to overcome the challenges of providing public services compared to cities with lower population. A country's level of development provides little indication of a city's ability to overcome the challenges of providing public services. Cities located in periphery countries are more able to overcome the challenges of providing public services compared to cities in countries of the semiperiphery. Cities located in semiperiphery countries are more able to overcome the challenges of providing public services compared to cities in countries of the periphery.

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Cities located in semiperiphery countries are more able to overcome the challenges of providing public services compared to cities in countries of the periphery.

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Based on a comparison of commercial space and residential housing, the Burgess concentric zone model shown best represents which of the following patterns? High-income residential areas are closest to the central business district. Manufacturing and wholesaling are located in the outermost zone. Low-income residential areas are located closer to the central business district than high-income areas. Suburban single-family homes are located in the central business district.

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Low-income residential areas are located closer to the central business district than high-income areas.

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Urban land use in large Canadian cities with service and technology economies, where specialized suburban central business districts with higher land prices are found on the urban periphery, is an example of which model?

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Mixed-use urban development

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Which city is an example of urban growth in Midwestern cities during the Industrial Era, where suburban growth rings surrounded a single central business district with higher land prices?

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Chicago

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The Burgess model of urban land use was developed based on observations of which American city?

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Chicago

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Comparing the patterns of commercial space and residential space, which example is the weakest fit for the Burgess concentric zone model? Urban areas such as London, Cities such as Philadelphia, Twin cities such as Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

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Urban areas such as the San Francisco Bay area

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Compared to the patterns shown in urban models of the United States and Canada, the Latin American city model best explains which of the following patterns? Income levels and land values increase toward the center of the city and along the spine.

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Income levels and land values increase toward the center of the city and along the spine.

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Based on the pattern shown in the model, which of the following is the most likely process by which rural-to-urban migrants in Latin America acquire housing upon arriving in a city? Purchasing homes in the elite residential sector. Renting apartments in the central business district. Settling in peripheral squatter settlements. Moving into middle-class residential tracts.

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Settling in peripheral squatter settlements.